Broad Ripple Park

Now you can make a donation to the Friends of Broad Ripple Park without taking a dime out of your own pocket — and you get some cool stuff, too!

Sign up today for a Home Energy Assessment from Energizing Indiana! For each completed Home Energy Assessment (HEA), the Friends receive $25 from Energizing Indiana. An HEA is the smart way to make your home more comfortable and lower your monthly utility bills. The Energizing Indiana experts will assess your heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems to determine if those are operating at maximum efficiency. If not, they can make recommendations to improve your systems and lower your monthly bills, and can even install energy-efficient CFL light bulbs, low-flow faucet aerators and low-flow shower heads. Afterwards, you’ll receive a report detailing other steps you can take to save energy and money and make your home more comfortable.

Download the Home Energy Assessment Enrollment Guide to learn more. Or sign up now for your HEA!

The sign-up process is simple and takes only a few minutes. You choose the date and time range of your appointment window, and then spend some time allowing the Energizing Indiana experts to do their job. There is no cost to you for the HEA and the Friends of Broad Ripple Park receive a $25 donation!

The Friends of Broad Ripple Park is a not-for-profit organization with a passion and appreciation for the park and its many amenities. We are dedicating ourselves to working to provide support for the park, its programs, its facilities and its future.

Current board members are Rachel Russell (president), Mary Durkin (treasurer), Martha Marshall (secretary), Phil Trbovic (ex-officio) and Kathy Fitzgerald (ex-officio). David Dearing serves as legal counsel. The Friends usually meet the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the park Family Center and the public is welcome. (Please call the park office at 327-7161 to confirm date and time.)

Because the Friends are a 501(c)3 charitable organization, donations are tax deductible.

Broad Ripple Park is a 61-acre park on the northeast side of Indianapolis, bordering the White River. It offers a wide variety of programs and activities for all ages, and welcomes an estimated 150,000 visitors annually. The Family Center schedules scores of classes throughout the year in dance, safety, sports, fitness, arts, crafts, health, self-defense and other subjects for all age groups. Programs are generally fee-based, and registration is usually required.

In addition to the Family Center, Broad Ripple Park facilities include an outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts, baseball diamond, multi-use athletic fields, playground, picnic shelters and areas, a viewing platform over the White River, a bark park, a wooded preserve, a walking/jogging/running/bicycling and fitness path, and a boat ramp to the White River.

The park has a rich history in the community as the home of a 1920s amusement park, carousel (now at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum), a steam locomotive (now at the Transportation Museum in Noblesville), and as the location of the Olympic tryouts for swimming in 1924 and 1952.