Pike Township Liaison

Pike Township Neighborhood Liaison



Mary E. Chalmers
Senior Neighborhood Liaison
Northwest Outer Region/
Mayor’s Office of
Neighborhood Services/DMD
Office of Mayor Greg Ballard –
City of Indianapolis
Mary.Chalmers@indy.gov
P: (317) 327-5157
C: (317) 833-4933






How your Township Neighborhood Liaison can help you

  • Assistance in establishing new neighborhood organizations.
  • Bring community groups together which may benefit from combining forces in addressing common issues
  • Attend community meetings to hear citizen and business concerns first hand and address them with the appropriate government officials.
  • Educate the public on zoning ordinance interpretation and land use issues and how they can participate in the zoning process.
  • Assist merchants in business expansion or relocation of operations focusing on the economic needs of the community.
  • Assist in locating vacant properties and buildings.
  • Provide businesses with applicable zoning ordinances, re-zoning variance procedures and information about permitting issues.
  • Encourage and assist in the formation of new merchants organizations.
  • Provide assistance as Business Ombudspersons



    • About Mary


    For the past two years, Mary was an administrator for First Steps, the State’s early intervention program for developmentally delayed infants and toddlers.

    Mary comes to the neighborhood liaison position as an active community member in Pike Township. Mary was president of Liberty Creek North Homeowners Association for three years. She is engaged in the Lafayette Square Area Coalition, working to revitalize that area.

    As chair of the Events Committee, she coordinated the first Taste the Difference event to promote the area’s culturally diverse restaurants. Through her efforts, the Coalition received an IMAGINE matching grant for the Taste event and an economic development grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation to support a Youth Council and promote youth engagement and opportunities in the area. In 2004-2005, she co-coordinated the first Taste of Pike festival to celebrate the arts and diversity of Pike Township, with over seventy languages spoken in the area.

    Mary has a B.A. in history and economics from Kenyon College (Ohio) and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Rochester (NY). For nine years, she taught European and world history, including at Butler University.

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