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CITY COUNTY COUNCIL PROPOSAL NO. 131, 2018

CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS-MARION COUNTY, INDIANA

INTRODUCED: 04/09/2018

REFERRED TO: Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee

SPONSOR: Councillor Adamson

DIGEST: designates Eastern Avenue, between 25th Street and 30th Street, as the Jennie Yarbrough

Forster Memorial Way

SOURCE:

Initiated by: Councillor Adamson

Drafted by: Councillor Adamson

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION: PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE:

Subject to approval or veto by Mayor Adoption and approvals

GENERAL COUNSEL APPROVAL: _________________________________ Date: April 5, 2018

CITY-COUNTY GENERAL RESOLUTION NO.___, 2018

A GENERAL RESOLUTION designating Eastern Avenue between 25th Street and 30th Street, as the Jennie

Yarbrough Forster Memorial Way.

WHEREAS, Jennie Yarbrough Forster was a resident of Indianapolis, by way of Kentucky in the early

1950s with her daughters, Mabel and Mary Frances; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Yarbrough Forster served the community on the east side of Indianapolis until her

death in 1978; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Yarbrough Forster was instrumental in clothing and feeding many children, furnishing

and renovating the homes of their parents in the Brightwood community, as well as in the cities of Blue Ash,

Ohio; Searcy, Arkansas; and Ozark, Alabama; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Yarbrough Forster founded the Believers in Christ Tabernacle Church located at 2802

and 2806 Eastern Avenue, as well as in Searcy, Arkansas and in Ozark, Alabama and established the BIC,

Inc.; and

WHEREAS, in addition, Ms. Yarbrough Forster was the wife of the late Bishop Eddie Lee Forster of Blue

Ash, Ohio and was beloved by all who knew her better known as Momma Jennie; now, therefore:

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY-COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS AND OF MARION COUNTY, INDIANA:

SECTION 1. The Indianapolis City-County Council does hereby honor the memory of Jennie Yarbrough

Forster by designating Eastern Avenue between 25th Street and 30th Street, as the Jennie Yarbrough

Forster Memorial Way.

SECTION 2. This resolution shall be in full force and effect upon adoption and compliance with IC

36-3-4-14.

PROPOSAL NO. 131, 2018 (General Resolution)

INTRODUCED: 04/09/2018 BY: Councillor Adamson

REFERRED TO: Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee

DIGEST: designates Eastern Avenue, between 25th Street and 30th Street, as the Jennie

Yarbrough Forster Memorial Way

COMMITTEE ACTION:

04/23/2018 Do Pass 10-0

Jennie Yarbrough Forster Celebration Washington Park Renaissance.
June 9, 2018 (updated March 2, 2018)