Eagle Nest Blog

A handful of Eagle Nest residents gathered at the Clubhouse on Nov. 7 to hear two Marion County deputy prosecutors share their property crime prevention tips. Daphne Whitmire and Amie Martens are part of the Multi-jurisdictional Offender Strategy Team (MOST), which encourages Marion County residents to proactively prevent crime, particularly through landscaping and marking or engraving possessions. Whitmire and Martens showed slides of homes with good and bad landscaping and lighting. Attendees   signed up for an invisible pen to mark their possessions, and they registered for a special code for their possessions that could be identified if stolen. Attending residents also received a sticker to put on their front door noting that their possessions were coded. Whitmire and Martens also advised residents that the p rosecuter’s office has an engraving machine that neighborhoods can use. Both deputy prosecutors emphasized that the best crime prevention was knowing y

This year’s leaf collection program runs Monday, Nov. 5, to Monday, Nov. 30. Each Eagle Nest resident is permitted up to 40 bags for free disposal. Collection days are every Monday through the end of the month. Other key details, according to the Department of Public Works: > Place the leaf bags out by 7 a.m. on your regular trash day. > Separate your leaf pick-up from your regular trash. For example, put leaves on opposite side of driveway or use different colored bags and/or tie wraps.  > Keep leaf bags at least three feet away from cart collection areas so DPW trucks can service the cart. > Make sure sewer inlets and drainage pipes are clear of leaves to avoid drainage problems. Check out the following handy link for more information: YouTube video link (basic public service announcement, along with composting tips): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEnkWcxxyv0&feature=youtu.be City of Indianapolis website (basic info about leaf program) htt