Noblesville wins $12M federal BUILD grant for State Road 37; Embrace Downtown sewer and streetscape work underway

Mayor Chris Jensen announced a federal BUILD grant award for a major corridor upgrade and reviewed downtown infrastructure investments intended to support growth.

"Noblesville, Indiana was awarded a $12,000,000 grant for that project," Jensen said, describing the State Road 37 extension toward State Road 32 and State Road 38 as an approximately $300,000,000 undertaking that will extend over years, with construction planning toward 2031.

Jensen also described Embrace Downtown, a multi-phase project to replace aging underground sewer lines (some dating to World War I), widen and improve sidewalks, add trees and landscaping and make downtown more walkable and pedestrian-friendly. He said the city broke ground in March on phase 1 with a goal of reopening sidewalks in time for the holiday shopping season, and that phase 2 is planned for the following spring.

The mayor framed these investments as preventive work to avoid severe downtown failures and to support nearly 800 new market-rate housing units coming online in the downtown area.