 In the 1980s, the neighborhood fell into serious disrepair; entire city blocks were left abandoned.In 2001, city efforts to redevelop the area into a mixed-income residential community began.In 2003, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded Indianapolis with a Homeownership Zone Award for the way the city used a $4 million HUD grant to stimulate other public and private investment in the Fall Creek Place redevelopment.