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Strategy
Develop a pedestrian plan.
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Develop and adopt pedestrian plan for county that supports barrier-free and accessible (ADA) environments, furthers complete streets and informs future infrastructure and transportation planning and implementation. More details100% -
Review gap analysis of existing Greenways plan conducted by Plan 2020 fellow. More details0%
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Strategy
Make Indianapolis waterways a community asset that provide cultural, economic, and educational opportunities focused at key destinations
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Create a local artist database for each ROW focus waterway area. More details100% -
Increase and improve the pedestrian and bike network by 600 blocks within 3 miles of ROW focus waterways. More details8%
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Promote 55 acres of waterway corridor restoration on public and private lands in ROW focus areas. More details22%
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Promote water quality through pollution prevention via creation and implementation of toolkits and information dashboards for key stakeholders. More details40%
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Increase residential, commercial, and real property tax base by 10% within 1/2-mile of ROW focus waterways. More details23%
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Assess, remediate, and/or redevelop 70,000 square feet of industrial/brownfield land within 1/2-mile of ROW focus waterways. More details9%
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Install educational signage at all large and medium scale cultural destinations within 1/2-mile of a ROW waterway to promote stewardship, the value, importance and/or history of the waterway. More details25%
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Incorporate and maintain Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) features at ROW destination location and along the waterways. More details75%
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Create a system-wide, 5-yr master plan to coordinate all efforts on all waterways. More details90%
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Strategy
Support and expand existing multimodal transportation efforts through partnerships and coordinated marketing.
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Convene and lead a taskforce to bring more resources to bear on the expansion of the greenways and bikeways system and other bicycle infrastructure projects. More details60% -
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Prioritize investments in projects based on identified overlaps in the multi-modal plans informed by villages and community nodes, anchor institutions, and cultural destinations.
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Advocate and fundraise to move the Greenways Master Plan forward, in partnership with the City of Indianapolis. More details25% -
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Develop sustainable funding model for multimodal transportation infrastructure, operation and maintenance.
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Establish a work committee to identify public and private funding tools that advance and support the establishment of and connectivity to transit, trail and greenway corridors. More details25%
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Project:
Habitat Restoration/Invasive Species Removal
http://www.kibi.org/
A leader in community-based invasive plant removal and restorative native plantings, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful oversees large-scale habitat restoration efforts along Indianapolis waterways, including Pleasant Run, Fall Creek, and Little Eagle Creek. Habitat restoration projects involve removing invasive plant species such as honeysuckle and grapevine, then later replanting with native trees and plants.
With the overall goal of improving the quality of life for the Indianapolis communities surrounding these waterways, KIB’s habitat restoration work aims to positively impact both the environment, by improving water quality and reestablishing life-sustaining landscape for urban wildlife, as well as Indianapolis residents, by increasing access to the waterways and engaging multiple generations of Indianapolis residents in community-based environmental stewardship and education regarding the importance of waterways and native planting. In 2015, KIB led several invasive removal projects along Indianapolis waterways, covering approximately ten acres.