Task Force 2: Downtown Muncie

Make Walnut Street Exceptional & Connect Downtown to Community Assets
Continue to make downtown Muncie the great place it can be by heightening (not relaxing) the focus on Walnut Street and making deliberate connections to adjacent assets.


Task Force Chair: TBD


Committee Members: Cheryl Crowder*, J.P. Hall, Richard Ivy, Kevin Klinger*, Jason Rivera, Allison Robbins*, John West*, Jenny Yarbrough

*non-MAP board member

 

Affiliate programs.

 

Muncie Bridge Dinner

This one-of-a-kind event is a follow-up to Peter Kageyama's "Love Where Your Live.” book creating emotionally engaging places. Come to the Bridge Dinner to celebrate with your neighbors. It is one of the many treasures of Muncie - the beautiful and scenic White River and White River Trail. It is also a time to share with others pride in the community we call "home."

Action items.

 

Prioritize block level planning to begin with eight neighborhoods that surround downtown.

  • Make certain that adjacent neighborhoods feel well connected to downtown.
  • Continue to hold the Bridge Dinner, $2 Tour of the Village, etc. as connecting events

    • Continue to support zoning code and design standards for downtown and near downtown neighborhoods.

    Provide residential development incentives within the Downtown neighborhood(s).

    Ensure quality streetscape maintenance and improvements along Walnut St and expand some to Main Street.

  • Specifically develop the infrastructure design manual in concert with Delaware Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission (DMMPC)

    • Focus infill efforts along Walnut Street and Main Street to create visible connections to community assets – infill the ‘cross’ (Walnut/Main).

  • Preservation focus where applicable.
  • Complete street policy

    • Connect with “Project Blueways” - White River.

    Susan Volbrecht

    Task Force Chair
    [email protected]

    Susan Polcz Volbrecht is a Realtor at Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group, working in the greater Muncie area as part of a family team. She is a Muncie native who returned after living in Chicago, a Ball State Alumna, and an active volunteer with The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Image Committee, The No One Dies Alone Program at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, the Muncie Bridge Dinner planning committee, a Facing Project Muse Collective member, and a current Altrusa hopeful. She is thrilled to serve as a MAP Board Member.