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: J.P. Hall


Committee Members: Cheryl Crowder*, Richard Ivy, Kevin Klinger*, Jason Rivera, Allison Robbins*, Kallie Sulanke*, John West*, LaShanta Vaughn, Heather Williams

*non-MAP board member

 

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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.

    JP Hall

    Task Force Chair
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    J.P. Hall, assistant professor of historic preservation, has been named to the Indiana Main Street Council by Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch. “I am honored to work with the State of Indiana, via its Office of Community and Rural Affairs, and think it is imperative—within the future economy—to encourage the continued revitalization of our rural historic downtowns in Indiana,” said Hall. “Place-based economic development is becoming more important than ever, and the Main Street approach is a perfect vehicle to stabilize, improve and revitalize our historic commercial cores.”

    Hall teaches courses about the history and theory of the preservation movement in addition to classes pertaining to economics, planning, law, and advocacy within the field. Prior to joining the faculty, he was director of the eastern regional office (a 12-county region) for Indiana Landmarks, the largest statewide historic preservation organization in the country. He has a decade of experience within the historic preservation and downtown revitalization fields and has been directly involved in numerous redevelopment projects and downtown revitalization initiatives.

    He holds a B.A. in history from Indiana University and a masters in historic preservation from Ball State and has extensive experience working with communities, elected officials, property owners, and local organizations in re-purposing historic resources, downtowns, and neighborhoods.