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Indiana’s Stellar Communities A first of its kind collaboration between: Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)

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Indiana’s Stellar Communities . A first of its kind collaboration between: Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). Pilot Communities 2011: Greencastle North Vernon - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Indiana’s  Stellar Communities

Indiana’s Stellar Communities

A first of its kind collaboration between:

Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA)Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA)

Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)

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Delphi

Princeton

Crawfordsville

New Castle

Richmond

Petersburg

Auburn

Indianapolis

Greencastle

North Vernon

Rochester

PortlandMarion

Union City

Shelbyville

Batesville

BedfordWashington

Pilot Communities

2011: Greencastle North Vernon

2012: Delphi Princeton

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City of Greencastle• Revitalize courthouse square and central business

district • Create pedestrian friendly residential areas• Enhance housing options - second story loft housing

in commercial district and new construction in South Court neighborhood

• Home owner repair and improvement• Community health initiatives, including new

community health center and new trail linking community to recreational area

• Partnership with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra• Technology hub/Wi-Fi bubble in commercial district

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City of North Vernon• Carnegie Library Restoration• Depot Events Center Renovation • Downtown Streetscapes • Historic Uptown Streetscape

improvements and home owner repair improvement in the Irish Hill neighborhood

• Close Short Street to construct pedestrian-friendly plaza space

• Main Street Development - mixed use for both commercial and residential development

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City of Delphi• Revitalize the Delphi Opera House• Create streetscapes that connect the

downtown area.• Provide façade restorations.• Downtown Loft Space. • Home owner repair and improvement.• Extend the Washington Street Gateway

Trail to connect the historic canal center to downtown and the southern gateway.

• Quiet Zone Improvements

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City of Princeton• Restoration of Downtown facades.• Preservation of the Historic Princeton

Theatre.• Creation of Bicentennial Plaza • Downtown streetscape

enhancements.• Downtown Senior Housing cottages.• Enhancement of the trail system to

provide connectivity throughout the city.

• Partnership with Toyota Manufacturing

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Program Overview• Stellar Communities embodies collaborative government

partnerships to successfully leverage state and federal funding from multiple agencies to undertake large-scale comprehensive community revitalization projects.

• Through this program, Indiana is achieving more with combined resources, making an enduring impact on communities.

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Stellar Communities Process• Letter of interest• Evaluations• Chief Elected Officials of finalist communities attend a workshop• Finalists submit a Strategic Investment Plan• Site visits and evaluations• Award announcements• Community celebrations • Follow-up with communities not selected• Three year construction and implementation • Continuum of Care on all levels.

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Stellar Funding• OCRA: CDBG allocation (built into Consolidated Plan)

• IHCDA: CDBG-Disaster, CDBG, HOME Investment Partnership Program, Indiana Community Development Fund, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (RHTC)

• INDOT: Transportation Enhancement Grants, Standard Federal Transportation Funding

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Strengths• Indiana’s Stellar Communities Program is a comprehensive

community development program focusing on:– Regionalism– Creating expedited physical transformations– Cultivating Relationships/Partnerships– Utilizing shared resources– Engagement of the community in planning process– Acceleration of community economic goals– Community Pride (see next slide)

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Program Challenges

• Finding common “language” between multiple agencies.

• Scheduling and logistics.

• Coordinating multiple projects funded by different agencies and with varying award timelines.

• Community coordination of projects-breaking that barrier of agencies and community balance.

• Reduction of available funding.

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Lessons Learned• How much we went back to original criteria– Regional, Sustainable, Replicable, ImpactLeveraging other resources and involving other entitiesSite Visits were criticalComplementary projects emphasisContinual discussions to recap and massageEmbedded Community Liaison and constant

communicationQuarterly Meetings (and beyond)

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Future Program Opportunities• Additional state/federal partners?

• Continuing conversations in regards to concept of regionalism and economic development.

• Increase in demand for comprehensive community planning/development.

• Evaluation of local investment opportunities generated as a result of Stellar Communities award.

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How to be Ready• Updated/recent comprehensive plan– Community input and participation

• Participate in programs to gain experience– Main Street (OCRA)– HTC (OCRA)– Owner-Occupied Rehab (IHCDA)– Federal-aid Transportation Program (INDOT)

• Note: success has been associated with a focus on one area that integrates all sources and makes a big impact

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Contact InformationMichael Thissen

Director of Community AffairsState of Indiana-Office of Community and Rural Affairs

One North Capitol Ste. 600Indianapolis, IN. [email protected]

317.509.0657