Noblesville, IN
Comprehensive Plan
HWC assisted the City of Noblesville with a multi-year comprehensive planning process that needed to quickly move through drafting and adoption. HWC helped the City develop an approach that allowed them to complete key portions of the work within the aggressive time frame they desired while setting up a second process to address several longer-term issues they wanted to address. One of the key components HWC was asked to complete was the development of a new future land use strategy that blended components of the City’s desire to move toward a non-traditional, form-based code with more recognizable aspects of a traditional future land use plan. This was no easy challenge considering Noblesville is one of the fastest-growing communities in the State. HWC initiated an intense series of community and stakeholder meetings to discuss critical community topics, such as infill, redevelopment, and controversial new growth areas. Upon conclusion of the meeting process, HWC developed a series of innovative land use tools, including specific recommendations for infill and redevelopment of existing development areas and a, first of its kind, Land Use Pattern Book.