Connersville Offutt’s Park

Connersville Offutt’s Park

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Connersville, IN

Offutt’s Park Improvements

HWC was hired by the City of Connersville to provide conceptual design, construction documents, bidding, and construction administration services for improvements to Offutt’s Park located on Virginia Avenue. The park updates include a walking trail with fitness nodes, housing equipment, and signage, a central shelter, and updates to the entrance drive and parking, advancements to the basketball court, pedestrian connections, a drinking fountain, a handwashing station, and hand sanitation stations. The project was funded using a combination of an OCRA grant and local funding. HWC coordinated extensively with the grant coordinator throughout the process. Construction for the project was completed by Dave O’Mara Contractor, Inc. in August 2025.

Landscape architecture

Rushville Love Community Center

Rushville Love Community Center

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Rushville, IN

Love Community Center

HWC was a part of a multidisciplinary team that renovated a former Walmart building into a community center. The reimagined space now houses the Rushville Community Library, Community Food Pantry, Rush County Recreation Center, Early Learning Academy, and Government Agencies Resource Center. Additionally, a gymnasium, aquatics center, and reading room for the library were developed as part of the building program. HWC was largely responsible for survey, site design, and the landscape architecture components, including all outdoor public spaces, courtyards, and plaza.

Landscape architecture

Willett Distillery – Bardstown, Kentucky

Willett Distillery – Bardstown, Kentucky

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Bardstown, KY

Willett Distillery Water Main Extension

Willett Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky faced limitations with the quantity of high-quality water to make its bourbon. The distillery was relying on onsite, spring-fed lakes and ponds, which provided a less than adequate water supply to produce its product.

Willett engaged HWC to provide design services for an approximate 5,000’ extension of Bardstown’s water main to the facility. Upon successful completion of the extension, the distillery realized more flexibility and a positive ROI for its bourbon production process.

The HWC project team overcame several obstacles while designing this water main extension, including:

  • Rock excavation considerations
  • Steep slopes (over 30% in some areas)
  • Trenchless installation for Highway 49 crossing and Rowan Creek crossing
  • Right-of-way and easement acquisition
water resources

Crawfordsville Alley Activation

Crawfordsville Alley Activation

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Crawfordsville, IN

Alley Activation

Located south of the Montgomery Courthouse along Main Street, the alley activation was spurred by the installation of a roughly 30′-tall by 120′-long mural completed by New York-based muralist, Jenna Morello, in 2021.

The mural proved extremely popular with residents for photo ops, leading the City to create a more pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare to complement the mural. The design team worked with the funding parties of the Montgomery County Community Foundation and the City of Crawfordsville to further activate the alleyway through elements that reflected the floral motif and bright color gradient of the mural.

Custom design elements include site furnishings and walkway surface treatments placed repetitively down the alley in a corresponding manner to the color gradation of the mural. Custom lighting elements, including programmable catenary lights and a metal gateway along the street, match the energy of the mural. A planted bump-out at the end of the alley creates a front door to the pedestrian space, breaking up vehicular parking along Main Street to frame and emphasize the newly activated space.

Landscape architecture

INDOT SR 48 over Kettle Creek Bridge Rehabilitation

INDOT SR 48 over Kettle Creek Bridge Rehabilitation

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Shelburn, IN

SR 48 over Kettle Creek Bridge Rehabilitation

This project involved a superstructure replacement of the existing bridge over Kettle Creek. The existing bridge was a three-span continuous reinforced concrete slab bridge on SR 48 in Sullivan County. The existing superstructure was deteriorated, and the bridge had scour concerns. The project design also involved replacement of the reinforced concrete approaches, approach guardrail, and placement of new riprap on the spillslopes and around the existing piers. The maintenance of traffic utilized a road closure with a detour.

Transportation