by Toni Takacs | Jul 7, 2023
Mooresville, IN
Comprehensive Plan
The Town of Mooresville has made concentrated efforts to protect community character, celebrate history, and serve residents and businesses in a fiscally responsible manner. However, growth has been occurring around Mooresville in surrounding communities and unincorporated portions of Brown Township. The Town is now dealing with the impacts of surrounding growth with increased demand for services and more traffic on Town streets. Since much of this new development has occurred outside Town limits, Mooresville faces the difficult task of growing services and capacity to address resident concerns generated by development that has not contributed to Town revenues.
The Mooresville Comprehensive Plan and Thoroughfare Plan work together to address community concerns and provide a strategic framework for informed decision-making by elected and appointed officials. Key priorities include expanding the Town’s capacity to manage development pressures, enhancing quality of place amenities for residents, and restricting development in critical areas until a clear strategy for infrastructure and annexation is in place.
Mooresville’s proximity to major employment centers, access to key transportation corridors, and recent upgrades to I-69 and I-70 underscore the importance of a unified vision for the Town’s transportation network. The Thoroughfare Plan evaluates the current transportation system, anticipates increased traffic volumes based on projected regional growth, and outlines targeted recommendations to address future traffic and safety challenges. These efforts aim to ensure the transportation network supports Mooresville’s long-term goals for quality of life and economic development.
by Toni Takacs | Jul 7, 2022
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.
by Toni Takacs | Jan 20, 2022
Danville, IN
Comprehensive Plan
Adoption Planned for January 2022
The population of Danville had doubled since the community last updated its comprehensive plan. After years of resisting growth, Danville’s leadership adopted the mantra of “finding ways to say yes” to good development in the community as part of this planning effort. HWC was brought on board to craft a shared vision for the future of the community that would help the city guide new development according to the town’s expectations. The plan provided guidance on how to preserve the community’s hometown heritage, while also continuing to build on the town’s unique quality of life.
by Toni Takacs | Jan 15, 2022
Morgan County, IN
Comprehensive Plan
The construction of the Interstate 69 extension is expected to radically change transportation routes and development patterns in Morgan County. As a result, HWC was retained to help the county adapt future land use and transportation plans based on the final roadway configuration. HWC’s plan also included recommendations for changes to local development ordinances, which have since been adopted.
by Toni Takacs | Jan 13, 2022
North Vernon, IN
Comprehensive Plan
As part of its ongoing partnership with the city of North Vernon, HWC has worked with community, business, and city leaders to develop the last two comprehensive plans. The plans focused on major infrastructure improvements, investments in quality of life amenities, and economic development capitalizing on the nearby Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC). Collectively, these planning efforts spearheaded the construction of the U.S. 50 Bypass, North Vernon’s designation as a Stellar Community, and served as a key component for the South Central Indiana Talent Region READI Plan.
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