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from Rethink Coalition
Rethink Coalition Hosts Second Reconnecting Communities Workshop: Shaping Development in the Southeast Gateway
The Rethink Coalition invites community members, local leaders, and media to the next engaging and informative session in the Reconnecting Communities Workshop Series.
This workshop will explore the SE Gateway Reconnecting Communities project area and envision how land gained from reconfiguring the interstate can accommodate new amenities, housing, parks, shopping, and services. Participants will engage in a hands-on land use planning exercise, working with base maps of the interstate and adjacent neighborhoods to illustrate various possibilities for the project area based on community values.
Rethink Coalition's 2nd Submission to the INDOT CSS Process
The Rethink Coalition has developed a collective response to INDOT’s request for input to its second round of proposed CSS concepts, ideas, and treatments for the North Split project . . .
Rethink Coalition's 1st Submission to the INDOT CSS Process
The Rethink Coalition has developed a collective response to INDOT’s request for input on suggested CSS concepts, ideas and treatments for the North Split project . . .
Battle Over Inner Loop Must Shift to New Phase
Our downtown interstate system is approaching the end of its life span. Since its installation 50 years ago, the inner loop has divided our capital city and displaced more than 17,000 residents. Now, it will be reconstructed in stages, starting with the north split. What will replace it?
An Update to Supporters on Rethink 65/70
Over the last two months the Rethink 65/70 Coalition Leaders have been busy conducting a series of meetings and presentations with business leaders, business associations, civic leaders, city-county councilors, state legislators, the staffs of our federal Senators and Congressman, as well as representatives of our state government. We continue to educate and explain the enormous benefits of the Recessed Highway Reconstruction concept we developed for the downtown Inner Loop with the help of the economic impact analysis conducted by Arup Advisors, Inc.
Rethink Coalition Invites Public to Hear Experts’ View of Redesign Opportunities
The Rethink 65/70 Coalition will host a presentation at Indiana Landmarks Center on Nov. 12, where national experts will reveal the findings of a study evaluating INDOT’s downtown interstate analysis and the potential for economic development that the interstate reconstruction could harness. The event is free and open to the public.
Don't Squander Opportunity to Rethink I-65/I-70 Project in Indy Downtown
The Rethink 65/70 Coalition strongly believes that investment in the I-65/I-70 North Split and downtown interstate expansion will reshape the economy and quality-of-life in Indianapolis for the next 50 years - either positively or negatively. Let’s work together to find a positive rather than negative outcome.
What You Need to Know About the I-65/I-70 North Split Controversy
The half-century-old highway system spidering through north Downtown Indianapolis is about to either be rebuilt in accordance with today's standards, or re-imagined as a new way to move traffic through the city.