Helping with the Marion County Land Use Plan
Posted by Andrew Arenson in New Development on Dec 10th, 2018 | 30 comments
In the summer of 2018 I found myself sitting in a room with a small number of other people, making decisions about how land in Marion County should be used. I’m a computer person by trade with no background in land use planning. How did I end up here?
The Impetus
The Long-Range Planning group in Indianapolis’ Department of Metropolitan Development had a challenge: Tasked with not only updating the balkanized and aged Marion County Land Use Plan, but in keeping with the vision of Plan 2020, which includes enabling the broader community to bring their expertise and interests to the task, how...
Goodbye Indianapolis – I’ll Miss You / Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You
Posted by Greg.Meckstroth in Neighborhoods on Jul 11th, 2011 | 9 comments
If you have ever read my blog urbanOut and followed the ‘Walking the Walk’ series about being car-free in Indy, you know that my walking habits rarely veered away from a few key streets in Downtown. For two years this was the life I lived, with no real desire to wander off course. But since June of this year, all that changed when my life took a significant detour off my normal walking routes and landed me in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where I now live. Earlier this year, I pursued a career opportunity that I couldn’t pass up. After a long interview process, a lot of waiting...
