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Gateway to the Indiana Dunes Gateway to the Indiana Dunes GatewayGateway toto thethe IndianaIndiana DunesDunes subsub areaarea planplan Town of Porter, Indiana december 2010 Draft for Porter Redevelopment Commission SEH I JJR I Naughton+Associates Table of Contents Acknowledgments ii 1 Introduction 1 Overview 1 Why This Plan 3 Plan Ingredients 3 History 5 2 Process 7 3 Understanding Porter 9 Context 9 Development Suitability 9 Economic Development Snapshot 11 4 Framework 13 Guiding Principles 13 Composite Framework 15 5 Community Investment 17 Green Infrastructure 17 Best Management Strategies 19 Land Use Framework 21 Concept Plan 23 Gateway Development Area 25 Community Infill Development Area 31 Transit Oriented Development Area 32 6 Transform the Corridors 33 The Arrival Experience 33 Motorized Transportation 35 Alternative Transportation 35 Non Motorized Transportation 37 Gateways 39 Corridor Experiences 41 7 Implementation Strategies 47 Overview 47 Economic Impact Analysis 49 Validity of The Tourism Market in Porter 50 Conclusions and Recommendations 52 8 Design Guidelines 53 Overview 53 Open Space Zone 55 Gateway Development Zone 57 Infill Zone 62 Streetscape 63 Wayfinding / Signage 69 i Acknowledgements Town of Porter Town Council Todd Martin Jon Granat Dave Babcock Trevin Fowler Michele Bollinger, President Town of Porter Clerk-Treasurer Carol Pomeroy Town of Porter Redevelopment Commission LeAnn McCrum Al Raffin Bruce Snyder, President Michele Bollinger Jon Granat Working Group Members Matt Keiser, Town of Porter Bruce Snyder, Town of Porter Michele Bollinger, Town of Porter Brandt Baughman, Indiana Department of Natural Resources – Indiana Dunes State Park Jenny Orsburn, Indiana Department of Natural Resources – Lake Michigan Coastal Program Sergio Mendoza, Indiana Department of Natural Resources – Lake Michigan Coastal Program Costa Dillon, National Park Service – Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Garry Traynham, National Park Service – Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Eric Ehn, National Park Service – Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Lorelei Weimer, Porter County Tourism Kathy Brown, Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority Jim Powers, Indiana Department of Transportation Bryan Donze, Indiana Department of Transportation Nick Walding, Town of Chesterton Jennifer Nebe, Save the Dunes Council Bob Thompson, Porter County Plan Commission John Swanson, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission Heather Ennis, Chesterton/Duneland Chamber of Commerce John Parsons, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District The Consultant Team SEH of Indiana JJR Naughton and Associates Special Thanks A special thanks to all who committed the time and energy to this effort and to the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) for funding this Sub Area Plan. ii 1 Introduction Overview The 2005 Porter County Destination Audit This Sub Area Plan is one piece of a four Calumet Road. The project includes indicates that annually more than 3 million part strategy to develop the Gateway to the pedestrian/bicycle bridge enhancements, visitors come to Porter County to visit Indiana Dunes. These include: trailheads, wayfinding and interpretative the Indiana Dunes. Those visitors find signage, crosswalks, lighting, storm themselves trying to navigate through a The Gateway to the Indiana Dunes Sub water conveyance systems (using best place that lacks a gateway community or a Area Plan management practices), bike racks, place to start their experience. During the • This document will guide future benches and decorative and native public hearings held in conjunction with the development in the Indiana 49 Corridor landscaping. development of the Marquette Plan, many to create the iconic “Gateway to the voiced concerns that this lack of a gateway Indiana Dunes”. The Plan is guided by The Indiana 49 Lakeshore Gateway Corridor - a sense of arrival - negatively impacted the principles outlined in the Marquette Development Project will reaffirm the the quality of life of Porter County residents, Plan. The Plan includes strategies and Duneland’s historical standing as being the as well as the economic development an action plan that identifies responsible “Gateway to the Indiana Dunes”. The Plan, opportunities associated with these visitors. parties, timelines, and catalytic projects successfully implemented, will improve our in order to clearly articulate plan community’s infrastructure and transportation The Gateway to the Indiana Dunes, as implementation. systems. These investments will enhance identified in the Marquette Plan – Phase II: A our community’s opportunity to develop new Vision for Lakeshore Reinvestment (February Indiana 49 Reconstruction Project sources of revenue as a means to diversify 2008)) and outlined in this report, strikes a • The proposed project involves the our tax base, as well as to better protect our balance between the needs of the resident design, engineering, and construction economic future – our natural environment and visitor. It also outlines a course of of Indiana 49 between Interstate 94 and the tourism associated. action to invest in community infrastructure, and the Indiana Dunes State Park. The showcase our heritage, redefine the reconstructed highway and associated Economic Engine edges, bridge the gaps, preserve, protect improvements to the visitor’s “arrival and enhance our environmental systems, sequence” will become the iconic In 2007, as part of the completion of the protect our waters, and identify an effective “Gateway to the Indiana Dunes” as Marquette Plan: Phase II, (which included the management and funding strategy – or in depicted in this Sub Area report. shoreline east of the Burns Waterway to the other words – meet the principles outlined Indiana / Michigan state line) a companion in the Marquette Plan on our way toward “Gateway to the Indiana Dunes” study was completed relative to the U.S. 12 & “Creating a Livable Lakefront”. Alternative Transportation Study 20 Corridors spanning Porter County. One of • This study analyzes the various the topics discussed in that study indicated a Like the Marquette Plan, the Gateway methods of transporting residents and desire for expanded economic development to the Indiana Dunes Sub Area Plan has visitors between the many uses and and more specifically, tourism-related required collaboration and cooperation to attractions along the corridor. The study development along the Corridors adjacent to be successful and has required a “local is being conducted as a partnership and leading into the Indiana Dunes National champion” to help northwest Indiana realize with the Town of Porter, the Indiana Lakeshore and Indiana Dunes State Park. the long-term vision of the Marquette Plan. Department of Natural Resources Through the course of this study, the Town (Indiana Dunes State Park), the National The economic opportunities identified in the of Porter has stepped forward as that local Park Service (Indiana Dunes National studies and reported by several stakeholders champion and worked collaboratively with the Lakeshore), Northern Indiana Commuter throughout the Marquette Plan and Corridor Indiana Department of Natural Resources Transportation District, the Porter study processes require the development (Indiana Dunes State Park), the National Park County Convention, Recreation and of better access, people management, and Service (Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore), Visitors Commission, and the Indiana amenities for those who not only live in the the Porter County Convention, Recreation Department of Transportation, elected area, but also for those who visit. These and Visitors Commission, the Porter County officials and project area stakeholders. suggestions have long been supported by the Parks Department, the Duneland communities Porter County Convention, Recreation, and of Chesterton and Burns Harbor and various The Dunes Kankakee Trail Visitors Commission (PCCRVC), as well. other federal, state, and local agencies • This project, as outlined in this Sub Area to ensure the appropriate level of open report, involves the design, engineering communication and broad level buy-in that is and construction of the Dunes Kankakee critical for subsequent implementation. Trail from U.S. 12 south to the intersection of Woodlawn Avenue and 1 The Marquette Plan t L A K E M I C H I G A N e n m s t v e i n TM h e e R a r r e q h o u e k e s t t r L a e f o P l a n : A V i s i o n Gateway to the Dunes - Sub Area Boundary The Marquette Plan & Gateway to the Dunes - Sub Area Boundary illustration Quality of Life The Duneland is home to an assortment of natural habitats and a diversity of flora and fauna not often found in such a small geographic area. Over the years, many have made the trek to northwest Indiana to experience the beauty of Lake Michigan and the Indiana Dunes. Today, the Duneland’s geological history and beauty can be “Sweeping changes will not come overnight. Nor can they experienced by hiking on any one of the trails within the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore be dictated by one person or one governmental body. We in or Indiana Dunes State Park. Northwest Indiana must sit together as a unified community The Indiana Dunes have long been and reach a consensus on our future.” considered a destination to those living in Congressman Pete Visclosky Chicago. Early visitors traveled using the Chicago South Shore South Bend Commuter Railroad. They brought their families and Lake Michigan their friends to explore the awesome beauty of the dunes. As the automobile became a fixture in the American household,
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