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Rotary Gateway Partnership Selects Team
The year-long design competition for a
monumental gateway in the area of I65 & West
Street resulted in the December decision to
select the Kevin Parsons & Associates Team and
their design concept. It was a difficult choice
to make since all five final submissions were
posted by strong locally-led teams, several of
which included national and international
members.
NINebark’s “Twin Towers, ” BDMD’s “Triumph”
Statue, CBA’s “Ribbon” Corridor, and Ratio’s
“Arch Tunnel” all contained unique elements
which would benefit many major areas of ingress
and egress in the Indianapolis core area. (See
all proposals here)
Several panels of experts and strategic
stakeholders; and public exhibits held at City
Market, Bethel AME Church, the Madame Walker
Museum, the Center for Sports Medicine, at
Rotary and Indiana University’s Emerging
Technologies Center provided input on all
aspects of the proposals. A vote taken over the
net through this website yielded close to 400
responses – beginning in September. It is still
receiving responses. Please continue to register
your thoughts and opinions as the Gateway
Partnership effort progresses!
“Gateway Circle,” the panelists’ final selection
and popular choice, sought to embody an familiar
symbol for our city given a fresh and innovative
approach that would knit together many themes,
groups and images already present on the
community scene. From a tire at the Speedway to
downtown’s Monument Circle, For several reasons
we have always been dubbed “the Circle City.” It
is felt that this concept will build on yet
transform an existing image for the 21st
century.
Partners and other groups involved with the
process were many, and spent hours reviewing
materials and attending meetings to give
opinions and information about their
perspectives on the project. Many have agreed to
continue to advise and support as the Gateway
becomes reality.
Organizations and people led by the City of
Indianapolis and its areas of Community
Development, Planning, and Public Works include:
IUPUI, BOS Community Development Corporation,
Clarian Health Partners, Veolia Water, Citizen’s
Gas, Walker Information, Sensory Technologies,
IUPUI Center for Politics and the Environment,
IUPUI Center for Earth and Environmental
Science, Indianapolis Ball State Center, Ruth
Lilly Health Education Center, JMK Development,
IPS, Indianapolis Downtown Inc., KIBI, Indiana
Avenue and Canal Cultural Districts, ICVA, IUETC,
White River State Park, Ransom Place and Fayette
Street Neighborhood Associations, MEDIC and the
Flanner Area, Madame Walker Center, Crispus
Attucks and the African Heritage Center, the
Arts Council’s Public Arts Program, and Lamson &
Fisk Engineering.
Rotarians deeply involved in the effort include
its officers, led by previous presidents and
current President Elaine Bedel, board members
and foundation, Environment & Beautification
Committee members: Lenore Tedesco, Jim Kienle,
Jeff Mader, Joe Gaafar, Mark Winzenread,
Jennifer Hobbs, Mike Conly, Ron Baker, Mark
Blade, Linda Brimmer, Kevin Markey, and Wendy
Boyle. The club itself is kept up-to-date and
asked periodically to render its comments on the
project.
Part of this I-65 & West Street Gateway’s future
lies in its concurrent relationship to other
major economic, cultural and community
developments occurring in the community. The
Partnership was created from a variety of
community-wide entities to ensure that this
would happen.
Selected from many locations identified by the
2004-5 Mayor’s Workgroup on Gateways because of
its dynamic convergence of educational, medical,
historical and economic factors, I-65 and West
Street represents one major entry/departure
point to Indianapolis among the 15 to 30 other
places discussed by the original workgroup.
No matter the scale or type of gateway effort
being planned, each passes through similar
phases and requirements in its development.
Rotary is particularly proud to sponsor this
website through the Ball State Center which the
city informs and where the city has placed its
Gateways Toolkit so that any citizens group may
find the information and process needed to bring
its concepts into being.
The Rotary Gateways Partnership will keep
updating everyone through bulletins and articles
on this website. If you would like to receive
further detailed information or wish to contact
the project, please indicate your interest in
the Gateways interactive comment area of this
website.
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Previous Stories |
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Gateway
Partnership Releases Five Gateway Proposals
Rotary Selects Five Teams to Develop Proposals
Rotary
Announces Request For Qualifications |
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Contact |
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Carole Darst
Chairperson, Rotary Gateways Partnership
317-849-0133
carolearts@mac.com |
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Indianapolis Cultural Districts |
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Learn about how the
Indianapolis Cultural Districts are
developing gateways to help foster
their unique identity.
Learn More. |
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