96 INDIANAPOLIS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN 2020 PLANNING DOWNTOWN�fS FUTURE TODAY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS Objective 21.2                 SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING:  Improve existing and develop new systems to comprehensively address Downtown educational venues. 45 q 1.SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING:  Comprehensively add educational venues to signage and wayfinding systems the Regional Center. Enjoying, Moving 22 q 2.WAYFINDING:  Evaluate and expand effectiveness of pedestrian-friendly wayfinding and street signs Investigate different techniques to allow wayfinding for persons with varying abilities Enjoying, Learning,   Living,  Working 17 q 3.WAYFINDING:  Include festivals in Regional Center maps and wayfinding systems Enjoying 6 Goal 22 Parks and Open Space Placemaking Maintain and enhance parks, open space and waterways that provide for the needs of area residents, workers and visitors and positively contributes to the overall image of the city. ALSO RELATES TO TOTAL VOTES Objective 22 PARKS AND OPEN SPACE:  Create and maintain a parks, open space and waterway systems that provide for the needs of area residents, workers and visitors and positively contributes to the overall image of the city. 238 q 1.BEAUTIFICATION:  Beautify the segments of streets important to the Downtown core; those that connect Regional Center districts, especially residential areas; and the segments of important neighborhood streets that feed into the Regional Center. Moving, Placemaking 77 q 2.WHITE RIVER:  Make the White River a major community amenity.  Study access and utilization of the historic Central Canal, White River and Fall Creek. Living, Enjoying 38 q 3. FAMILY PARKS:  Develop  new family-type parks.  Investigate the park needs of each residential district in the Regional Center and make recommendations regarding the amount of park space necessary to support the needs of residents. Living, Enjoying 27 q 4.PROGRAMMABLE OPEN SPACE:  Investigate the need for programmable open space Downtown, and make recommendations about how to meet these needs first taking into account the capacity of existing open space Placemaking 18 q 5. LANDSCAPING:  Identify areas where existing landscaping inhibits pedestrian flow.  Create safety standards for landscaping upkeep that addresses issues with plantings, shrubs and tree limbs.  Determine who is responsible for maintenance.  Ensure sidewalks widths allow space for pedestrian traffic, landscaping and cafes while maintaining recommended vehicle traffic volumes Enjoying, Learning, Living, Placemaking, Working 14 q 6.MAINTENANCE:  Support and improve the short- and long-term maintenance of the streetscape, waterways, greenways, parks and monuments. Enjoying, Living, Working, Moving 13 q 7.POCKET PARKS:  Develop numerous pocket parks and plazas. Living, Working, Enjoying 13 q 8. GREEN MALL:  Protect and continue to enhance the historic and beautiful green corridor of the American Legion Mall, Veterans Memorial Plaza, Indiana War Memorial and University Park for daily activities and programmed events. 10 q 9.STREETSCAPE:  Create linear green space on streetscapes. Living, Enjoying, Moving 11 q 10.MILITARY PARK:  Prepare a historic landscape preservation plan for Military Park.  Evaluate the contemporary role of the park considering its historic context. Living, Enjoying, Working, Learning 9 q 11. YOUTH:  Develop facilities for young people in the Regional Center. Living, Enjoying 5 q 12. REST AREAS:  Provide small rest areas with unique play, horticultural and cultural emphasis along pathways and corridors. Living, Enjoying, Moving 4