58 INDIANAPOLIS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN 2020 PLANNING DOWNTOWN�fS FUTURE TODAY PLACEMAKING DOWNTOWN Diversity  Promote the inclusion of all ethnic, life cycle and ability groups by developing public places that respond to their culture and needs. Indianapolis is composed of people who have settled here from diverse backgrounds.  There are places that still reflect the heritage of those groups.  Some examples are Indiana Avenue (African- American), Athenaeum (German), Irish Hill (Irish), Christ Church Cathedral (English), Holy Rosary (Italian), Jewish, Slovenian, Ethiopian, Chinese and Latino settlements.   The systematic inclusion of ethnic, lifestyle, ability and age groups in decisions about design and development can strengthen the community. Parking  Intensify the Regional Center by minimizing surface parking lots. Parking in the Regional Center is considered by many to be a problem.  Surface parking lots create barriers to neighborhoods, break the safe cohesive pattern of sidewalks and do not contribute to the concentration of activities that create a dynamic environment. See page 92 for projects and programs related to the topic of urban design. 20.  IMPLEMENTATION RESOURCES GOAL 20 Promote policies that lead to the sustained economic health of the Regional Center's assets and to the natural revitalization of vacant, low- density, obsolescent and deteriorated property.   When possible use existing amenities as the focus for the development. OBJECTIVES  Regional Support  Determine ways to fairly distribute the cost of creating and maintaining a great city. The assets in the Regional Center are used by the people who live in central Indiana and in many cases the entire State.  The stability and strength of the regional economy is tied closely to the image of the Downtown. Fund Public Art  Provide funding to assure that art is incorporated into public projects. There are many components of the built environment that are not designed as art or that do not incorporate art into their development programs.  Bridges, levees, streets, manhole covers, light fixtures benches can be designed to be unique and to enhance wayfinding and placemaking Parking Strategy  Prevent parking from being a hindrance in the growth of the number of residents, visitors or businesses. As the number of residents, workers and visitors increases, the Regional Center will better utilizing the parking supply.  However, there is more opportunity for conflict competition to control parking. See page 94 for projects and programs related to the topic of implementation resources. $950,001-78,890,000 $295,001-950,000 $35,001-295,000 $1-35,000 $0 Source: Assessor's records. This map was prepared to show the overall pattern of property tax generating parcels of land. In some parcels that form a single site, the land and improvements are assigned to only one of the parcels. In these cases, the map does not accurately reflect values. Much of the land in the Regional Center is devoted to public and non-profit uses. Many of these uses benefit the entire region and state but do not directly contribute to the local tax base. Taxed No Tax Rights-of-way, etc. 1,676 acres 1,487 acres 1,083 acres 39% 35% 26% Total 4,246 acres100% MAP P-2 LEGEND White River State Park Concept sketch from the Regional Center East Urban Design Workshop of landscaping and lighting of the Interstate system through Downtown