Past Projects: Main Street Technical Assistance

Past Projects: Indiana Main Street Technical Assistance Project

Center Intern Kim Robinson in front of one of the businesses along Main Street in Farmland, IN.
Main Street Assistance

A façade rehabilitation drawing of a building located in New Albany, IN created by the Center.

The Center has an ongoing partnership with Indiana Main Street, a program of the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs. The "Main Street" concept uses design, promotion, organization planning, and economic restructuring to encourage the restoration and revitalization of historic downtowns.

Every year, the Center assists three to four Main Street communities with a variety of downtown and community enhancement projects. More information about the Indiana Main Street program is available at http://www.in.gov/ocra/mainstreet.shtml.

A list of some of the communities that the Center has assisted in the past several years through the Technical Assistance Project appears below.

Bloomington, IN – Design guidelines for the downtown, and façade renderings for a prominent downtown building.
Hammond, IN – Adaptive use study for J.C. Penney and Woolworth buildings.
Farmland, IN – Walking tour brochure and visitor's guide of downtown.
Hartford City, IN – National Register nomination for courthouse square.
New Albany, IN – Façade rehabilitation drawings.
Shelbyville, IN – Survey of applicable grants.
Mitchell, IN – Façade rehabilitation drawings.
Indianapolis, IN – Design guidelines for the East 10^th Street Corridor
Richmond, IN – National Register nomination for the Uptown Historic District.
Logansport, IN – Design guidelines for downtown.