97 INDIANAPOLIS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN 2020 PLANNING DOWNTOWN�fS FUTURE TODAY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS Goal 23 Historic Preservation Placemaking Protect, restore and preserve the historic built environment including art, parks, infrastructure, urban archaeology and the original Mile Square Plan of Alexander Ralston. ALSO RELATES TO TOTAL VOTES Objective 23.1 HISTORY:  Enhance awareness of the origins of the City, including the original Ralston Plan and early settlement patterns. 38 q 1.CULTURAL TRAIL:  Promote the proposed Cultural Trail as a tool to bring attention to the city's historic preservation efforts and the historic Ralston Plan. Learning 28 q 2. STREET GRID:  Discourage disruption of the original street grid and angled streets. Moving 10 Objective 23.2 FUTURE RESOURCES:  Identify future historic resources. 36 q 1.LAND USE:  Consider supportive land use recommendations for undeveloped or underdeveloped historic sites. 15 q 2. INVENTORY:  Maintain a current survey of all historic resources with updates every five years. 13 q 3.HISTORIC CRITERIA:  Anticipate resources that will gain historic significance as time progresses and develop criteria to evaluate their significance 8 Objective 23.3 LEGISLATION:  Strengthen preservation legislation for Marion County to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the process of preserving historic resources. 29 q 1.MAINTENANCE:  Explore more effective ways to address demolition by neglect and deferred maintenance issues. 11 q 2.DEMOLITION:  Expand ways to delay demolition of unprotected historic resources. 9 q 3.ENFORCEMENT:  Evaluate the authority to support and enforce historic preservation. 9 Objective 23.4 REUSE STRATEGY:  Reuse property and buildings that have historic significance 25 q 1.REDEVELOPMENT:  Develop strategies that promote redevelopment rather than demolition.  Include evaluation of (1) facade loans or grants,  (2) low interest loans,  (3) historic preservation fund, (4) tax abatement or other local relief,  (5) receivership and (6) elimination of the cap on State rehabilitation tax credit. 14 q 2.HERRON REUSE:  Employ a proactive process to determine the reuse of the former Herron Art School buildings emphasizing continued educational use of the facility (e.g. early education opportunities, arts center, etc.) Living, Working 11 Objective 23.5 NEW LOCAL DESIGNATIONS:  Consider local designation of potential historic districts. 23 q DISTRICTS:  Evaluate Washington Street,  Massachusetts Avenue, Holy Rosary-Danish Church, the World War Memorial Plaza and small enclaves and remnants of once larger neighborhoods that may have been overlooked as traditional districts but are collections of historic resources. 23 Objective 23.6 PARTNERSHIPS:  Create new partnerships and sustain existing partnerships for protecting historic resources. 17 q 1.COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS:  Strengthen the relationship between preservation organizations and community development corporations. Living 9 q 2.PRESERVATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS:  Determine the need for preservation- based community development corporations and neighborhood organizations and support their creation. Living 8 Objective 23.7 EDUCATION:  Educate and raise awareness of historic preservation, cultural heritage and sense of place. 11 q 1.HISTORIC TOURS:  Promote tours of historic areas. Enjoying, Learning 5 q 2.INFORMATION:  Educate the public and elected officials and raise their awareness of the benefits of preservation. 4 q 3.HERITAGE RESEARCH:  Study early settlements to better understand the effects the community's  cultural heritage has had on developing the built environment. Learning 3 Objective 23.8 HISTORIC RESOURCES:  Explore ways to protect stand-alone historic resources. 10 q HISTORIC RESOURCES:  Investigate the effectiveness of promoting policies which address (1) individual designations, (2) easements and covenants, (3) national register nominations, (4) demolition delay policies and (5) ways to protect publicly-owned buildings. 10