121 INDIANAPOLIS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN 2020 PLANNING DOWNTOWN�fS FUTURE TODAY APPENDIX E: GLOSSARY OF TERMS Green Buildings:  Buildings that incorporate the principles of energy efficiency and sound ecological practices. Greenspace:  A park or other landscaped area.   Greenway:  A corridor of undeveloped land, as along a river or between urban centers, that is reserved for recreational use or environmental preservation. High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes:  Lanes that allow only motor vehicles carrying two or more persons, including the driver, depending on local regulations. High Speed Rail:  An inter-city passenger ground transportation that is time-competitive with air and auto for travel markets in the approximate range of 100 to 500 miles. Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana (HLFI): A statewide, private, nonprofit, membership-supported organization established to promote the preservation and restoration of Indiana's architectural and historic heritage. Homeless Person:  According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a homeless person is an individual who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence or has a primary nighttime residence that is a) a publicly supervised or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters and transitional housing for the mentally ill); b) an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or c) a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping place for human beings. Household: A household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit.  The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together or any other group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements. Housing Units: A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home or trailer, a group of rooms or a single room occupied as separate living quarters or, if vacant, intended for occupancy as separate living quarters.  Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live and eat separately from any other persons in the building and which have direct access from outside the building or through a common hall. Iconography:  The art of creating an image. I-Light:  A very high-speed fiber optic network Incubator:  A place or situation that permits or encourages the formation and development of new ideas. Indiana Chamber of Commerce:  The mission of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce is to work proactively on behalf of its members and constituents by providing a world-competitive business climate throughout the state in order to provide the maximum opportunity for meaningful employment for all residents of Indiana.   The Chamber does this by advancing thoughtful legislation and public policy and serving as a convenient source of reliable business information for its members and constituents.   Indiana Department of Commerce:  The Indiana Department of Commerce is the State economic development organization responsible for all aspects of State marketing and promotion and for business assistance, attraction, retention and expansion.   The Indiana Department of Commerce works with Indiana-based firms and assists non-Indiana firms establishing an Indiana-based location.   Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM): A State agency responsible for dealing with issues related to air quality, ground contamination, solid waste, hazardous waste and water quality.  IDEM has responsibility for air quality issues as they relate to the Indianapolis region's long-range transportation plans and the IRTIP.   Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR): A State agency with responsibility for acquisition, improvement and upkeep of the state's natural resources, such as wetlands, waterways, agricultural lands, wildlife, plant communities and recreation lands. In addition, DNR has responsibility for the state�fs historic and cultural sites. Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT): A State agency responsible for aeronautics, public transportation, railroads and highways in the state.  INDOT has the primary responsibility, under ISTEA, to develop a statewide transportation improvement program for highways.   Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD):  Indiana Department of Workforce Development helps people prepare for rewarding careers and good jobs through lifelong learning. Indiana Genomics Initiative (INGEN): An initiative to create a world-class biomedical enterprise at the IU School of Medicine and the IU Office of Information Technology.  Ultimately, the INGEN Initiative will take new data derived from the federally funded Human Genome Project and determine what the genetic sequence means to make discoveries to cure diseases and improve human health. Indiana Sports Corporation (ISC):  A private, not- for-profit organization that represents Indianapolis in the national and international sports marketplace.   Created in 1979 to attract national and international sporting organizations and events to central Indiana, ISC coordinates and markets major amateur sporting events.  Indiana Sports Corporation was instrumental in the process which resulted in the NCAA's decision to relocate its national headquarters and Hall of Champions to Indianapolis, and ISC supports and assists more than a dozen sport-related organizations in Indianapolis. Indiana University Advanced Research and Technology Institute (ARTI):  This office technology transfer was established to identify those novel research discoveries that may be developed into beneficial commercial products, protect such discoveries through the patenting process and work with inventors and commercial partners to transfer such discoveries to the public through the marketplace. Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI):  IUPUI is an urban research University in Indianapolis created in 1969 as a partnership by and between Indiana and Purdue Universities, with IU as the managing partner. Indianapolis Coalition of Neighborhood Development (ICND):  An association of Indianapolis community development corporations (CDCs) which facilitates the comprehensive redevelopment of Indianapolis center city neighborhoods by promoting communication, collaboration and cooperation among CDCs.   Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association (IVCA):  A nonprofit organization with the mission to enhance the economic fabric and quality of life of Greater Indianapolis.  This is accomplished by marketing the area as a destination for conventions, trade shows, other business meetings and for pleasure travel; assisting member businesses in marketing their facilities, products and services to these same clients; and servicing the needs of all visiting groups and individuals.