WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.970 >>HELLO AND WELCOME TO INSIDEINDIANA BUSINESS.I'M GERRY DICK.>>GERRY: TALK WITH JUST ABOUT 2 00:00:03.970 --> 00:00:09.640 ANY INDIANA MAYOR THESE DAYS ANDTHEY'LL LIKELY TELL YOU ONE OFTHEIR TOP PRIORITIES ISENHANCING QUALITY OF PLACE. 3 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:16.480 WHETHER IT'S A NEW CITY LIKEFISHERS, TAKING STEPS TO BECOMEAN ENTREPRENEURIAL HUB ANDCREATING A NEW DOWNTOWN... 4 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:21.620 OR A CITY RICH WITH HISTORY LIKEFORT WAYNE, BRINGING AWORLD-CLASS RIVERFRONTDEVELOPMENT TO LIFE. 5 00:00:21.620 --> 00:00:27.460 OR KOKOMO, WHERE DOWNTOWNREDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS INCLUDEMUNICIPAL STADIUM, THE HISTORICDEPOT DISTRICT AND A NEW 6 00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:33.230 DOWNTOWN YMCA...AND NOW GREENWOOD WANTS IN ONTHE ACTION.THIS WEEK MAYOR MARK MYERS 7 00:00:33.230 --> 00:00:39.570 UNVEILING PLANS FOR A"ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME" DOWNTOWNREDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.THE $31 MILLION VISION CALLS FOR 8 00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:45.980 MORE THAN 450 APARTMENTS, 130TOWNHOMES AND RETAIL, OFFICE ANDPARK SPACE.FOR MORE ON THIS AMBITIOUS 9 00:00:45.980 --> 00:00:56.320 PROJECT, I'M PLEASED TO WELCOMEMAYOR MYERS TO OUR STUDIO...WELCOME.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 10 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:01.430 >> YOU CALLED THIS AONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME REDEVELOPMENTOPPORTUNITY.HOW SO? 11 00:01:01.430 --> 00:01:10.500 >> HOW OFTEN IS IT A COMMUNITYHAS AN OLD DOWNTOWN AND GETS ANOPPORTUNITY TO GET 19 ACRES ANDTHAT DOWNTOWN AREA AND HAVE A 12 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:16.940 CLEAN SLATE?WE WERE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITYTO BUY THE FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOLAND GET THAT PROPERTY AND 13 00:01:16.940 --> 00:01:24.380 REDEVELOP IT INTO SOMETHING THATWILL HELP OUR DOWNTOWN PRO.>> THIS IS AN AMBITIOUSPROCESS -- PROJECT. 14 00:01:24.380 --> 00:01:32.160 I MENTION STATISTICS, BUT GIVEUS YOUR VIEW OF WHAT THIS CANBECOME OVER THE NEXT 8-10 YEARS.>> WE ARE LOOKING AT A 15 00:01:32.160 --> 00:01:39.630 COMBINATION OF MIXED USEDEVELOPMENT WITH THREE-STORYRETAIL, OFFICE, CONDOMINIUMBUILDINGS, TOWNHOME BUILDINGS, 16 00:01:39.630 --> 00:01:45.540 PARKING GARAGE WRAPPED WITHAPARTMENTS AND CONDOMINIUMS ANDTHINGS LIKE THAT.>> WHY DO THIS? 17 00:01:45.540 --> 00:01:54.780 WHAT IS DRIVING THIS?FISHERS, FORT WAYNE, KOKOMO, YOUCAN GO ON ALL OVER THE STATE ANDCOUNTRY AND CITIES ARE TRYING TO 18 00:01:54.780 --> 00:02:01.790 REINVENT THEIR DOWNTOWN AREA.WHY?>> A BIG RESURGENT ON THE SELLSIDE AND WE ARE LEADING THAT 19 00:02:01.790 --> 00:02:07.990 CHARGE.>> IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TOGET THOSE PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS ASUCCESS, ARE YOU GETTING BY IN 20 00:02:07.990 --> 00:02:16.740 BECAUSE THESE ARE EXPENSIVEPROJECTS AND AS YOU LOOK AT THEOPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS.>> AS WE ROLLED THIS OUT TO 21 00:02:16.740 --> 00:02:24.810 THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE GOTTEN VERYGREAT RATING REVIEWS FROM THEPUBLIC AND I HAVE TO SAY THATSINCE WE BROKE THIS OUT, I'VE 22 00:02:24.810 --> 00:02:31.680 HAD NUMEROUS DEVELOPERS CALLINGWANTING TO GET INVOLVED WITHTHIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ANDPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO 23 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:36.360 DO THESE.>> I SHOULD MENTION THIS ISTHE VISION LOOKING FORWARD ANDTHERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS. 24 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:43.360 LONG AGO YOU CHRISTENED A NEWCOMMUNITY CENTER AND THAT WILLBE PART OF THIS OVERALL VISION.TALK ABOUT THAT AND WHY YOU DID 25 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:51.570 IT AND WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE.>> ABSOLUTELY.PART OF THIS IS REINVENTING THEPARK SPACE WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND 26 00:02:51.570 --> 00:02:57.940 TYING IT INTO THE COMMUNITYCENTER.LAST YEAR WE BLEW IT COMPLETELYOUT AND REVISION THE ENTIRE 27 00:02:57.940 --> 00:03:02.820 THING.WE MADE IT A PLACE TO LIVE,WORK, AND PLAY FOR ALL PEOPLE OFALL AGES. 28 00:03:02.820 --> 00:03:12.130 AND NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE TIEDIN THROUGH A TRAIL PROGRAM, TIEDIN TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER INTOTHE PLAY POCKETS WE ARE BUILDING 29 00:03:12.130 --> 00:03:20.000 AND IT WILL COME TO A PARKTHAT'S PART OF AN KIND OF THEHUB OF THE ENTIRE NEW PROJECT.>> IS PART OF YOUR NEW PITCH 30 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:26.940 TO CITY COUNCILORS AND OTHERSKIND OF USING SOME OF THESEOTHER CITIES AS EXAMPLES OF WHATTHEY HAVE DONE? 31 00:03:26.940 --> 00:03:35.380 >> ABSOLUTELY I LOOK AT A LOTOF THE MAYORS AROUND 10 WE WORKTOGETHER QUITE WELL.MAYOR FETTERS AND BRAINARD AND 32 00:03:35.380 --> 00:03:42.590 THE MAYOR FROM KOKOMO AND WE SEEWHAT EACH OTHER IS DOING AND WESEE THAT PEOPLE ARE MOVING TOTHE SUBURBS GETTING AWAY FROM 33 00:03:42.590 --> 00:03:48.700 URBAN AREAS AND AS THEY LOOK TORELOCATE THEY LOOK FOR SUBURBSAND WE CAN TELL YOU NOW INDOWNTOWN GREENWOOD, HOLMES DON'T 34 00:03:48.700 --> 00:03:55.170 STAY ON THE MARKET VERY LONG.AS SOON AS THEY GO ON THE MARKETTHEY ARE SOLD WITHIN DAYS SO WESEE THE RESURGENCE AND WE KNOW 35 00:03:55.170 --> 00:04:03.910 AS WE BRING THAT IN, DEVELOPERSSEE THAT HAPPENING, THEY SEE THEQUALITY OF LIFE WE ARE ADDING TOTHE COMMUNITY OVERALL AND WE ARE 36 00:04:03.910 --> 00:04:10.920 SEEING A GREAT CHARGE ON IT.>> THERE BEEN OTHERDEVELOPMENTS THE NDP WILLANNOUNCE PLANS FOR A 37 00:04:10.920 --> 00:04:34.340 20 MILLION-DOLLAR ICE PLEDGE INTHIS AREA IN GREENWOOD.SO A NUMBER OF THINGS GOING ON.>> ABSOLUTELY. 38 00:04:34.340 --> 00:04:36.910 TWO YEARS AGO WE BUILT A NEWAQUATIC CENTER ON THE SOUTHWESTSIDE OF THE CITY.INDY FIELD CAME TO US TO GET 39 00:04:36.910 --> 00:04:39.210 INVOLVED WITH BUILDING THE ICEPLEX.IT'S A ONE-OF-A-KIND, THELARGEST IN THE MIDWEST RIGHT 40 00:04:39.210 --> 00:04:42.020 NEXT TO THAT AQUATIC CENTER SOWE ARE USING PARK SPACE TO BRINGYOUTH INTO GROWTH THE PARKS,GROW A HEALTHY INDIANA IS WHAT 41 00:04:42.020 --> 00:04:48.090 WE ARE LOOKING AT THE.>> FINAL QUESTION, AS YOU LOOKAT GREENWOOD IN 8-10 YEARS, WHATDO YOU HOPE IT LOOKS LIKE? 42 00:04:48.090 --> 00:04:54.460 >> LIKE A BUSTLING DOWNTOWNFULL OF LIFE AND ENERGY, FULL OFPEOPLE.A HEALTHIER INDIANA AS WE PUT 43 00:04:54.460 --> 00:05:01.230 MORE TRAIL SYSTEMS IN AND ON THEOUTSKIRTS WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWBUSINESS COMING TO THE COMMUNITYAND IT IS REALLY GOING 44 00:05:01.230 --> 00:05:02.240 EXCEPTIONALLY WELL RIGHT NOW.