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Cultivate + Connect Our Places
4: Activity Centers
4A: Downtown Economy

4A: Support a Strong and Diverse Downtown Economy

Support efforts that maintain downtown’s preeminence as a place to do business through the encouragement of new high-quality amenities as well as the maintenance of assets already built. Development of local and regional land use and transportation policies that encourage density are encouraged to accommodate evolving economic, technologic, and real estate preferences and keep downtown dynamic and economically relevant. We must also keep in mind the balance between taxable and non-taxable property downtown, which is home to significant regional-serving amenities that are tax-exempt like hospitals, universities, and museums. While these amenities contribute significantly to regional quality of life, the infrastructure they depend on must be supported by local private economic activity.

Value to the Community

Downtown is a source of the community’s identity while also serving as the economic engine of Central Indiana. Even though most do not work and only a fraction of residents live in downtown, it has an outsized impact on the economic health of Indy. And while a neighborhood of its own, it's also a neighborhood that belongs to everyone, with a disproportionate number of residents using its government services, healthcare facilities, transportation facilities, cultural and sports amenities, and public spaces.

Value to the Hospitality Industry

A healthy downtown economy is necessary to sustain the collection of visitor and cultural amenities it is home to. While tourism depends on the vibrancy of restaurants, retail, and cultural offerings downtown to attract visitors, it is local residents, particularly the daytime office workforce, that keeps those things viable. Without downtown workers and residents we cannot have vibrancy for visitors.

Updates

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Key Partners

Confirmed Partners

  • Visit Indy

Recommended Partners

  • Downtown Indy
  • Develop Indy
  • Indy Chamber
  • Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
  • City of Indianapolis

Priority + Progress

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Active priorities are the top 20% or so of actions that TTI is most focused on and engaged with.

TTI Role

Encourage
Support
Primary
Encourage
The support role means TTI is actively supporting partners in their implementation of this action. This type of role is typically applicable when partners seek to engage Visit Indy regularly or seek help in an important yet limited role.

Impact on Guiding Principles

Related Destination Vision Actions

8D: GM Stamping Plant
6D: Downtown Skywalks
5B: Downtown Residential
4E: Convention District
6C: Connect Downtown’s Outdoor Spaces
15E: Circle Centre Mall
2D: Indy-Based Events

Related Community Projects

16 Tech Innovation District. The 16 Tech Innovation District is a 50-acre mixed-use community dedicated to fostering world-changing innovation and economic opportunity. The growing campus is anchored by the Indiana Bioscience Research Institute and includes The Amp artisan marketplace and food hall and the Machyne makerspace.
IU Health New Downtown Hospital. To be located south of the existing Methodist Hospital, the new IU Health hospital in Downtown Indianapolis will combine adult services into one location with inpatient and observation beds, a full service outpatient center and a medical education building and on-site faculty offices.

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