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Indianapolis / City as Living Laboratory

Sustainability Made Tangible through the Arts

Indianapolis / City as Living Laboratory

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Indianapolis / City as Living Laboratory STREAM / LINES STREAM / LINES is a city wide initiative to engage the citizens of Indianapolis with multiple ways in which the White River and its tributaries are active participants in their communities.

We need... â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;to draw bright lines around what is possible and what is not.â&#x20AC;? -Eric Sanderson,TerraNova 2

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Indianapolis / City as Living Laboratory STREAM / LINES STREAM / LINES is a city wide initiative to engage the citizens of Indianapolis with the ways the White River watershed and its tributaries support their lives. Six communities along the 6 major waterways have been selected as part of this project. Evolving from the 2011 installation FLOW (Can You See the River?) and other precedent projects in the city, a community network was formed. This network, Reconnecting Our Waterways (ROW), has worked with neighborhood facilitators to select the six locations which are distributed throughout the city. This is an implementation of the ‘City as Living Laboratory (CaLL): Sustainability made Tangible Through the Arts’. CaLL is a framework intended to make issues of social, economic and environmental sustainability compelling to the public. It envisions the city as a laboratory where collaborators amongst artists, scientists, communities and policy makers can make a city’s pressing issues apparent to its citizens though place based projects and events. For this National Science Foundation AISL sponsored project four different art forms (visual, music, poetry, and dance) are combined with relevant science content about the watershed to create informal learning sites in the city. The intention is to give communities adjacent to each of the sites a better sense of how their homes, streets and businesses are connected to the river system and how important the river is in supporting their daily lives. The goal is to arouse curiosity and a desire to visit all six locations. In combination, these sites will reveal multiple aspects of the city’s water system through the network. By dispersing sites around the city STREAM / LINES will initiate new levels of water awareness throughout Indianapolis.

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STREAM / LINES The Sites Each site will focus on specific water related topics and expand from that point to illustrate the connected networks through which the city is built. What happens to a drop of water as it falls from the sky, touches the asphalt, gets absorbed into the ground, soaked up by vegetation, evaporated into the air we breath and sky above before it falls back down to the ground again during a weather event? How does urbanization, our choice of transportation modes, and building patterns effect our climate, weather food we eat, health of our waterways, vitality of wildlife, and quality of life? These are questions and topics that i/CaLL will seek to address in hopes of evoking changes in our collective behavior and perceptions to elevate the entire city ecology and help us live more healthy and conscious lives. A community facilitator worked with each neighborhood to identify general areas where installations could be implemented; this dialogue with the neighborhoods is an ongoing part of the process. Site analysis have been conducted over several visits to each site to identify more specific locations. Each site was studied to note the characteristics specific to that particular location and through a dialogue between the artist and a group of scientists, general topics were arrived at for all six. The topics range from habitat corridors, to water infrastructure, to atmosphere and land use, to water as a resource and change over time. Those general headings are associated with ‘key words’. For instance: precipitation, infrastructure, temperature, contamination, restoration. Some of the ‘key words’ are shared between all sites while others are specific to single locations.

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The conceptual framework was inspired by and evolved from the Muir web that illustrates the intricate network through which we are connected. The project icon of a splayed star pattern demonstrates the multiple ways STREAM / LINES is intended to operate. At its most basic it represents several paths of exploration out from each site that visitors will be encouraged to take; it continues through to the site configuration and further still to suggest how site topics are related.

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Biological / Life Science

- Biological and / or human health effects of toxic chemical pollution - Biological and / or human health effects of bacteria / e.coli - Biological effects of pharmaceuticals in water

Earth Science

- Riparian habitats - what kinds of animals live in along the urban waterways? Also the effect of having very narrow or nonexistent riparian corridors a long waterways (why are riparian areas important?) - Invasive species - what are they, and how do they affect water quality, habitat, and health? - Nutrient cycling (Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus) what are the nutrient flow paths through the urban environment? - Analyzing movement of pollutants through urban ecosystems with Material Flow Analysis - Urbanization impacts on the water cycle (e.g. evaporation, precipitation, infiltration) - Urban heat island effects on weather patterns/rainfall - Hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical and ecological impacts on urban streams - Urban stream restoration techniques and goals

Engineering / Design

-Indianapolis’s Deep Rock Tunnel its impacts on Combined Sewer Overflows, stream flow, toxicity of water, geology of digging 250 feet under a city - Storm water management strategies (pipes, rain barrels, rain gardens, detention basins, etc) - Human impacts on groundwater (e.g. withdrawal for supply, pollution from septic systems, leaking industrial storage tanks too) - Water leakage/loss from water distribution system - Integrated modeling for urban water infrastructure design (eg supply lines, waste distribution & treatment) - Urban design and health of aquatic ecosystems - Engineering of urban waterways (i.e. flood walls, levees, piping) which impacts the waterway by: • Disconnecting it from its floodplain • Increasing velocity and volume water in channel (leads to erosion, down cutting, etc.) • Disrupting waterways natural stream morphology (i.e. prevent natural meandering in larger stream, and the natural riffle>run>pool sequence in smaller (gavel) streams) • Reducing wildlife habitat

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- Legal and political interactions with urban watershed management - Sustainable water supply and resilient urban water systems (e.g. flood/drought responses, social justice) - Planning for the future of cities and its water systems (e.g. adaptive management, efficient allocations) - Land use and its relationship to the stream health - Regional Connection of water (Up/Down Stream)

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The sites will be activated through on-site visual arts components in the form of constructed markers and mirrors, rows of Redbud trees, areas with plantings for cleaning storm water, and areas to sit and reflect on the issues that shape our waterways. The voices of community members will be accessible through dial-up. Music specifically commissioned for each site will be accessible virtually, texts selected by Indiana poets will appear on the site and dance performances involving the community and developed specifically for each site will be held over a two year period.

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VIRTUAL • Dial up • Ludogeography • Track-a-raindrop

EVENTS • Projections • Readings • Musical Performances • Research Stations • Walks

The most salient topics at each site will be noted and visitors will be encouraged to further explore them through a series of on-site interventions, virtual devices as well as programs. A series of prompts will invite each person to seek out specific aspects of each site through a game-based derive or ‘ludogeography’. At each site a map / diagram will show all six locations with their associated ‘key words’ that visitors can use to formulate their own tour of sites according to their own interests. For instance if ‘habitat’ is their area of interest there may be three out of six sites they can visit where ‘habitat’ is also a focus. The sites will be activated through on-site visual arts components in the form of constructed markers and mirrors, rows of red bud trees, areas of plantings for cleaning storm water or areas to sit and reflect on the issues that shape our waterways. The voices of community members will be accessible through dial-up. Music specifically commissioned for each site will be accessible virtually, texts selected by Indiana poets will appear on the site and dance performances involving the community and developed specifically for each site will be held over a two year period.

STREAM / LINES The Means Means of Engagement • Set up a situation where the community can become engaged with the place, the stream, and the topics over time • Create a hub within the neighborhood • Encourage exploration and connection between all 6 sites Installation • Build on existing elements on site - repurpose • Create places to: • Engage people with topics • Provide new ways of seeing the site • Provide for gathering and performances • Provide places for reflection • Programming Team / Research Station • Create community, artist, scientist teams for each site which will be engaged in an ongoing capacity • Explore most effective means of engaging community • Events • Projections • Readings • Music • Performances • Research • Walks • Demonstration projects in each neighborhood. For instance: creating demonstration rain gardens and plant trees around industrial site.

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STREAM / LINES Ludogeography Ludogeography is a game based site exploration that grows out of the Situationist’s ‘derive’, a means of exploring a city. It is in development with game designer Josh De Bonis. Visitors are given a series of prompts in text form or virtually that encourage them to explore a site. These are intended to be playful and encourage a direct experience of a topic. For instance a prompt may suggest: ‘From where you are standing, track a drop of water until it last sees the light of day. Take a photograph here.’ There is no single correct answer; a virtual will be able to capture the range of responses a community has to the topic. (See Vimeo of Jane’s Walk, May 2014 @ http://vimeo.com/98149018)

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STREAM / LINES Visual Art Elements A diverse group of constructed and planted elements will be used at each site in various combinations.

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All six sites will have a consistent approach, in both the physical installation and layout of content, while acknowledging the specific characteristics of each site. This template will allow visitors to easily navigate all sites after visiting the first. The layout, with its central marker and radiating arms, suggests that each of these sites is only the start of the exploration, the streams and the neighborhoods. The elements range from the central site marker with 48â&#x20AC;? diameter convex mirror hovering above and reflecting the surrounding site, site topic, repurposed mirrors from FLOW that address sub-topics and ludogeography, and seating areas that provide space for reflection. These may be reduced or expanded in scale or reconfigured based on further site studies and cost estimates.

All the sites will have: 1. Central marker and mirror 2. Project map showing all six sites (#2-5 will use repurposed FLOW mirrors) 3. Site topics and subtopics 4. Ludogeography prompts

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Strategy At Each Site • Introduce the topic • Build on the unique nature of each site • Make connections to topics spatially, temporally, and conceptually • Give people the tools to decode and relate to the site topic • Reveal that water and their neighborhoods are part of a complex and interconnected ecological landscape • Show how site specific topics are emblematic of larger territories upstream and downstream

Tactics At Each Site • Kinesthetic Experience of Place • walking / moving, • guided viewing at specific points, • the search or treasure hunt • The senses of the site • sight - focus on unnoticeable things • sound - introduce new sounds, stories, or voices • touch - allow an intimacy • smell - find the differences • Metric / Equivalencies • show human scale references to flows and consumption • volume of flow • miles of pipe • distance travelled • Minimal intervention in the existing landscape • build on what is already present

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POTENTIAL MATERIALS Materials will be chosen to reflect the unique characteristics of each site as well as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relation to the science content. Native grasses and those appropriate for rain gardens would be chosen with a horticulturist to determine planting requirements.

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CREATING A NETWORK How can these projects seed future projects and help the network proliferate? A riff on the environmental ecologist Eric Sanderson’s prompt to ‘draw bright lines...’ make it possible to imagine the incremental evolution of i/CaLL’s STREAM /LINES into a city wide network where we draw bright lines around the places in our cities where it is possible to become more clearly aware of the natural systems that support life in the city. This network ends up forming a dense network where the systems of the city are revealed on site to its inhabitants.

Phase 1 - building off of the FLOW: Can You See the River? project, i/ CaLL expands to the 6 major waterways in Indianapolis. It is hoped that this phase seeds other collaborative projects around the city.

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Phase 2 - Encourage by i/CaLL more collaborative projects begin to proliferate around the city. These projects highlight the expanding sustainability issues of urban living.

Phase 3 - The city becomes a place for informal learning with the multitude of collaborative projects located around the city.

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Musician: Matthew Skjonsberg Poet: Alessandra Lynch Dance: TBD

Little Eagle Creek / Lafayette Place

Musician: Roberto Lang Poet: Adrian Matejka Dance: TBD

Fall Creek / MFC @ 30th St.

Musician: Moses Sumney Poet: Cathrine Baumann Dance: TBD

Pogueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Run / Holy Cross @ Vermont St.

Musician: Stuart Hyatt Poet: Cathrine Baumann Dance: TBD

White River / West Indy @ Kentucky Ave.

The City & The River [weather & climate]

Musician:Hanna Benn Poet: Alessandra Lynch Dance: TBD

Pleasant Run / Fountain Sq. South @ Prospect St.

Musician: Olga Bell Poet: Adrian Matejka Dance: TBD

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Pleasant Run / Fountain Square South @ Prospect Street Industry and change over time

What is the legacy of industrialization? The industrial boom in the United States helped advance the country economically and drastically changed our lifestyles. At the time we were not aware of, or chose to ignore, the environmental effects that would result from the manufacturing and processing of the resources that were helping propel the nation. Industrialization helped provide jobs, process raw materials to electricity to power our homes and gas for our cars. The unseen burdens to our environment can still be seen today . The legacy of our choices are visible in our infrastructure and through the layers of earth.

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How what steps can be taken to remediate the land? When the ground or soil of a landscape becomes altered by being contaminated with pollutants resulting from long term industrial or commercial use, it is officially designated a “brownfield”. There are BMPs, or “Best Management Practices” delineated by the Environmental Protection Agency for remediating these polluted sites. These practices include excavation, soil washing, phytoremediation, fungal remediation, and compost remediation.

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Site Observations: • Waterscape Scene Approaching Site: • Open, spacious triangle opens up between creek & road • Road curves under railroad bridge, bridge frames coke plant beyond • Waterscape Scene Creekside Juxtaposition: • Old industry once dependent on stream (ambivalent intimacy) • Looking away from coke plant (144 acres), downstream: can see the lovely character of the natural stream • Waterscape Scene Adjacent: • Clapboard houses Architecture / Infrastructure: • Stone & cement surfaces; iron pipes link RR; coke plant and road - lock into the streambed w/small scale engineering embedded in stream • Large limestone blocks of bridge abutment & in stream - remains of Falls • Two big storm pipes (labeled w/arrow in green ink, intermingling w/ graffiti tags) • A third, unmarked, partially hidden pipe set below, another further up the stream in the stone • Continuous parallel flows: • old watercourse • railway and coke plant • parkway • Pleasant Run bike trail to come by site

Environment: • Stepped falls in disarray • Toxic space in the past but still? • What coming out of the unmarked pipe? • Sewage will be mixed in the storm drains during floods • Houses once turned purple Usable Space: • Triangle good gather place • What utilities are available on site? (3 utility poles) Neighborhood: • Over time German, Irish, Italian, Appalachian • Active community, happy the project is coming, get neighborhood voice on site • Find out about bench / fountain proposed for site

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PLEASANT RUN________________________________________________ Map from Southeast Neighborhood Quality of Life Plan 2007

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD - SOUTHEAST INDIANAPOLIS The Southeast neighborhood of Indianapolis encompasses six unique and distinctive neighborhoods: Bates Hendricks, Fletcher Place, Fountain Square, Fountain Square South, The Southeast Community Organization, and Irish Hill. This downtown area is bordered by Washington Street on the North; Raymond Street on the South; Sherman Drive and Keystone Avenue on the East; and Madison Avenue on the West. Southeast residents are committed to creating a neighborhood that meets the needs of a variety of individuals. This commitment is shown through the strong history of community planning, as well as through participation at various community meetings and advisory councils. DEMOGRAPHICS - Bates Hendricks Neighborhood Population: 3,542 total - 27.6% population under 18; 65% population 18-65; 7.6% population over 65 Households: 28.7% married couple family households; 36.2% households with children; 17% households with seniors - 92% households speak English; 8% households speak Spanish - 85% Caucasian; 4.7% African-American; 6.3% other race - 42.6% rentals; 35.4% owner-occupied; 22% vacant Major Employment Industries: Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services; Retail Trade; Educational, Health and Social Services Income: 36.6% $10,000 to $24,999; 32.9% $25,000 to $49,999; 15.4% $50,000 to $74,999 Education: 39.5% without High School Diploma; 30.9% with High School Diploma only; 15.7% Some College, no degree PLEASANT RUN The Pleasant Run stream and watershed span approximately 27 miles across east and southeast Indianapolis. It is mostly underground from 38th St. and Franklin Road until it emerges at Sherman and English avenues, continuing southeast where it drains into the White River near Troy Avenue and Bluff Road. Reconnecting to Our Waterways (ROW) is focused within a half-mile of the stream in the neighborhoods on the southeast end of Pleasant Run. The Southeast neighborhood of Indianapolisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;bordered by Washington Street on the north, Raymond Street on the south, Sherman Drive and Keystone Avenue on the east, and Madison Avenue on the westâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;encompasses six unique and distinctive neighborhoods: Bates-Hendricks, Fletcher Place, Fountain Square, Fountain Square South, SECO and Irish Hill. KEY ASSET: The Pleasant Run Trail is a 6.9-mile greenway trail that begins at Ellenberger Park, connects to Christian Park and ends at Garfield Park. The trail meanders along Pleasant Run Creek and connects recreation facilities such as the Kin Hubbard Memorial and Garfield Park and Conservatory. Ellenberger, Christian and Garfield parks have loop trails that provide an additional two miles of trail.

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A Pleasant Run Waterway Committee consisting of ROW steering committee members, neighborhood residents and leaders, and city staff have met regularly since mid-2012. Through these meetings, the group identified two areas for focused effort, investment and improvement. Barth Avenue Bridge There is an old, abandoned bridge over Pleasant Run at Barth Avenue and East Pleasant Run Parkway, just west of Shelby Street. It is no longer used for vehicular traffic and has become overgrown with invasive plants and trees. While unsafe for significant freight, it has become a target for vandalism and other neighborhood crime. With minimal investment, the waterway committee believes that this could become a positive destination for artists, community events and other creative placemaking. Industrial Heritage Trail Until it closed in July 2007, Indianapolis Coke, the Manufacturing Division of Citizens Gas, located at 2950 Prospect Street, produced coke, manufactured gas and various chemical by-products for industrial use. Coke is a solid carbon material that is used as a fuel primarily by steel mills and foundries. Indianapolis Coke had been in operation since 1909 and once produced all of the gas used for heating and other purposes in Marion County. Pleasant Run Creek cuts through the middle of the plant. The abandoned plant also disconnects the Pleasant Run Greenway Trail, making it difficult and confusing for trail users to navigate around it. This massive abandoned site blights the neighborhood, creating opportunities for crime and vandalism. The property owner, Citizens Energy, is an active ROW steering committee member and has worked with this waterway committee on a second priority project in this area. The Industrial Heritage Trail (IHT) celebrates the city’s progressive future and industrial past by combining art, science and technology to highlight the roles of industry and technology. Located in the historic Citizen’s COKE Plant, the IHT would fix a gap in the Pleasant Run Trail, along Pleasant Run Creek, by creating an elevated bikeway/walkway. It could serve as a catalyst for economic development in an area that has seen significant challenges paralleling the collapse of major factories. Pleasant Run Project for either location The Ka-Bike-O-Scope is an interactive science/art installation that uses arts to bring basic science concepts to the residents in some of the city’s most socio-economically challenged neighborhoods. Artists, scientists and engineers will work with neighborhood residents to create designs that are educational and meet community needs. The Ka-Bike-O-Scope is an iconic sculpture that is completely human powered, off-the grid, and provides shade and lighting. It creates a neighborhood destination that addresses security, health and well-being. The first Ka-Bike-O-Scope is planned along Pleasant Run Creek at a neighborhood chosen location. CONTACTS: ROW Pleasant Run Waterway Committee: Brian Payne, President and CEO, Central Indiana Community Foundation, brianp@cicf.org, 317.634.2423 Alphons Van Andrichem, Project Coordinator, Central Indiana Community Foundation, alphonsva@cicf.org, 317.634.2423 Jan Diggins, Manger, Community Relations, Citizens Energy, jdiggins@citizensenergygroup.com, 317-927-6439

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LISC, Tedd Grain, LISC, tgrain@lisc.org, 317.454.8492 Southeast Neighborhood Development Corporation (SEND), Darrell Unsworth, darrell@sendcdc.org, 317.634.5079 ext. 104

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Pogue’s Run / Holy Cross @ Vermont Street Infrastructure

How has development / urbanization effected water bodies? Pogue’s Run was an estuarine corridor that animals and Native Americans followed for food and water before 1913. Around 1913, it was rerouted into the storm sewers of downtown Indianapolis in order to make way for the urban grid pattern of the city’s new proposed roads. The stream currently goes underground at New York Street, and re-emerges into the White River near Kentucky Avenue. The diverted waterway is a physical manifestation of urbanization and how city planners negotiated the existing hydrological flows of a site with a proposed urban system.

KEYWORDS: • infrastructure • engineering • impervious surface • buried stream

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What infrastructure is required to provide the city with potable water? What infrastructure is required to remove waste water? What infrastructure is required to move people and vehicles around water?

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Site Observations: • Waterscape Scene Approaching Site: • Stream flows underneath E Vermont St. between Dorman and RR • Rocky & wooded edges along stream where • Light industrial, no one walking Architecture / Infrastructure: • Access path east of stream and between Flat 12 Bierworks. • Mural along above access path mentioned above. • Open space west of stream • Elevated building crossing visible looking south • USGS gauging station just south of E Vermont where crossing stream Neighborhood: • Holy Cross Community District • Winery and brewery • Development of Vermont St. walking corridor Usable Space: • Open space west of the creek • Access path east of stream and between Flat 12 Bierworks

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POGUEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RUN________________________________________________ Neighborhood Map from Near-East Quality of Life Plan 2007

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD – NEAR EAST The near-eastside of Indianapolis is comprised of 20 neighborhoods within the boundaries of 21st St. and Massachusetts Avenue to the north, Emerson Avenue to the east, the railroad tracks south of Washington Street, and interstates 65 and 70 to the west. DEMOGRAPHICS - HOLY CROSS NEIGHBORHOOD Population: 1,333 - 18% population under 18; 73.6% population 18 to 65; 8% population over 65 Households: 21.1% married couple family households; 20.6% households with children; 15.5% households with seniors - 95.4% households speak English; 4.6% households speak neither English nor Spanish - 71% Caucasian; 21.6% African-American; 4% multiple race - 43% rentals; 33.8% owner-occupied; 23.2% vacant Major Employment Industries: Manufacturing; Educational, Health and Social Services; Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Mgmt Services Income: 37.2% $25,000 to $49,999; 16.9% $10,000 to $24,999; 15% $100,000 or more Education: 36.3% With Associates Degree or Higher; 31.2% With High School Diploma only; 22.5% With Some College, no degree POGUE’S RUN Pogue's Run is a creek starting on the eastside of Indianapolis, which eventually ends up running through aqueducts beneath the downtown area. It is named for George Pogue, who along with John Wesley McCormick founded what would become the city of Indianapolis. In 1914 Pogue's Run was rerouted into the storm sewers of downtown Indianapolis in order to allow for a perfect grid pattern for Indianapolis' roads. The stream goes underground at New York Street, east of I-70, and eventually spills into the White River near Kentucky Avenue. On the section to the northeast of where Pogue's Run enters downtown Indianapolis, Brookside Park was built to take advantage of the creek as a recreation opportunity. [SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogue%27s_Run] KEY ASSET:. In 2003, the City of Indianapolis Department of Public Works completed a flood control and wetland mitigation project on the Pogue’s Run Basin at I-70 and Emerson Avenue. The flood basin includes a 1.5-mile loop trail, a new parking lot, wetland and prairie vegetation, and many open, grassy areas. To expand on this area the City partnered with the Herron School of Art and Design, the Caleb Mills Organization and others to provide art for the cultural enrichment of the community, thus creating the Pogue’s Run Art and Nature Park at 21st and Pogue’s Run. Herron college students were asked to design artistic pieces that related to the natural environment that would serve well outdoors, and that were aesthetically enhance the existing site elements. Pogues Run Art and Nature Park serves as the northern terminus of future Pogue’s Run Trail, which will travel southwest to connect to Brookside and Spades Parks, the Monon Trail, and the Mass Avenue Cultural District.

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A Pogue’s Run Waterway Committee consisting of ROW steering committee members, neighborhood residents and leaders, and city staff have met regularly since early- 2012. Through these meetings, the group identified the following areas for focused effort, investment and improvement. Fletcher Park is an historic but largely abandoned park near Pogue’s Run at Brookside Ave., 12th St., and Arsenal Ave. It was recently donated to the Windsor Park Neighborhood Association. Ideas for park improvement include plantings, sidewalk repair and public art. Future plans include raised gardens, a fountain and artistic programming. Educational signage about water monitoring wells located on the property is also planned. The neighborhood was awarded and IPL Project Greenspace grant through Keep Indianapolis Beautiful for plants, fencing, sidewalk repair and public art. A Phase I Environment Report has also been completed for this area revealing ground water contamination from an adjacent property. Holy Cross section of Pogue’s Run – Holy Cross has been identified as a demonstration site; an example of how the neighborhood and other partners can leverage investment in concentrated areas. Holy Cross residents and employees from Eli Lilly and Company have worked together during this year Lilly’s Global Day of Service. In 2013, the team removed invasive plant material, installed rain barrel, created a Trail connection to nearby local micro-brewery, a painted mural an industrial building, and built other pathways at the Holy Cross section of Pogue’s Run. Volunteers also built artwork from the invasive material. CONTACTS: ROW Waterway Committee Chairs: Tracy Heaton de Martinez, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, theaton@kibi.org, 317.264.7555 Kelly Harris, Center for Urban Ecology, Butler University, kaharri4@butler.edu, 502.554.8686 LISC, Sara VanSlambrook, svanslambrook@lisc.org, (317) 454-8493 LISC, Rachel McIntosh, rmcintosh@lisc.org, 317.454.8488 Tammi Hughes, East 10th St. Civic Association, thughes@civicassoc.org John Hay, Indy East Asset Development, jhay@jhbcc.org Joe Bowling, Englewood CDC, joe.englewood@gmail.com

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White River / West Indy @ Kentucky Avenue The city and the River; weather and climate

What is the difference between weather and climate? Weather is defined as a specific short-term atmospheric behavior and how it effects people. The time scale for weather occurs from minutes to months. It is specific to place and point in time. Climate, on the other hand, is atmospheric behavior that reveals itself over a longer period of time, a rough minimum of 30 years. Climate can be thought of as the statistics, patterns, or more specifically, averages of weather. “You pick, your vacation destination based on climate but pack your suitcase based on weather” (Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington)

KEYWORDS: • weather • atmosphere • emissions • aerosols • precipitation • infrastructure • temperature • storm

• wind • atmospheric pressure • albedo • land use • land cover • traffic • urban heat island

What role does water play in the atmosphere? Water moves through the atmosphere through precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, and condensation. Expand on how weather is shaped? Why is water in the atmosphere important? We don’t always make the connection between what happens on the ground, from our land cover choices and traffic patterns, to weather events. Recent studies have linked land cover and traffic patterns to the frequency and intensity of weather events. How can citizens be ‘activated’ to help address ‘climate change’?

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Site Observations: • Waterscape Scene Approaching Site: • Broad curving flood plain • Indy skyline on the horizon • Elements: slow bend in river; snow and ice flows on silt and stone; bridge; buildings; cement pillars Architecture / Infrastructure: • Linking nature to the global transport industry • Arched stone bridge to/from center city • Highway: overhead branch of I-70 [modernity, fragmentation; gallery of pillars, flat ground w/variegated materials like stone, asphalt, cement, earth, water] • Parking and access to bike trail under construction • Bike lane hugs riverside • Combined sewage/storm water system Neighborhood: • Immigrant, tucked back in off the road Environment: • Impression of ‘fresh air’, wide open space • Non-Point source pollution (highway runoff) flows through the site • Pumping industrial smokestacks (skyline dynamics) • Sewage overflows during flood events from Pogue’s Run CSO across river

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WHITE RIVER________________________________________________ Maps from Near West and West Indianapolis Quality of Life Plans

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WHITE RIVER________________________________ THE NEIGHBORHOODS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; NEAR WEST and WEST INDIANAPOLIS The Near Westside of Indianapolis is rich in culture and history. The Near Westside is home to a wealth of assets, including 19 parks and recreational areas, 41 churches of various denominations, 14 licensed child-care programs, six public schools and a private Catholic high school, two community centers, the Westside Health Center, a senior apartment complex, the Center for Working Families, several banks, a new library branch, the West District Police Department, the Westside Community Development Corporation, Goodwill Industries, many newly established restaurants and businesses, and a wide offering of social service programs. In addition, the Near Westside is surrounded by major state and national attractions, such as the White River State Park with its museums and the Indianapolis Zoo along its eastern edge. To the west are the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis International Airport. IUPUI, a major urban university with its nationally recognized medical complex, has multiple campus locations throughout the area. The Westside has a long been a racially diverse community, with Hispanic residents comprising the newest wave of immigrants. West Indianapolis is an older, working-class, residential neighborhood amid heavy industry located on the near southwest side of the city center. The West Indianapolis neighborhood is bound by the White River on the east, Raymond Street on the south, Holt Road on the west, and the Conrail railroad tracks on the north. These boundaries cover the area of the former Town of West Indianapolis when it was annexed into the City of Indianapolis more than 110 years ago. DEMOGRAPHICS NEAR WEST - Haughville Population: 6,523 - 30.5% population under 18; 60.3 % population 18 to 65; 9% population over 65 Households: 39% households with children; 22.6% households with seniors; 21.5% married couple family households - 77% households speak English; 17.2% households speak Spanish; 5.9% households speak language other than English and Spanish - 60.6% African American; 24.9% Caucasian; 10.3% Other race - 39% rentals; 32.4% owner-occupied; 28.5% vacant Major Employment Industries: Educational, Health and Social Services; Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation and Food Services; Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Mgmt Services Income: 31.2% $10,000 to $24,999; 27.3% $25,000 to $49,000; 21.7% Less than $10,000 Education: 35.5% With High School Diploma only; 34.7% Without High School Diploma; 16.6% With Some College, no degree WEST INDIANAPOLIS Population: 9,969 - 28% population under 18; 60.4% 18 to 65; 9% population over 65 Households: 38% households with children; 20.5% households with seniors; 34% married couple family households - 86.2% households speak English; 11.2% households speak Spanish; 2.7% households speak language other than English and Spanish - 79.6% Caucasian; 10.2% other race; 6% African American - 39.7% owner-occupied; 39.5% rentals; 20.8% vacant

WHITE RIVER________________________________ Major Employment Industries: Construction; Manufacturing; Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation and Food Services Income: 33.6% $25,000 to $49,999; 26.6% $10,000 to $24,999; 16.2% $50,000 to $74,999 Education: 41.7% With High School Diploma only; 37.8% Without High School Diploma; 11.1% With Some College, No Degree THE WHITE RIVER The White River is our largest waterway at 362 miles long with two forks that flow through central and southern Indiana. The main, west fork starts south of Winchester in Randolph County, winds through Muncie, Anderson and Indianapolis, passing by White River State Park downtown Indianapolis and McCormickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek State Park near Spencer. It drains into the Wabash River at the Illinois border near Mount Carmel, Illinois. Reconnecting to Our Waterways (ROW) is focused on the area within a half-mile west of White River near downtown Indianapolis from 16th Street to the north, Tibbs Avenue to the west, and Washington Street to the south. KEY ASSETS: The Wapahani Greenway Trail & Canoe Route The White River Wapahani Trail is approximately 4.75 miles that starts at Riverside Regional Park at 38th Street and follows the White River south to White River State Park. Currently, it links with the Central Canal Towpath and passes by several Indianapolis cultural and educational attractions including the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Lake Sullivan Sports Center, IUPUI, the Downtown Canal Walk, White River State Park, and the Indianapolis Zoo. Trail users can also access the Monon Rail-Trail via the Central Canal Towpath at 30th Street. With approximately 18 more miles planned, it will eventually connect to Fall Creek, Eagle Creek, Pleasant Run, and Little Buck Creek trails. The next planned improvement will be the extension from the Indianapolis Zoo south to Raymond Street. The White River canoe route (blueway) is 16 miles long, with launch sites in Town Run Trail Park (96th St.), Broad Ripple Park (62nd St.), the Indianapolis Arts Center (adjacent to the Monon Trail at 67th St,) and at Riverside Regional Park below 30th Street (Lake Indy.) This route passes through dense woods and residential sections, and has become a favorite of canoeists and kayakers. ROW DESTINATION PROJECTS A White River Waterway Committee consisting of ROW steering committee members, neighborhood residents and leaders, and city staff have met regularly since mid-2012. Through these meetings, the group identified three areas for focused effort, investment and improvement. These projects have evolved through work with major institutions and local businesses on both sides of the river and represent a strategic effort to catalyze reinvestment in the economically distressed Near West neighborhood. The commercial core of this neighborhood struggles with extensive vacancy, despite it being within walking distance of approximately 40,000 university students and faculty and hospital doctors, staff, and nurses on the opposite side of the river. The vision is to physically and symbolically connect these two sides of the White River and jumpstart local private-sector investment in the Near West through:

WHITE RIVER________________________________ 1. Attention to the river’s edge – [Images: Wapahani Trail south of Michigan St. bridge, rendering.] Improve and create accessible trails; establish new native meadows to replace mown lawn slopes; open new viewsheds to the river through careful thinning of a successful riparian vegetative restoration project; create an outdoor learning classroom; and install new community-based art to compliment the 2011 Mary Miss “Flow” installation. 2. Attention to the Michigan Street Bridge over the river – encourage more pedestrians to cross the bridge and humanize the experience by adding planters to the railings. 3. Attention to the Michigan Street commercial corridor – extend the aesthetic treatment from the bridge into the Near West commercial core through neighborhood gateways and streetscape improvements. CONTACTS: ROW Waterway Committee Co-Chairs: Eric Lucas, MKSK, elucas@mkskstudios.com, 317.423.9600 Gabe Filippelli, Director, Center for Urban Health, IUPUI, gfilippe@iupui.edu, 317.274.3795 Westside CDC, Phil Votaw, plvotaw@indy.rr.com, 317.684.0611 West Indianapolis Development Corporation, Beth Gibson, beth@westindydev.org, 317-638-9432 x 4 LISC, Tedd Grain TGrain@lisc.org, 317.454.8492 LISC, Aaron Laramore ALaramore@lisc.org, 317.454.8489

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Canal / Butler University Campus Water as a Resource

How and where does Indy get its water? All water for human use comes from groundwater and surface water bodies that are replenished by rain. Rain falls into certain areas, guided by topographical features and geomorphology, and collects in these watersheds. Water is then distributed through pipes and various infrastructure to be cleaned, then sent to be used by people.

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A vast majority of food we consume is produced outside of the city, in agricultural land, packaged, and transported to our stores. The mass production of food requires large expanses of land, enormous amounts of water and large machinery run on oil to harvest. Transporting our food requires rail systems that rely on diesel fuel or trucks and automobiles that require gasoline refined at plants around the world. • What does the city use water for? • Regional Connection of water up/down stream.

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CANAL MAP OF THE INDIANAPOLIS CANAL AND ASSETS

CANAL THE NEIGHBORHOOD – MIDTOWN The Midtown District is home to over 48,000 residents and many of the City’s most venerable institutions of culture and learning. Comprised of over 15 neighborhoods, the area is bounded by White River to the west and north, I-65 to the southwest, Fall Creek to the southeast, and Keystone Boulevard to the east. MidTown Inc., is focused on improving the area’s connectivity, access to nature, and economic development initiatives. DEMOGRAPHICS – BUTLER TARKINGTON Population: 9,993 total - 14.3% population under 18; 76% population 18-65; 9.8% population over 65 Households: 34.8% married couple family households; 23.4% households with children; 24.2% households with seniors - 93% households speak English; 3% households speak Spanish; 4% other language - 67.6% Caucasian; 27.6% African American; 2.5% multiple race - 57% houses owner-occupied; 30% rentals; 13% vacant Major Employment industries: Educational, Health and Social Services; Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Mgmt Services; Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services Income: 22.4% $100,000 or more; 22.2% $25,000 to $49,999; 19% $10,000 to $24,999 Education: 53.5% Associates Degree or higher; 20.7% High School Diploma only; 18.7% Some College, no degree THE INDIANA CENTRAL CANAL Built between 1836 and 1839, the Indiana Central Canal is now an important part of the water supply of Indianapolis. Starting in Broad Ripple just south of 64th Street, the Canal moves water from the White River about 6.5 miles to Citizens White River Treatment Plant off 16th Street just west of downtown. The downtown section of the Canal from 11th St. to the White River, which is owned by the City of Indianapolis and the State of Indiana, is not part of the water distribution system. The Indiana Central Canal was a canal intended to connect the Wabash and Erie Canal to the Ohio River. The eight completed miles were entirely within the Indianapolis section, continuing to parallel the White River. KEY ASSET: The Central Canal Towpath The Central Canal Towpath is both a vintage remnant of 19th Century Indiana and a modern mid-city escape along gentle waters and into quiet woods. Along the way, users can enjoy two restored 19th Century bridges – one of which connects to the gardens and grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and a one pedestrian bridge in the Broad Ripple Village area. The Central Canal Towpath begins at the Monon Trail in Broad Ripple and follows the historic 1836 canal towpath for 5.23 miles ending at 30th Street. The trail surface is a packed crushed limestone, which serves as a reminder of the towpath's hard-working heritage as a corridor for cargo and passenger boats. The trail connects to the White River Greenway at 30th Street and leads Greenway users to downtown Indianapolis. When completed, the Central Canal Towpath will extend from 30th Street to 16th Street, bringing an important amenity through the neighborhood. Eventually, it will connect to the proposed Fall Creek Greenway.

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CANAL ROW Priority Project Descriptions: A Canal Waterway Committee consisting of ROW steering committee members, neighborhood residents and leaders, and city staff have met regularly since mid-2012. Through these meetings, the group identified three areas for focused effort, investment and improvement. Art-2-Art - Long-standing community aspirations for a recreational trail along the former Monon Railroad right-of-way and the Central Canal in the heart of Indianapolis were partially realized with the establishment of the Indy Parks Greenways trail system in the early1990’s and the adoption of the Indianapolis Greenways Plan in 1994. The concept of formalizing the connection between the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Art Center emerged during the 2009 Midtown Master Plan process. Funding was provided for a study with the following objectives: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Examine opportunities for an expanded arts and education program in Midtown Identify user groups and potential local and regional partners Articulate the benefits to a midtown quality of life and sense of place Explore ways to improve local neighborhood and regional connectivity Analyze economic and cultural factors Highlight unique potentials for the incorporation of public art and design Generate support for future community outreach efforts.

Art-2-Art provides an opportunity to support the aspirations of surrounding neighborhoods and community partners in becoming a “Destination Connected” community with an unprecedented exposure to public art and design. Current efforts include the branding of the waterway, identification of possible installation locations, and the development of criteria for artist selection. In the coming months the Art-2-Art working group will formalize plans and begin the process of soliciting works of art as well as necessary funding. Spiritual Trail - The grounds and facilities at Christian Theological Seminary (CTS) have connected individuals and communities to one another in fellowship and conversation for generations. A major initiative is underway to design and renovate vital areas of the campus, to connect Butler Tarkington neighborhoods, Butler University, the Canal towpath, and the IMA through a non-religious network of trails and experiences called the Spiritual Trail. The newly completed CTS Café and its gracious Community Terrace overlooking the Canal and White River provide the perfect venue for food and fellowship as well as connectivity to the waterways forming the northern border of the campus. Additionally, the Grand Courtyard, a stunning green space framed at one end by the striking bell tower of Sweeney Chapel and surrounded by a canopy of trees originally designed as a modern version of a monastic cloister is being re-envisioned as a place for welcoming the entire community. It is the desire of CTS leadership to create places where people will play, reflect, explore and relax. By creating the Spiritual Trail, CTS will help build community by building upon the diversity of area residents in every sense: racial, cultural, economic, personal, generational, and spiritual.

CANAL ROW Waterway Contacts: Mark Kesling, CEO, daVinci Pursuit, mkesling@thedavincipursuit.com (317) 833-2783 Carter Wolf, CEO, The Indianapolis Art Center, cwolf@indplsartcenter.org (317) 475-7227 Dr. Tim Carter, Director, Butler Center for Urban Ecology, tlcarter@gmail.com (706) 614-2253

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Little Eagle Creek / Lafayette Place Urbanization and Land Use

What is surface run off and why is it important? Surface runoff is defined as water that flows over the land surface into streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Urbanization increases impervious surfaces (parking lots, streets, driveways) and increases the amount of surface runoff into local bodies of water. Additionally impervious surface areas are also frequently a source of pollutants, as these waterproof surfaces are often contaminated with petroleum, pesticides, pet waste, and fertilizers.

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What are the effects of surface runoff from impervious surfaces on water bodies? When water hits an impervious surface, like concrete or asphalt or the roof of a building, and runs down the surface into storm water infrastructure or into streams, it collects particles, oils and other debris on the surface as it goes. Impervious surfaces also tend to retain heat, creating local temperature anomalies. When rainfall comes into contact with this surface it raises the water temperature as it runs off into streams causing stream temperatures to rise and stream ecosystems to be impacted?

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD – LAFAYETTE SQUARE / INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE The International Marketplace consists of the area between Interstate 65 (I-65) to the north, Moller Road to the west, and the railroad tracks between I-65 and Lafayette Road to the east. The Southern boundary is made up of 38th Street between Moller Road and Lafayette Road, and Lafayette Road between 38th Street and the railroad tracks, and is inclusive of the properties on the southern side of those streets. This area is approximately 950 acres, or 1.5 square miles and is larger than the Lafayette Square Community Revitalization and Enhancement District (CRED). The CRED is approximately 540 acres, or 0.85 square miles. The study area was expanded outside of the CRED boundary to capture both sides of the important 38th Street and Lafayette Road commercial corridors as well as larger portions of I-65 interchanges. DEMOGRAPHICS Population: 35,350 - 30.3% population under 18; 63.8% population 18 to 65; 6% population over 65 Households: 40.5% households with children; 12.7% households with seniors; 33.1% married couple family households - 79.8% households speak English; 11.6% households speak Spanish; 8.6% households speak language other than English and Spanish - 55.5% African American; 27.3% Caucasian; 10.1% Other race - 47% owner-occupied; 44.6% rentals; 8% vacant Major Employment Industries: Educational, Health and Social Services; Professional, Scientific, Management, Administration, Waste mgmt services; Manufacturing Income: 31.2% $25,000 to $49,999; 20.5% $50,000 to $74,999; 19% $10,000 to $24,999 Education: 36.3% With Associates Degree or higher; 24.5% With High School Diploma; 22.7% With Some College, No Degree LITTLE EAGLE CREEK Little Eagle Creek is a small creek that flows from just south of 86th Street , , southeast into Eagle Creek at Bertha Street. Eagle Creek flows towards downtown Indianapolis through several near-westside neighborhoods before terminating into the White River near Troy Avenue and south Harding St. The Lafayette Square Mall area was built in 1968 as the first enclosed shopping mall in greater Indianapolis. Over the past 20 years, the mall and the sprawling area of strip malls, car dealerships and other retail outlets, has dramatically declined. The significant availability of low-rent space has attracted several ethnic restaurants and grocery stores, inspiring a repositioning of the area as Indy’s “International Marketplace.” The mall and its parking lots sit over natural wetlands in Eagle Creek’s watershed.

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LITTLE EAGLE CREEK___________________________________________

A Little Eagle Creek Waterway Committee consisting of ROW steering committee members, neighborhood residents and leaders, and city staff have met regularly since mid-2012. Through these meetings, the group identified the following area for focused effort, investment and improvement. Little Eagle Creek Pocket Park & Walking Path Residents and artists working in Lafayette Square, a challenged first-ring suburban area, have identified a somewhat hidden access point to Little Eagle Creek as a priority location for creating an oasis in what is otherwise a sea of asphalt. This location is very near Service Center for Culture and Community, a project of the nonprofit arts collaborative, Big Car. The Little Eagle Creek pocket park will be connected to Service Center (a repurposed Firestone tire shop that is part of a rundown mall) via a low-cost path designated with pavement paint and planter boxes across the largely abandoned parking lot. This path could be continued around the mall lot as an outdoor fitness and play path, complete with artist-created activities for walkers. The area around Little Eagle Creek, behind Lafayette Square Mall, near 38th St., has been a Lilly Global Day of Service site since 2011. This year, 1,200 volunteers will re-treat invasive plants and implement the first part of the International Marketplace Gateway Study, which outlines a vision for strengthening the function, appearance and economic potential of the Lafayette Square area. Gateway Project Originating from a 2011 International Marketplace Gateway Study by the Lafayette Square Area Coalition and the City of Indianapolis, Lilly Day of Service volunteers in October 2013 installed hundreds of plants and created a new gateway to the Lafayette Square or International Marketplace between 38th St., Guion Road and Interstate 65. CONTACTS ROW Waterway Committee: Jim Walker, Executive Director, Big Car, jim@bigcar.org, 317.408.1366 LISC, Tedd Grain, tgrain@lisc.org, (317) 454-8492 Neighborhood, Clint Fultz, cfultz@ccim.net, 317.616.4042

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Fall Creek / Mapleton Fall-Creek @ 30th Street Stream Ecology and Habitat Corridor

Why are stream ecology and habitat health important? Stream and habitat health are indicative of our overall health. What are the indicators of stream ecology and habitat health? Rivers are migration corridors for animals and fish who move for the purpose of breeding and feeding. River corridors also have a beltway of riparian vegetation that runs along it. When leaves fall in a riparian corridor, they do not just land on earth, the leaf litter will also fall into the water and go through a decomposition process aided by bacteria, fungus, and macroinvertebrates. In sections of a river that are shaded, carbon or chemical energy production from photosynthesis is decreased. In these areas, leaf litter serves a source of carbon. Urbanization is second only to agriculture as the major cause of stream impairment. Stream health can be measured through physical, chemical, biological and ecological measurements. The dominant features effecting stream health: • Hydrology is affected by increased surface runoff due to decreased infiltration of rainfall because of the extensive impervious surface area characterized by urban areas. Geomorphology is the alternation of drainage density meaning that the number of natural channels decrease as streams get paved over, filled in, or routed through culverts.

• Temperature is increased because of impervious surfaces that retain and reradiate heat, often transmit that heat through surface runoff. Also, reduced canopy cover means less shading of urban streams. Temperature is important to water chemistry (e.g., warmer water holds less oxygen than colder water), as well as leaf decomposition and invertebrate life. • Chemical effects of streams depend on the type of urbanization, the presence of wastewater treatment plants, combined sewer overflows and, the extent of storm water drainage. Non point sources, or surface runoff, are the most dominant source of stream degradation. Phosphorous and Nitrogen nutrients overloads are often found in urban streams.

KEYWORDS: • habitat • combined sewer • biodiversity • food web • recreation

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temperature riparian geomorphology contamination run off

What do increases in phosphorus and nitrogen do to streams? How do they effect the habitat? What happens to a stream’s ecology as the city grows along its sinuous path? Urbanization and development can affect the hydrology, geomorphology, temperature, biology and chemical makeup of water bodies in the urban environment.

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Fall Creek / Mapleton Fall-Creek @ 30th Street Site Photos

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Fall Creek / Mapleton Fall-Creek @ 30th Street Site Analysis

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FALL CREEK Area Map from Mid-North Quality of Life Plan

Barton Park

FALL CREEK______________________________ THE NEIGHBORHOOD - MidNorth Covering three square miles in the heart of Indianapolis, the Mid-North area is home to more than 10,000 residents of all backgrounds living in six distinct neighborhoods: Crown Hill, Highland Vicinity, Historic Meridian Park, Mapleton-Fall Creek, Meridian Highland, and Watson-McCord. An unparalleled array of institutional partners including major destinations like Ivy Tech Community College and The Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum of Indianapolis as well as dozens of places of worship, non-profit organizations, and private enterprises also call the neighborhood home. Developed in the early part of the 20th century when bridges and streetcars first crossed historic Fall Creek, the neighborhood has a storied history of embracing innovation, integration, and education, the legacy on which this plan is built. DEMOGRAPHICS Population: 13,866 - 20.1% population under 18; 68% population 18-65; 11.7% population over 65 Households: 21.3% households with children; 19.5% households with seniors; 18.7% married couple family households - 95% households speak English; 3.2% households speak Spanish - 64% African American; 30.9% Caucasian; 2.7% multiple race - 44.9% rentals; 26% owner-occupied; 28.9% vacant Major Employment Industries: Educational, Health and Social Services; Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Mgmt Services; Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services Income: 28.7% $25,000 to $49,999; 24% $10,000 to $24,999; 16% less than $10,000 Education: 32.4% High School Diploma only; 30% Associates Degree or higher; 18.7% Without High School Diploma FALL CREEK Fall Creek spans 57.5 miles beginning in Honey Creek, Indiana. It flows through Geist Reservoir and Fort Harrison State Park before reaching downtown Indianapolis. It crosses the Indiana Central Canal before emptying into the White River at 10th Street and White River Parkway, near the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and across the street from the Veterans Administration hospital. Indianapolis was purposely located near the confluence of Fall Creek and the White River; Fall Creek provided water power for early industrial development in the city. [SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Creek_%28Indiana%29] In conjunction with the Mid-North Quality of Life Plan, Reconnecting to Our Waterways (ROW) is focused on the half-mile around Fall Creek from 38th Street (north), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. St. (west), 21st St. (south) and Fall Creek Parkway (east). Destination Fall Creek is an initiative that emerged from the Mid-North Quality of Life planning process in 2010 with 492 neighborhood stakeholders and 79 organizations. Destination Fall Creek is transforming neighborhoods along Fall Creek into a recreational, improved residential and commercial destination. KEY ASSET: Fall Creek Trail

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FALL CREEK______________________________

The Fall Creek Trail runs 6.9 miles from Skiles Test Nature Park to the Monon Rail Trail. A classic parkway – winding road, wide forested corridor – is home to the original Fall Creek Trail. Because the trail's alignment follows the historic George Kessler Boulevard Plan, it parallels the waterway, passing beautiful, century-old bridges and established neighborhoods. It is a quiet pathway, often brushing against the creek. The Fall Creek Trail is Indy's vintage greenway and will eventually connect downtown Indianapolis with northeast Marion County. By the end of 2013, a $1.6 million extension from Central Avenue to the Monon Trail along Fall Creek, connecting existing portions of the Fall Creek Trail west of Central and east of the Monon, will be completed. KEY ASSET: Barton Park and Barton Park West Key development parcel for Ivy Tech and ROW. Includes orchard for culinary students and labyrinth. ROW DESTINATION LOCATIONS A Fall Creek Waterway Committee consisting of ROW steering committee members, Destination Fall Creek members, neighborhood residents and leaders, and city staff have met regularly since mid-2012. Through this continued resident-led planning process, the group identified 12 “discovery destinations” along four miles of Fall Creek watershed where residents can learn about various aspects of Fall Creek through artistic interpretations. The residents, with ROW support, will commission artists to play a primary role in each destination. Art projects will include a consistent and recognizable suite of components such as seating, plantings, hardscape, and educational elements. The goal is to improve access, artistic beauty, and provide opportunities for reflection, learning, exploration and social gathering. For two consecutive years, Lilly volunteers worked with Ivy Tech students and staff along this corridor to remove invasive plant material and install outdoor learning spaces. In 2013, 2,700 Lilly employees and Ivy Tech students and faculty will continue to remove invasive plant material and plant more than 40,000 trees, shrubs, grasses, perennials, and bulbs along Fall Creek and on the Ivy Tech campus. This includes planting an urban orchard for the Ivy Tech culinary program. CONTACTS ROW Waterway Committee: Sherrie Bossung, Eli Lilly and Company, bossung_sherrie_l@lilly.com, 317.276.0832 Mapleton Fall Creek CDC, Leigh Evans, leigh@mfcdc.org, 317-923-5514 ext. 225 Destination Fall Creek, Doug Day, dougdayski@mindspring.com, 978-397-4245 LISC, Rachel McIntosh RMcIntosh@lisc.org, 317-454-8488

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The material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1323117 to Butler University, Timothy Carter, PhD, Principal Investigator, Gabriel Filippelli, Co-Principal Investigator, John Fraser PhD AIA, Co-Principal Investigator, Mary Miss, Co-Principal Investigator 91

Grant Team Tim Carter, Principal Investigator Gabriel M. Filippelli, Co-Principal Investigator John Fraser, Co-Principal Investigator Mary Miss, Co-Principal Investigator Collaborators Nazam Ardalan, New Knowledge Organization John Beeler, The Kinetic Project Lynn Battaglia, New Knowledge Organization Kate Flinner, New Knowledge Organization Rupanwita Rupu Gupta, New Knowledge Organization Mark Kesling, DaVinci Pursuit Gail Payne, APR, The Goods Life Jim Walker, Big Car Becky Wolfe, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Lifelong Learning Group Art Mary Miss, Artist Belinda Kanpetch, Urban Designer, CaLL Olivia Georgia, Executive Director, CaLL Christine Howard Sandoval, Manager, CaLL Josh Debonis, Game Designer, Sortasoft Inc. Dance Larry Attaway, Butler University Department of Dance, Executive Director Cynthia Pratt, Butler University Department of Dance Professor of Dance

Music Michael Kaufmann, Musical Curation, The Kinetic Project Olga Bell, Musician Hanna Benn, Musician Stuart Hyatt, Musician Roberto Lang, Musician Matthew Skjonsberg, Musician Moses Sumney, Musician Poetry Lee Briccetti, Poet’s House, Executive Director Stephen Motika, Poet’s House, Program Director Jane Preston, Poet’s House, Managing Director Catherine Bowman, Poet Adrian Matejka, Poet Alessandra Lynch, Poet Community Outreach Kelly Harris, Butler University, Community Outreach Molly Trueblood, Butler University, Community Organizer Science Advisors Stephanie Kane, Department of International Studies, Indianapolis University Jason Kelly, Department of History, Indianapolis University-Purdue University Indianapolis Timothy Maher, Professor of Sociology, University of Indianapolis Dev Nyogi, Purdue University; Indiana State Climatologist Travis Ryan, Butler Univerisity, Dept. of Biological Sciences Philip Scarpino, Professor of History, Indianapolis University-Purdue University Indianapolis