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HISTORIC JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN JANUARY 2021

TO IDENTIFY NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITIES AND BUILD A COALITION THAT CREATES THE CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS Acknowledgements Mayor Tony Roswarski Dennis H. Carson, Director Economic Development Department Margy Deverall, Planner/Project Manager and Bike Pedestrian Coordinator Economic Development Department

John Howieson, Gail Thayer-Copeland, Rosie Evers and John Copeland Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Association Leadership Ryan Traeger and Amy Wood Coalition Leadership Co-Chairs Coalition Members and Project Stakeholders

Adam Murphy, Planner Homeless and Community Outreach Madison Spangler, Intern Economic Development Department 2

Prepared by:

CONTENTS 01

INTRODUCTION

EXISTING CONDITIONS

NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FRAMEWORK

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

Purpose of this Plan Our Process Engagement Guiding Principles

Demographics Snapshot Previous Planning Neighborhood History Existing Conditions Inventory

Overview Opportunities Recommendations

Overview Goals, Immediate Next Steps, and Strategies

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INTRODUCTION This community enhancement plan studied the Historic Jefferson neighborhood to amplify the neighborhood’s potential into residentdriven enhancements.

Purpose of this Plan

Enhancement Topics

Why This Plan, Why Now?

Quality of Housing Stock

The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood has historical significance to the rail history and early growth of the City of Lafayette. The neighborhood was named after Jefferson High School, located on the neighborhood’s eastern boundary, which still exists but no longer serves as a school. The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood is a mix of homeowners and renters. In general, this neighborhood is transitioning due to its proximity to downtown. This process is important as a proactive step in advance of future development pressures. While this neighborhood is perceived as stable, there are crime issues, problem rentals/landlords and a lack of community advocacy and organization.

Identifying properties or areas within the neighborhood to prioritize for code enforcement or infill redevelopment. Properties that significantly contribute to neighborhood character are priorities for restoration efforts. Ownership Inviting property owners, landlords, and real estate professionals to join the conversation about the neighborhood and encouraging this group to raise the standard of investment in and responsibility to the neighborhood. Neighborhood Identity and Resident Engagement Building upon the existing character and recent and future improvements to (re)define the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood and encourage residents’ activity and investment.

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Building Partnerships Amplifying the impact of available social services and resources in the neighborhood by forging organizational partnerships and weaving these organizations into the neighborhood fabric. Targeted Investment and Development Identifying key properties or areas for redevelopment opportunities over time. New development should fill a service or retail need for residents, establish more public space, or contribute to the housing stock in the neighborhood.

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01 OUR PROCESS Engagement Strategy The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Association and active community partners identified early in this process that they needed help establishing a network of engaged individuals to build capacity in the neighborhood to lead more neighborhoodfocused initiatives. This project started in the spring of 2020, and the global Coronavirus pandemic restricted the ability to meet in-person throughout this process. However, the city and consultant team worked with neighborhood leadership to devise a strategy to maximize outreach safely and responsibly, in adherence to state and local public health regulations and best practices. As a result, an alternative input strategy focused on multiple forms of outreach was employed and is described here: • City and consultant staff conducted a neighborhood tour and housing inventory by walking around the neighborhood and talking with residents while documenting conditions.

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• Engagement with Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Association leadership was conducted via conference calls regularly throughout this process. • A masked and socially distanced workshop about development preferences was conducted with neighborhood residents. • A neighborhood survey was distributed online via email, social media, and Next Door, and paper surveys were distributed door-to-door by the Brown Street Church Youth Group to all households. A version of the survey in the Spanish language was also created and made available to Spanish-speaking residents.

Neighborhood Workshop in July 2020.

• Over 45 stakeholders were engaged several times throughout this process virtually via Zoom and conference calls to reach those neighborhood partners who would otherwise be attending inperson events. • A virtual neighborhood open house and social distanced neighborhood walk is planned for the winter of 2020 to kickstart the implementation of this plan. • Convenors of a future neighborhood coalition have been approached and have agreed to take on the task.

Neighborhood walking tour in March 2020.

what we did - When we did it

DISCOVERY & INVENTORY March - June

ANALYSIS & OPPORTUNITIES July - August

RECOMMENDATIONS August - January

During the first phase of the project, we built a solid foundation of knowledge to make informed proposals for the study area. The team gathered and reviewed existing data and reports, collected field data, and talked with stakeholders to understand concerns and identify goals, aspirations, and priorities.

Using the information gathered during the first phase of the project, we conducted physical analyses of the neighborhood. We identified the neighborhood’s challenges, opportunities to build upon, and the areas to improve. We examined the neighborhood through the lenses of the five enhancement topics and prepared alternatives that seek to address challenges and leverage the strengths of the neighborhood.

During the third phase of the project, we built upon opportunities to create a cohesive vision for the neighborhood that could be accomplished through action-oriented implementation steps. We explained planning and design recommendations using a combination of site sketches and plans, illustrative plans, elevations, benchmark imagery and other graphics. All recommendations incorporated feedback received throughout the planning process and were shared with the neighborhood and stakeholders for review and input.

01 ENGAGEMENT Who We Heard From Throughout this process, we heard many ideas and concerns from a diverse representation of neighborhood residents, business and property owners, and other partners involved in the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood. Together, these stakeholders influenced this plan’s opportunities and recommendations, and they initiated the steps to start a coalition focused on providing the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood with additional capacity to implement projects. We met with: • Ann Brandyberry, New Chauncey Housing Inc. • Adam Murphy, City of Lafayette Homeless and Community Outreach • Alec Williams, developer • Allison Miner, Home with Hope • Amy Wood, Lafayette Adult Resource Academy • Audrey Schneider, Salvation Army • Bob Falk, Jefferson Neighborhood business owner • Brad Talley, City of Lafayette RENEW • Brooke Hardebeck, Centennial Neighborhood business owner • Bryce Gibson, CityBus • Charlie Shook, realtor

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• Dave Walker, Lafayette School Corporation • Dennis Carson, City of Lafayette Economic Development • Gail Thayer-Copeland, Jefferson Neighborhood resident and leader • Harry Smith, Grow Local • Ivy Meyer, St. Mary’s Neighborhood resident • Jennifer Layton, LTHC Homeless Services • Jeromy Grenard, City of Lafayette Engineer • John Burns, Tippecanoe County Area Plan Commission and City of Lafayette Preservation Commission • John Collier, City of Lafayette Economic Development • John Copeland, Jefferson Neighborhood resident and leader • John Howieson, Jefferson Neighborhood resident and leader • John Mills, Jefferson Neighborhood business owner • Julie Ginn, Jefferson Neighborhood Property Manager and realtor • Ken McCammon, Centennial Neighborhood resident • Kim Davis, realtor • Leo Stenz, developer • Les Huddle, Lafayette School Corporation • Lori Walters, Faith Community Development Corporation • Marcus Smith, Jefferson Neighborhood resident • Margy Deverall, City of Lafayette Economic Development

• Marie Morse, HomesteadCS • Merle Kenworthy, Jefferson Neighborhood resident and business owner • Neil Klinker, Jefferson Neighborhood business owner • Patrick Flannelly, City of Lafayette Police • Paulie McGee, Jefferson Neighborhood resident • Perry Brown, City of Lafayette City Council • Richard Doyle, City of Lafayette Fire • Rosie Evers, Jefferson Neighborhood resident and leader • Ryan Traeger, Brown Street Methodist Church • Scott Brown, Jefferson Neighborhood property manager and realtor • Sean Lutes, City of Lafayette Preservation Commission • Stepheney Bible, Habitat for Humanity • Susan Schecter, Jefferson Neighborhood study area resident and business owner • Sydney Schiefer, CityBus • Taletha Coles, Jefferson Neighborhood resident and Township Trustee • Tom Elliot, Habitat for Humanity • Tom Riehle, Jefferson Neighborhood business owner • Tommy Kleckner, Indiana Landmarks • Valerie Oakley, City of Lafayette Housing Authority • Zoe Neal, Jefferson Neighborhood resident and business owner • AND over 40 additional neighbors who collectively participated in the development preferences workshop and the neighborhood survey.

NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT

Discussion items STAKEHOLDER

• Sense of place and neighborhood INTERVIEWS attractiveness • Housing stabilization • Quality future development • Safety and services • Connectivity and streetscape • Accessible open spaces • Cultivating partnerships

The broad input strategy provided great insight into the issues and strengths of the neighborhood today and began to form ideas for opportunities that shaped the concepts in this plan.

Neighborhood engagement Summary The following summary explains the highlights of neighborhood input that was heard throughout the process: Sense of Place and Neighborhood Attractiveness • The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood’s proximity to downtown and relative affordability continues to be a influence to why people choose to live in this neighborhood. • As a nationally registered historic district, the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood retains much of its Victorian charm, and there are many opportunities for people to rehabilitate historic homes. • The neighborhood’s proximity to Murdock Elementary School and the presence of Oakland High School could be an attractive quality for families.

• The legacy of the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood, first as a German immigrant neighborhood and now an area with a growing LatinX population, could be told and incorporated into public art and a revised neighborhood brand that is welcoming and inclusive. Housing Stabilization • Walkability to downtown and recent investments in Brown and North Streets have spurred owner-occupied housing investments. Stakeholders would like to see similar infrastructure improvements implemented on Cincinnati and Elizabeth Streets to encourage private investment. • Residents indicated that absentee landlords and poor property management are major contributors to housing condition concerns throughout the neighborhood.

01 engagement (continued) • Stakeholders are interested in an initiative that assists property owners with aesthetic improvements to elevate the neighborhood’s appearance. • There is a desire for increased homeownership and the transition of existing rental uses back to owneroccupied uses. • Residents are concerned about gentrification, displacement, homeownership, and preserving safe and affordable rentals. Quality Future Development • Residents indicated a clear preference for locating future multifamily, commercial and mixed-use development along the edges of the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood. New developments should properly buffer from residential areas with sufficient landscape, street lighting, traffic calming on north/south corridors, public art, and on-street parking.

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• Residents would like infill development along 9th Street to step down from a higher density to a two-story residential scale facing eastward into the neighborhood and 10th Street. • There is a growing need for senior housing within the neighborhood, and an expansion of senior housing use is supported. Significant neighborhood outreach was conducted to aid in understanding development preferences and provide conversation between the Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments developer and neighborhood leadership. • The neighborhood needs wellmanaged subsidized rental housing by reputable non-profit partners to ensure safe homes are available for families in need. • Historic buildings, such as the Biggs Pump Factory at Erie, Brown, and 13th Streets, could have a future with more active uses such as a brewery, coffee shop, or community center.

• Neighbors expressed an interest in applying the Centennial Form-Based Zoning Overlay recommendations to the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood. • There was also an interest in exploring local historic preservation district status, focused first on preventing demolitions and regulating new construction. Safety and Services • A major concern for residents, business owners, and police/fire officials are perceived and actual crime and drug activity in the neighborhood. Despite these known issues, most residents and business owners mostly feel safe in the area. • Neighbors expressed concern about people gathering at the Washington Education Center schoolyard and engaging in illegal activities. The neighborhood association would like to engage with LTHC Homeless Services and Lafayette School Corporation in a productive dialogue about security concerns at this property.

• Stakeholders stressed that code enforcement combined with increased police presence and volunteer cleanups would improve the image and perception of the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood. • Additional CityBus stops and investments in new shelters were suggested on 9th Street south of the Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments and along Ferry Street at 10th Street. Connectivity and Streetscape • Residents highlighted the need for traffic calming and pedestrian safety investments on Ferry and 10th Streets. • Sidewalk conditions could be improved and made more accessible to increase safety for pedestrians. There are several sections of missing sidewalk on Erie, Cincinnati, and 12th Streets. Residents also expressed concerns about the lack of east/west ADA ramps at intersections without four-way stops.

Accessible Open Space • Residents are interested in multigenerational/family-friendly programming at Stockton Park and the Erie Street Garden. • Potential exists for GrowLocal to expand community gardens into vacant lots and integrate into new development within the neighborhood. • Neighbors would like to see the Washington Education Center yard improved and repositioned as a neighborhood open space and potential dog park. Cultivating Partnerships

• Stakeholders suggest forming a neighborhood coalition to implement short-term improvements and provide the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Association with additional capacity. Today, multiple organizations operate within the neighborhood and provide services such as senior housing and services, homeless housing and services, addiction rehabilitation housing and services, adult education, alternative high school education, home rehabs, rental and mortgage counseling, community gardening, and faith-based activities. These active organizations would like to be involved in a future neighborhood coalition.

• Stakeholders indicated significant interest in helping facilitate shortterm improvements such as neighborhood cleanups and helping residents, especially low-income seniors and disabled people, improve their homes.

• Stakeholders expressed interest in converting Union and Salem Streets from one-way pairs to two-way streets to encourage commercial redevelopment along those corridors. 11

01 Assets, Issues, and Opportunities Activity Results This spread summarizes an inventory activity focused on understanding assets, issues, and opportunities of the neighborhood. This activity was useful and multi-dimensional in geographically locating these aspects of the neighborhood in a way that defined areas of focus for the project. Major insights include: • For the most part, the historic buildings within the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood remain intact and contribute to a vibrant sense of place. • The proximity of the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood to Downtown Lafayette is both an asset and an opportunity to bring positive activity and investment occurring downtown into the neighborhood. • The neighborhood has many long-term residents as well as active non-profits and faith-based organizations that have expressed interest in helping the area improve. • In a neighborhood that is majority rental property, engaging with absentee landlords is an ongoing issue. • People are concerned with perceived and actual crime within the neighborhood. • Previous infrastructure investments have inspired private property owners to make improvements, thus raising property values; there is potential to continue with these projects further north into the neighborhood. 12 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

Assets, Issues, and Opportunities Mapping

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01 Age of Respondents

Neighborhood Survey

60+ years old

34.5%

Results Summary During the summer of 2020, a neighborhoodwide survey was conducted as an alternative means of gathering neighborhood input. This survey was available online and as paper copies that were distributed to residents. A total of 29 surveys were completed by Historic Jefferson Neighborhood residents, stakeholders, and others invested in the neighborhood. While this survey did not result in a significantly large response rate, the respondents’ answers were complete, productive, and thoughtful.

• Slightly skewed toward more female respondents. • Education is split fairly evenly. • A majority (60%) of respondents rent, and most of them are not interested in homeownership in the neighborhood. • Only a few respondents are landlords or own rental property in neighborhood. 14 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

40-49 years old

50-59 years old

20.5%

10.5% 30-39 years old

10.5% No answer

Some college

29%

Graduate degree

25%

Bachelors degree

21%

High school diploma

21%

Other

6.5% Note: No 18 or under responses collected

Neighborhood Tenure Gender of Respondents

• This survey captured feedback from relative newcomers to the neighborhood.

• Race was almost entirely white (no responses received on the Spanish survey).

19-29 years old

17.5%

Major demographics insights include:

• Most survey respondents are 40+ years old with the highest number being 60+ years old.

Education

5 years or less

57%

Female

65%

5-10 years

21%

Male

35%

10+ years

22%

Note: No non-binary responses collected

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92%

Rent

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No answer

Note: No African American or Hispanic/LatinX responses collected

Note: A follow-up question asked if renters would be interested in a pathway to homeownership - the result was 68% indicating no

Major Draws to the Neighborhood

Short-Term Wants

Long-Term Wants

Historic character Available and affordable rentals

Proximity to downtown Positive Attributes of the Neighborhood

Historic architecture Proximity to downtown and churches

Community gardens Established neighborhood and long-term residents

Quality infill development providing quality housing

Better public spaces - parks and community gardens Traffic calming, streetscape, and public art

More new families buying homes

A coalition to build neighborhood capacity and encourage participation

Negative Attributes of the Neighborhood Rental property conditions Perceived and actual crime and drug activity Litter and property maintenance

Traffic and walkability Infrastructure conditions

Improve rental properties

Partnerships with nonprofits

Focused public safety and code enforcement assistance

Proactive development standards

Variety of housing choices and prices

Transition from majority rental to balanced rental and homeowner neighborhood

Better linkage to downtown

More restaurant and retail options on major streets

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01 NEIGHBORHOOD VISION

THE HISTORIC JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD STRIVES TO STRENGTHEN ITSELF AS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF CHOICE FOR A DIVERSE MIX OF HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.

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Guiding Principles As the neighborhood looks toward its future, residents, business owners, and other active stakeholders are proactive and realistic about the issues they face collectively. The future of the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood will be bright, aided by an action-oriented coalition aligned around a common mission - changing neighborhood perception and planning for the future while maintaining the neighborhood's historic character and heritage. The priorities for the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood’s future were identified through walking tours and neighborhood inventory, follow-up analysis, and engagement with multiple stakeholders and neighborhood leadership. The planning team used this feedback to glean significant takeaways from the neighborhood to explore opportunities and prepare recommendations rooted in the four guiding principles established early on during this process.

SENSE OF PLACE & HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION ATTRACTIVENESS

QUALITY OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

SAFETY AND SERVICES

CONNECTIVITY & STREETSCAPE

ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE

CULTIVATING PARTNERSHIPS

What we heard

Guiding Principles

IMPLEMENT SAFETY AND SERVICE UPGRADES

CURATE A GREATER QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT

ENHANCE HOUSING CONDITIONS AND CATALYZE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOP A COALITION FOR IMPLEMENTATION

EXISTING CONDITIONS This process focused on supplementing traditional engagement and research with in-depth neighborhood conditions inventory. Together, this information was analyzed, and opportunities were identified for further exploration later in this plan.

Demographics Snapshot This plan’s study area is made up of the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood boundary and an expanded influence zone. The following bullet points summarize key demographics findings: • The total population of the study area is 1,385, with very slow projected future growth. • The population is predominately White (75%), with Hispanic (13.9%) and Black (11.6%) as the largest minorities, which largely reflects the same racial/ ethnic makeup of the city. • Residents of the neighborhood are younger than the average age of the City of Lafayette. The largest age group is 20-24 years old, and the median age (29.9 years) is more than four years younger than that of the city. • There are 564 households within the study area. Nearly half of the households are non-family (two 18 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

or more non-related persons living together), and only about 21% of households have children. Slightly more than half of the households are occupied by a single individual. • The study area’s median household income is $24,669, whereas that of the city is $45,146. The majority of the population (80%) earns less than $50,000 per year, and more than half of the population (51%) earns less than $25,000 per year. • Nearly one-third of the population has obtained an education level of a bachelor’s degree or higher; this is nearly the same as the city’s education levels. • Approximately 27% of households do not own or have access to a vehicle, making non-motorized connectivity and transit options especially important for this neighborhood. • The study area’s median monthly rent is nearly $100 cheaper than that of the city ($568/month compared to $661/month).

• The average value of owner-occupied housing units in the study area is $126,603. In comparison, the median value of housing units in the city is $140,888. • Approximately 77% of homes are renter-occupied, while just 11% of homes are owner-occupied. • Of the vacant housing units in the study area, 60% are rental properties, and less than 5% are for sale only. The residential structures in the neighborhood are much older, with a median year of construction of 1940 – more than 30 years older than the city’s median year of construction.

*Note: Demographics snapshot includes the entire study area (including the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood and the Influence Zone). Demographic information is sourced from U.S. Census Bureau, 2014-2018 American Community Survey and 2010 Census.

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Households

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1,345

75,842

564

26,903

Population (2020 Estimate)

Households (2000)

1,366

79,472

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32,309

Population Projection (2025)

Households Projection (2010)

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Average Household Size (2020)

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14.2%

51.1%

46.1%

Hispanic Origin (2020)

Non-family Households (2018)

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Income and Education Historic Jefferson Neighborhood

Housing City of Lafayette

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City of Lafayette

$24,669

$45,146

$568

$661

Median Household Income (2020)

Median Rent (2018)

27.7%

27%

77.5%

46.3%

Population with Bachelors Degree or Higher (2020)

Renter Occupied Housing Units (2020)

Renter Occupied Housing Units (2018)

572

33,763

748

28,615

Total Employees (2020)

Total Employees (2018)

Total Housing Units (2020)

27.2%

23%

$126,603

$140,888

Households without Vehicles

Average Home Value (2020)

28.9%

15.8%

1940

1971

Households without Internet Access (2018)

Median Year Structure Built (2018)

02 PREVIOUS PLANNING As part of information gathering for the Existing Conditions Inventory, previous planning efforts for the neighborhood and city were reviewed for relevant information and projects impacting the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood. The following findings were deemed relevant to the neighborhood planning process. Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Plan (2010) The 2010 plan includes the following fiveyear recommendations relevant to this effort: • Neighborhood Identification: banners, resident participation in community events, and use and recognition of neighborhood logo. • Neighborhood Change: alleys, parkway gardens, rehab houses, public lighting, attendance at neighborhood meetings, lower crime, and streetscaping. • Organization Activities: clean ups, celebrations, newsletters/press notices, event with neighborhood partners/resources, and join the Neighborhood Action Committee (NAC).

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Tippecanoe County Land Use Plan (Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Amendment 2001)

Tippecanoe County Land Use Plan (Historic Centennial Neighborhood Amendment 2012)

The 2001 plan includes the following recommendations relevant to this effort:

The 2012 plan includes the following recommendations relevant to the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood:

• Supporting the re-use of the Historic Jefferson School and surrounding properties as senior supportive housing. • Promoting commercial and mixed-use development along the neighborhood edges (Ferry Street, northwest side of Erie Street, 9th Street, and Union Street). • Preserving moderate urban density residential uses throughout the core of the neighborhood and promoting homeownership. • Enforcing quality neighborhood property conditions, including building code violations, noise ordinance violations, and tenancy violations. • Improve the 9th Street streetscape throughout the neighborhood with bump-outs, street trees, new streetlights, and public art.

• Pursue establishing a local historic district within the Centennial Neighborhood. • Work with development community to convert multi-family dwellings back to single-family residential dwellings. • Update the Zoning Ordinance to include a form-based, mixed-use zoning district that allows for flexibility and innovation for site (re)development (adopted by the Area Plan Commission 2016). • Invest in open space within the neighborhood core. • Invest in traffic calming at strategic locations with pavement materials, crosswalks, speed humps/bumps, signals, signs, traffic circles, two-way parking, and bump-outs. • Retain historic streetscape features, invest in new features such as rain gardens, and support placemaking, public art, and landscape improvements when (re)development occurs throughout the neighborhood.

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02 The following diagrams represent the studio work of students from Purdue University. This information is provided for reference purposes only.

PREVIOUS PLANNING Jefferson Neighborhood Enhancement Plan (Purdue University Studio Work) During the spring of 2020, the Purdue University Landscape Architecture 326 Studio studied the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood. This effort explored opportunities within the neighborhood that were considered during the development of this neighborhood plan. This studio project was focused on the following themes: • Civic development (plazas, community gathering spaces, parks, and trails). • Commercial development (mixeduse and walkable neighborhood development). • Residential development (infill singlefamily, multi-family, and townhome development).

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RESTORE HISTORIC PIECES Highlight the historical and architectural quality that makes the neighborhood + community unique. CONNECT COMMUNITY IDENTITY There are strong community bonds within the neighborhood and connecting this tissue can create a strong sense of identity. MAXIMIZE LAND-USE The Jefferson neighborhood provides a solid ground for connecting land-uses, making the space more connected + useful. PROMOTE SOCIAL + ECOLOGICAL EQUITY Connecting the Jefferson neighborhood to the surrounding landscape of Lafayette is crucial in the social + ecological vitality and development of this area for the future.

The following diagrams represent the studio work of students from Purdue University. This information is provided for reference purposes only.

02 neighborhood history The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood became part of the City of Lafayette in the 1830s and was home to German immigrants and workers for the railroad, canal, and river industries. The construction of the Jefferson High School helped shape the district’s character and marked the integration of the area into the larger fabric of the city. The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood is on the National Register of Historic Places and is home to 117 contributing historic structures. The period of significance architecturally is 1850 - 1950.

Historic Residential Character Much of the neighborhood’s residential character is intact, which contributes to the Examples of remaining significant character of Historic Jefferson. Housing residential buildings include: is characterized by largely modest single• The Metzgar House (1216-1218 family and duplex residences and, to a lesser Cincinnati Street) degree, small apartment buildings and former • The Jester House (1310 Cincinnati boarding houses. The character of architecture Street) is similar throughout the neighborhood, varying in style and ornamentation. Many • The single pen cottage, (1204 Brown buildings have intact original features and Street) dating from pre-1850 and ornamentation, often hidden behind siding likely the oldest remaining home in the and other modifications that occurred over the neighborhood past 170 years. • The Fletemeyer House, Queen-Anne style architecture (1201 Brown Street) • The Gilmartin House (1008 Brown A significant proportion of the larger singleStreet) family homes in this neighborhood have been converted into apartments and have the • The Jennings housing (1109-111 opportunity to be restored as single-family Brown Street) homes once more. • The Mohr House (912-914 North Street) • The Metzger House (1018 North Street) • The Warrenburg-Reule double (11161118 North Street) • The Biggs House (519-521 11th Street) • The Wabash Valley House, former hotel (1114 Ferry Street)

*Note: Historic properties are defined by the federal government as built before 1970. 26 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

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02 Housing Conditions A housing conditions assessment was conducted in the study area, focusing on residential structures. This assessment is based on a conditions inventory conducted by the City of Lafayette during the spring of 2020. This assessment provides an overview of how well homes are being maintained in the neighborhood and identifies where problem areas exist for targeted efforts. The assessment was based on the condition of residential structures and associated properties separately. Residential structures and properties were graded based on the following guidelines: • Excellent Condition: No structural damage or wear apparent. • Good Condition: Little wear apparent or few aesthetic improvements needed. • Average Condition: Multiple instances of structural damage apparent and multiple aesthetic improvements needed. • Poor Condition: Severe structural damage apparent and great need for aesthetic improvements. Properties that appear vacant were also considered “poor.”

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The majority of residential structures in the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood are in “good” or “excellent” condition. In the broader Influence Zone, the housing conditions result in a similar pattern as within Historic Jefferson, with the exception of a greater proportion of residential structures assessed as “excellent.” A total of 7% of residential structures in the neighborhood are considered in “poor” condition, having both aesthetic and structural issues visible. Almost every structure ranked “poor” is found north of Cincinnati Street, where the physical character and maintenance of structures markedly declines. South of Cincinnati Street shows a higher quality of physical character and a more desirable level of maintenance of residential structures, with very few assessments of “average” or “poor.”

The following maps illustrate the rankings determined by the housing conditions assessment: • Structure Conditions: Uses a composite score of all elements of the structure’s exterior. • Roof, Window, and Foundation: Focuses on the conditions of roofs, windows, and foundation of a structure as the most influential elements to a structures overall appearance. • Property and Lawn: Focuses on the appearance of the property only.

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02 Historic Character of Civic Buildings The neighborhood also includes several significant intact civic buildings such as: • The former Jefferson High School building (619 North Street) • Brown Street Deutsche Methodist Church (905 Brown Street) • Deutsche Evangelische Church, now Good Shepherd Baptist Church (1024 Elizabeth Street) • The former train depot, now Home with Hope (1119 Ferry Street) Historic Character Commercial and Industrial Buildings Along the neighborhood’s edges, commercial and industrial buildings have been demolished over time, leaving gaps in the historic neighborhood fabric. A few significant commercial and industrial buildings remain in the neighborhood and have the opportunity to be preserved and for future adaptive re-use. Examples of significant remaining commercial buildings include: • The Isadore Metzgar commercial building (1220 Cincinnati Street) • The former Saint Elizabeth Hospital (1000 Cincinnati Street) • The Haywood Tag Factory (310 Erie Street) 34 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

• The Biggs Pump Factory building (1300 Brown Street) • The Wabash Valley House, former hotel ( 114 Ferry Street) The pattern of historic properties present in the neighborhood fabric coincides with the pattern of housing conditions and the Jefferson Historic District boundary with a greater number of historic properties south of Elizabeth Street. Structural conditions aside, several properties in the neighborhood embody the historic neighborhood’s long-lasting character and should be preserved or rehabilitated as an asset to the neighborhood.

Brown Street Deutsche Methodist Church (Former) Haywood Tag Factory

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02 LAND USE

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Except for a few small apartment buildings, residential uses in the neighborhood are lower density, as nearly two-thirds of residential parcels are one or twofamily homes. In the Historic Jefferson neighborhood, 33% of residential parcels are single-family homes, and 28% are duplexes. However, given the statistic that the neighborhood is majority rental, it is understood that many of these single-family and two-family-homes are broken up into small apartments. The Stockton homes, which were developed along a vacated rail corridor along Erie Street, stand out as a distinct development, just outside of the neighborhood’s easternmost edge.

The neighborhood is zoned almost entirely R2 (single and two-family) and R3U (single, two- and multi-family, urban). The Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments and adjacent parking lots are zoned as PDMX (planned development mixed-use). The commercial edges of the neighborhood boundaries are zoned NBU (neighborhood business, urban). Industrial sites along Erie Street are zoned I1 (low-impact industrial), GB (general business), and I3 (heavy-impact industrial). Land Use The Historic Jefferson study area primarily consists of residential uses, including single-family and multi-family dwellings. Commercial uses are found mostly along Union Street and Ferry Street. Multiple industrial businesses exist along Erie Street between Cincinnati Street and Union Street. Civic uses, such as churches, hospitals, and social services, exist along the neighborhood’s edges.

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Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments The Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments is located at the corner of 9th Street and Cincinnati Street and is operated by HomesteadCS, a housing non-profit organization. The historic building was originally the Jefferson High School in 1910. In 2000, the building was renovated by HomesteadCS in partnership with Stenz Corp for senior living residences; it currently houses 74 senior apartment units.

The surface parking lot directly to the south of the building is the planned site for the expansion of these senior apartments by HomesteadCS and Stenz Corp, which is a use supported by the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Association. HomesteadCS intends to keep the surface parking lot to the north and continue its use for parking. Commercial/Office There are over 100 businesses in the study area. The majority (46%) are serviceoriented, such as automotive services, health services, and education institutions. 20% of businesses are retail-based, and 11% deal with finance, insurance, and real estate. A large portion of the service businesses are auto-oriented. The neighborhood is home to only a few restaurants (The Pickle, Riehle’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill, and O’Rear’s Pastry Shop), but the restaurants and cafes of the Upper Main Street Historic District are just a block to the south of the neighborhood. The area lacks other retail businesses that offer fresh foods and produce and other soft goods. Other destinations include several activity-oriented businesses, such as Dance B Studio, Chai Tae Kwon Do, and Rhyno’s Gym.

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Several industrial properties are along Erie Street, mixed in with residential uses. Best Window & Door, Kaleidoscope Stained Glass, and a self-storage business are scattered along the western side of Erie Street. The former Biggs Pump Factory building is a notably historic industrial structure along Erie Street, which is currently used for storage by Northside Piano.

Several churches and religious communities are located in and around the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood: Brown Street United Methodist Church, St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, Good Shepherd Church, St. Boniface Church and School, and Bethel AME Church.

Between Cincinnati Street and Union Street, several industrial businesses occupy a total of 7.6 acres of land along Erie Street; these include Biancofiori Masonry, and Gutter Covers of Indiana, among a few other commercial businesses.

Education Services Lafayette Adult Resource Academy (LARA), an adult education center, and Oakland High School, an alternative high school, are colocated in the Washington Education Center on Union Street. This education center could play a role in attracting families to the neighborhood and bringing residents together as a potential community hub.

Institutional The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood benefits from the presence of multiple institutions and community services within and surrounding the neighborhood. These organizations range from religious, education, adult education, medical, affordable housing, and other resources for low-income or vulnerable populations, and through strategic collaboration, these organizations have the potential to influence positive change within the neighborhood.

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Addiction and Recovery Services LTHC Homeless Services’s recently completed Engagement Center and Union Place Apartments is on Union Street, north of the neighborhood edge. The Engagement Center provides services and apartment housing for homeless individuals and hosts supportive programs. Although an important social service for the city, the new facility has brought an influx of homeless population into the neighborhood, which is a concern for residents. Additional resources for addiction recovery include the SURF Center (Service

Unity Recovery Fellowship) on Ferry Street and Home with Hope, located in the former train depot on Ferry Street. Community Services The Salvation Army, also located on Union Street, is a faith-based non-profit organization that provide crucial resources and ministry services. The Wabash Center, located on Salem Street, is a community center and resource for individuals with disabilities. Vacancy The neighborhood has little commercial and residential vacancy. Less than 1% of residential properties are vacant. Approximately 2% of all parcels in the study area are vacant. For the purposes of this study, parking lots are not considered vacant property. Parking There are several large parking lots located along 9th Street and the one-way Union Street and Salem Street pair. Additionally, there are large parking lots south of Saint Elizabeth Hospital. Large surface lots provide opportunities for new development if it is determined that such a large parking lot is no longer needed for adjacent uses.

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02 Parks and Open Space Residents and stakeholders noted that the neighborhood lacks a formal park in its core residential area. Existing open spaces are mostly on the neighborhood’s edges. Stockton Park is located at the corner of Erie and Ferry Streets and can be accessed by Erie, Ferry, or Sheridan Streets. This 0.4-acre park offers benches and a picnic shelter. However, the community has reported that the park is underutilized by residents, is a gathering place for clients of LTHC’s Engagement Center, and needs programming to enhance usage. Murdock Park is located outside of the study area but is only about half a mile from the neighborhood.

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GrowLocal operates a community sharing garden, the Erie Street Garden, on a lot owned by the City of Lafayette Parks on Erie Street. The sharing garden provides food to anyone to take what they need from the garden. Brown Street Methodist Church is a member of the GrowLocal Network, and it also has a sharing garden on its property. The schoolyard at the Washington Education Center that straddles Elizabeth and Union Streets was also described as an informal neighborhood open space. Residents expressed that this park is often used as a dog park. Since LTHC’s Engagement Center is across the street, this open space is often a place of congregation for clients of the Engagement Center. Vacant lots could provide opportunities for future small open spaces accessible by residents in this rental-majority neighborhood.

Green Infrastructure Projects Brown Street and North Street have recently undergone streetscape enhancements as part of a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project that incorporated sustainable stormwater infrastructure (completed portion in Historic Jefferson Neighborhood in 2017 -2018). Streetscape enhancements included replacing pavement with pervious pavers on North Street, installing pervious pavers in on-street parking areas on Brown Street, and constructing rain gardens curbside. The brick pavers reduce stormwater run-off into the combined sewer and are considered to be an asset to the neighborhood’s historic character.

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02 Vehicular Circulation

Non-Motorized Connectivity & Transit

Four major roadways bound the neighborhood: Union Street, 9th Street, Ferry Street, and Erie Street. This circulation pattern makes this place very accessible within the region, and it also clearly defines the neighborhood. To the north of the neighborhood are Union Street and Salem Street, which operate as a one-way pair. Union Street flows eastbound toward I-65, and Salem Street flows westbound toward West Lafayette. There may be an opportunity for a one- to two-way conversion on Union and Salem Streets to promote neighborhood commercial investment on those corridors.

The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood and immediate areas are served by bicycle infrastructure, several CityBus transit routes, and a nearly complete sidewalk network.

Intersections

Pedestrian crosswalks exist at most four-way intersections throughout the neighborhood; however, these pavement marking are extremely faint and difficult to see on the road. Crosswalk markings are either non-existent or have faded on Cincinnati Street.

The majority of intersections in the study area utilize stop signs for traffic control. These stop-sign intersections are most commonly two-way stops. Four-way stops are located at Ferry Street/8th Street, Main Street/12th Street, and Main Street/11th Street. Intersections operated by stoplights occur on streets classified as arterials or collectors, such as 9th Street and Union Street. Residents indicated that most issues include speeding and disregarding stop signs. Several corridors, including 10th Street, Cincinnati Street, and Brown Street, were noted as hotspots for problems.

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ADA compliant. Without designated, clearly marked crosswalks, crossing these roads and entering the neighborhood may be difficult, unsafe, or undesirable. Sidewalk Conditions

On-street bike lanes have been implemented along Union Street, Salem Street, and Erie Street. Along Union and Salem Streets, the bike lanes follow traffic flow, operating as a one-way pair. The bike lane on Erie Street is southbound, whereas a sharrow is utilized northbound. Crosswalks

Residents would like to see crosswalks and ADA ramps at all intersections, not just four-way stops. There is a lack of crossings across the major roadways that border the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood, specifically Ferry Street, Union Street, and 9th Street. Also, many of the ramps were built to previous standards and are not

Sidewalks are present across almost the entire neighborhood. Short gaps exist around the intersections of 13th Street, Brown Street, and Erie Street near the former Biggs Pump Factory. A gap exists along the south side of Ferry Street between Erie Street and Perrin Street, but a sidewalk does exist on the north side. Conditions of sidewalks within the neighborhood are better on the western side of the neighborhood. There is a pedestrian path between two residences of the Stockton Homes from Erie Street to Sheridan Street, connecting the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood and the Perrin Neighborhood to the east.

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LEGEND Minor Arterial Major Collector Minor Collector Two-Way Stop Intersection All-Way Stop Intersection Signalized Intersection

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LEGEND Existing Bike Lane Proposed Bike Lane* Existing Crosswalk Gap in Sidewalk CityBus Stop *Proposed in Lafayette Trails and Greenways Plan

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LEGEND ADA Compliant Ramp Present No ADA Compliant Ramps Pavement Conditions Index (PCI) 0 - 20 30 - 40 50 - 60 70 - 80 90 - 100

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02 Major Landownership Parties Owning Multiple Parcels Given the large amount of for-rent residential properties in study area, there are several individuals or groups that own multiple properties. Where the parcels are not contiguous, some owners may operate these parcels as rental residential properties. Historic Jeff Centre, or HomesteadCS, (owns the existing Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments) and Stenz/LNHC LLC (owns the parking lot to the south that is proposed to be an additional senior living facility) combined own 29 parcels totaling 3.8 acres of contiguous property. LTHC Homeless Services (LTHC INC) owns 9 parcels within the Influence Zone including the property for its recent Engagement Center and a few residential dwellings within the neighborhood. The Union Square Apartments (Midwest Apartments LLC), located on Elizabeth Street, consists of nine contiguous parcels, but is operated as one multi-family residential property.

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Other major landowners who own a significant number of parcels include: Franciscan Alliance Inc., Wabash Center, Happy People Property Management LLC, and St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, among others. Properties One Acre or Greater in Size Landowners who own a single parcel of at least an acre in size include owners of the industrial businesses located along Erie Street to the east of Historic Jefferson: Blue Ridge LLC, Daniel E. Feldhaus Revocable Living Trust, and Daniel & Gail Carmody. Homeownership Ownership vs. Rented More than 75% of residential properties in the study area are for-rent homes or units. Most of these properties are single or two-family homes that are being tenanted, and some have been split further into multiple units. Encouraging increased homeownership was mentioned in the previous neighborhood plan. Several rental properties are available at this time (Spring 2020) within the study area. The average monthly rent for an apartment unit is about $730 per month. Rent for a entire house averages $1,400 per month in rent.

Landlords with Multiple Properties/Units in the Neighborhood Those parties owning multiple residential properties in the study area are largely individuals who manage a small number of residential units. The exceptions are real estate or management companies with smaller portfolios, such as the Historic Jeff Center Apartments, The Armory Lofts (just outside of the neighborhood), and Midwest Apartments. TIF Districts Almost the entire study area lies within a Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District. The majority of the study area is in the Creasy Central Cons ’14 (#42) District, while the western edge and southwestern corner is in the Central (#6) District. A small portion of the northeast corner of the study area is in the Central Extension (#18) District.

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Historic Jeff Centre LP Stenz/LNHC LLC Happy People Property Management LLC LTHC Inc. Salvation Army Wabash Center Inc. Franciscan Alliance Inc. Midwest Apartments LLC Blue Ridge LLC Daniel E. Feldhaus Revocable Living Trust Daniel & Gail Carmody White Investment Inc.

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NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FRAMEWORK This chapter documents the process where community feedback and the study of existing conditions helped uncover opportunities to improve the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood. Those opportunities and recommendations are explored in the following pages, tied to four guiding principles.

OVERVIEW This neighborhood plan framework is the culmination of walking tours and neighborhood inventory, follow-up analysis, and engagement with multiple stakeholders and neighborhood leadership to arrive at priorities and goals for the future. Feedback collected throughout the planning process was analyzed to reveal important takeaways to create the neighborhood vision and guiding principles. Centered around these four guiding principles, opportunities were explored and recommendations were prepared. The result is the plan framework which sets priorities for a clear, implementable vision for the neighborhood, encapsulating the community’s desire for a strengthened neighborhood.

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Opportunities

Guiding Principles

The next several pages document opportunities that were uncovered during this process and served along with the guiding principles to develop the planning framework.

Following the documentation of opportunities, the plan’s recommendations were organized into the four-principle framework detailed further in this chapter. Guiding principles include:

This information focused on the following categories:

• Implement safety and service upgrades

• Community assets

• Curate a greater quality of environment

• Problem areas • Major activity nodes

• Enhance housing conditions and catalyze long-term development

• Potential long-term development

• Develop a coalition for implementation

• Identity and placemaking • Community partners

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community assets: • Reinvestment sparked on North and Brown Streets by green infrastructure project • Social services, cultural, and education institutions • Active community partners 52 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

• Multi-modal connectivity

opportunities: problem areas

problem areas: • Lack of pedestrian connections into and out of the neighborhood • Crime hot spots and litter within neighborhood • Property conditions decline towards Cincinnati Street 53

opportunities: major activity nodes

Major Activity Nodes: • Primarily residential at the core • Commercial corridors along Union and Ferry Streets • Religious institutions along 9th Street 54 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

• Social services Services to the north and south

opportunities: potential long-term development

potential development: • Underutilized parking lots and properties • Commercial areas in need of reinvestment • Large contiguous industrial properties 55

opportunities: identity and placemaking

identity and placemaking: • Activate community gardens and public spaces • Invest in commercial corridors/nodes • Establish gateways and connections to downtown and other neighborhoods 56 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

opportunities: community partners

community partners: • Link together social service and community organizations • Market availability of resources to engage with more residents • Create wrap-around services to support neighborhood vitality

03 IMPLEMENT SAFETY AND SERVICE UPGRADES Key Considerations The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood is highly walkable, accessible to public transit, and near downtown. Despite these positive characteristics, this neighborhood has infrastructure and connectivity challenges that were identified through this process. This plan evaluated these challenges and developed a suite of both high-impact shortterm and sustainable long-term strategies to improve neighborhood safety and services. These strategies are illustrated on the following pages and focus on infrastructure and connectivity projects, code enforcement and crimewatch blitzes, and quick-win opportunities to engage the neighborhood to complete short-term initiatives.

Connectivity and Streetscape Improvements Short-Term Strategies • Conduct a walking audit of the neighborhood with city staff and neighborhood volunteers and prepare a list of priorities for potential sidewalk, accessibility, and streetlight improvement areas. 58 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

• Apply sharrows (shared bike/vehicle lane) in both directions on 10th Street from Ferry Street to Union Street. • Work with CityBus to install a bus shelter at the existing stop on Ferry Street near the 10th Street intersection. • Implement traffic calming Tactical Urbanism projects with neighborhood volunteer recruits at the intersection of 10th Street and Cincinnati Street. • Coordinate volunteer alleyway cleanups with installation of public art and landscaping at key entrances to alleys in areas of high visibility. • Apply green infrastructure or other utility improvements in additional areas to inspire individual private investment in target areas and to be incorporated into future development.

RECOMMENDATION Implement catalytic public projects to improve the experience and safety of neighborhood streets and alleyways

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03 Long-Term Strategies • Redesign 9th Street from Main Street to Union Street following the Downtown Lafayette Streetscape standards with bump-outs and clearly marked crosswalks at major intersections. • Evaluate the possible conversion of Union and Salem Streets from one-way to two-way streets. • Install additional traffic circles and planted medians along 10th Street from Ferry Street to Union Street and along Cincinnati Street from 10th Street to Erie Street. • Commission public art along 10th and Cincinnati Streets at major intersections to help define place and activate the neighborhood. • Install bike lanes on Ferry Street on the south side of the road (westbound) and a sharrow on the north side of the road (eastbound) to accommodate cyclists on this corridor.

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Overview Create a more pedestrian-oriented 10th Street by installing sharrows, traffic circles at major intersections, and public art from Ferry Street to Union Street. The intersection of 10th and Cincinnati Streets is a high-profile area due to the Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments’ planned expansion. A short-term opportunity here to test a traffic circle, apply crosswalk improvements, and install public art can draw attention to this intersection and generate positive energy in the neighborhood.

MAINTAIN EXISTING ON-STREET PARKING

Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments

STRIPE CROSSWALKS AT TRAFFIC CIRCLE INTERSECTIONS

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Overview Improvements to Cincinnati Street could emphasize a renewed focus and energy in the neighborhood, complementary to the model block strategy on Cincinnati Street. These improvements may include traffic calming improvements, public art, and a linkage between planned and existing green spaces.

ADD 15’ DIAMETER TRAFFIC CIRCLE TO STREET INTERSECTION (15’ CLEARANCE TYP.)

STRIPE CROSSWALKS AT TRAFFIC CIRCLE INTERSECTIONS

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After identifying a need to slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety, the City of South Bend launched a demonstration project to test out traffic calming tools they had never used before, including traffic circles, chicanes, and bump-outs. The benefit of this approach is these improvements are highly visible, effective, and low-cost. South Bend picked one neighborhood to test out multiple strategies and based on the results, is identifying the long-term implementation of permanent traffic-calming infrastructure in these areas. As a result of this demonstration project, drivers drove slower on these streets, and South Bend also built trust with the community. Given the City of Lafayette’s success with public art and temporary crosswalk painting in the Wabash Neighborhood, something like this could be a good way to activate the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood. More information can be found here: https://smartgrowthamerica.org/south-bend-in-demonstration-project-neighborhood-traffic-calming/

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03 CURATE A GREATER QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT

Key Considerations The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood has relatively few open spaces for the community to gather and enjoy. This neighborhood also lacks a strong outwardfacing identity. While Stockton Park, on the east side of the neighborhood, is the city’s newest pocket park, residents indicated that it is not often used, lacks programming, and is not central to the neighborhood. Residents expressed a need for additional small-scale green spaces with easily achievable public art and programming within the neighborhood; these spaces have the potential to create a highly visible identity and activation strategy for Historic Jefferson.

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The Erie Street Garden, operated by GrowLocal, is an example of a productive, programmed, and active greenspace that has had a positive influence on the neighborhood. Inspiration can be taken from successes of the Erie Street Garden to create new, high quality, meaningful spaces for people to gather. This plan focuses on improving the neighborhood’s quality of the environment through placemaking, additional and enhanced green spaces, and public art.

RECOMMENDATIONS Create a series of small connected green spaces within the neighborhood to supplement existing community gardens, allow for more recreational areas, and activate vacant lots Bring vibrancy and positive press to the neighborhood by identifying small but highly-visible projects centered around activation and art

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03 Create a series small connected green spaces within the neighborhood to supplement existing community gardens, allow for more recreational areas, and activate vacant lots

Enhanced Greenspace Short-Term Strategies • Explore the potential of developing a new neighborhood greenspace within the core of the neighborhood that could be programmed with community gardens, a small picnic shelter and tables, solar lighting, public art, and a “Little Free Library*”. This space would be a small pocket park, and could occupy a vacant lot, such as one owned by the City of Lafayette or another entity (for example, the city-owned lot on Cincinnati Street has potential to become a pocket park). This space could follow the model of other spaces throughout the neighborhood such as the Erie Street Garden and be operated and maintained by a neighborhood non-profit entity. • Work with the Lafayette School Corporation and LTHC to make improvements to the greenspace at the Washington Education Center to encourage safe use by the community.

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Investments may include additional lighting, trash receptacles, and dog park amenities. • Partner with GrowLocal to enhance the Erie Street Garden to include picnic tables, solar lights, and art installations (such as a mural on the self storage facility). • Expand programming at Stockton Park to include more family-oriented and multigenerational draws such as family game and movie nights with food trucks parked on Erie Street. • Engage the non-profit community, along with residents, to help build and paint open space amenities or smallscale structures, such as picnic tables, pergolas, trash receptacles/dumpsters, “Little Free Libraries,” and crosswalks. *A “Little Free Library” is a take-a-book, leavea-book free book exchange usually out of a wooden box or cabinet along a sidewalk or in a public area. Anyone in the community is free to take a book or bring one to contribute to the library.

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03 Long-Term Strategies • The lot on Cincinnati Street owned by the City of Lafayette could first be created as a simple, functional, and temporary space; over time, the lot and amenities could be improved with permanent treatments and features. Partnerships and coordinated fundraising could be sought to improve this space, which could be maintained by the neighborhood with help from non-profits and private sector donations. • Integrate multi-generational open space into the planned expansion of Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments. This open space would be construction and operated as part of this development, but would be open to the entire community. This open space could include features on the periphery of the property such as ADA accessible gardens, an enhanced streetscape, and public art along 9th and 10th Streets.

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03 Bring vibrancy and positive press to the neighborhood by identifying small but highly visible projects centered around activation and art

Small Investments with Big Impacts Short-Term Strategies • Seek donations/grants to install weather-resistant temporary signage at key locations throughout the neighborhood describing and illustrating key recommendations within the plan. • Re-establish and publicize the neighborhood’s identity with placemaking or an art campaign. • Celebrate the history of the neighborhood through a story loop that is integrated into its public spaces. Use kiosks, public art, or interactive signage to celebrate moments of the neighborhood’s history and tie together places in the neighborhood fabric. • Sponsor a design competition to design new neighborhood gateway signage. • Mark the primary neighborhood gateways and pedestrian ways with signage and landscape. 78 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

SHort-Term Activation & placemaking precedents

03 ENHANCE HOUSING CONDITIONS AND CATALYZE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT KEY CONSIDERATIONS The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood is fairly compact in footprint, highly walkable, retains its historic character, and is comprised of over 70% residential rentals. Like many near-downtown neighborhoods, Historic Jefferson is expected to see development pressure over the coming years. Stakeholders are concerned about the high percentage of rental properties and property maintenance and conditions of many of those properties. Residents would

like to encourage strategies that preserve the neighborhood’s character, increase homeownership, invest in rehabilitating rental properties, and are proactive about future infill development. Neighborhood stabilization and development recommendations within this plan are supported by strategies illustrated over the next several pages. These strategies focused on block revitalization projects and initiatives, future land use, infill development potential, historic preservation, and zoning.

Rock-the-Block event volunteers working on home repairs in their neighborhood.

RECOMMENDATIONS Create a Model Block Stabilization Strategy for Cincinnati Street to use as a framework for greater neighborhood code enforcement, housing stabilization, and activation efforts Update the neighborhood land use framework to include future land use recommendations for long-term development sites Explore the creation of a local historic preservation district and/or adopting a form-based code zoning overlay

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03 Create a Model Block Stabilization Strategy for Cincinnati Street to use as a framework for greater neighborhood code enforcement, housing stabilization, and activation efforts

Model Block stabilization Strategy

• Potential conversion of a city-owned vacant lot (Cincinnati Street) into a neighborhood-focused open space.

A model block stabilization strategy is a proven neighborhood revitalization strategy where a target block is identified for shortand long-term improvements that are highimpact and that activate residents, nonprofits, and the development community to make visible progress.

• Erie Street Garden popularity and success.

Cincinnati Street Focus Area Between 9th and Erie Streets, Cincinnati Street was identified as a focus area because the following can be leveraged in a revitalization strategy: • The relative stability on North and Brown Streets to the south. • Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments expansion near 10th Street. • Aggregated rental property ownership.

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After short- and long-term improvements occur on Cincinnati Street, this strategy could be replicated further north on Elizabeth Street. North and Brown Streets were not chosen for this strategy because they are more closely tied to downtown, have both benefitted from recent streetscape improvements, have significant historical resources, and have seen a level of investment that is lacking further north in the neighborhood.

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SHORT-TERM APPROACH: TIE TOGETHER TWO CULTURAL ANCHORS

HISTORIC JEFF CENTRE Future Expansion

Short-Term Strategy: Tie Together Two Cultural Anchors This strategy recommends leveraging two existing strong points in the neighborhood and working towards the middle, progressing improvements along a single corridor. Along the Cincinnati Street corridor, the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood has the Erie Street Garden and Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments (existing building and planned expansion) as established anchors to build from. Real impact can begin with public investments that improve the experience of the street. Public projects that beautify the corridor can inspire private investments and spark interest in rehabilitation or redevelopment, such as what has been observed along Brown and North Streets following the completion of streetscape improvement projects.

Suggested public investments include: • Developing and applying short-term Tactical Urbanism projects (high-impact, high-visibility, and low-cost physical improvements such as crosswalk painting) that, once proven successful, can followed by investment in longerterm permanent solutions. • Installing traffic circles, sidewalk upgrades, streetscape investments, public art, amenities such as “Little Free Libraries”, and lighting improvements. Suggested community investments include: • Holding regular neighborhood cleanups and other coordinated volunteer projects to help residents maintain and improve their properties and open spaces.

• Engaging a coalition of partners to facilitate, publicize, and promote neighborhood-oriented events and seeking positive press whenever possible to celebrate and demonstrate progress outwardly . • Coordinating a series of “rock-theblock” events focused on volunteer-led improvements to targeted properties with owner consent and participation. • Seeking participation from active partners such as Brown Street Methodist Church, Lafayette Adult Resource Academy, Home with Hope, Habitat for Humanity, and others to assist with targeted home-repair, maintenance, and cleanup efforts multiple times throughout the year .

03 LONG-TERM APPROACH: WORK OUTWARD FROM YOUR STRONGEST NEIGHBORHOOD ANCHOR Long-Term Strategy: Work Outward from Your Strongest Neighborhood Anchor

The block bordered by Cincinnati Street on the north, Brown Street on the south, 10th Street on the west, and 11th Street on the east was selected as a prototypical block that could see investment and activation building upon the completion of short-term improvements to Cincinnati Street, anticipated development, and a vacant property owned by the city. Suggested public investments include: • Transforming the city-owned lot at 1009 Cincinnati Street into an actively programmed neighborhood greenspace, 84 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

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This strategy recommends to begin with the best existing neighborhood anchor and slowly work improvements outward. For example, if the block has significant redevelopment or rehabilitation started or if a major community partner is present, work with those investors to focus on contiguous properties. The greatest potential to anchor an investment area in the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood is the planned expansion of the Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments, which is anticipated to be constructed over the next several years. As a long-term approach, these investments targeted on this block will build upon the short-term investments made along Cincinnati Street and continue to build beyond this anchor block along the corridor.

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beginning with short-term, temporary installations and amenities and over time, investing in more permanent structures and features. • Continuing safety and streetscapes initiatives started on Cincinnati Street by implementing permanent traffic circles and streetscape improvements to the intersection of Cincinnati and 10th Streets. These improvements should continue further east along Cincinnati Street. Suggested private investments include: • Engaging investors and community development non-profits to target properties with common ownership on this block for purchase and

rehabilitation, as they become available on the private market. • Apply for façade grants through the City of Lafayette for rehabilitation and improvements to exteriors of homes • Leveraging investments in the Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments to market this block to the private real estate market. • Promote the private real estate market to convert multi-unit rentals back into single-family homes. • Once progress has been made on this block, shift stabilization efforts further east toward Erie Street.

Model Block PRECEDENTS Rock-The-Block

Habitat for Humanity, Nation-wide “Rock-the-Block” is a one-of-a-kind coalition of residents, non-profits, and other organizations brought together and led by Habitat for Humanity to repair homes and revitalize neighborhoods. Nationally, this volunteer-based program has helped with short-term improvements in neighborhoods. This program targets owner-occupied single-family residences and duplexes for exterior improvements. In order to apply, participants have to provide a statement of need and a description of how they may be able to personally participate (excluding seniors and disabled persons). This program focuses on external paint, yard clean up, landscaping, fencing repair, minor roof repair, gutter repairs/cleaning, and trash removal. It is possible that this program could also complete critical home repairs such as major roof repair, siding repair, window repair, and ADA accessibility improvements.

More information can be found here: https://habitatkc.org/rocktheblock/

Oakwatch

Pittsburgh, PA Oakwatch is a resident-led neighborhood safety and beautification initiative in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Their mission is to improve the quality of life in the area by bringing people and institutions together to identify code violations, advocate for remediation, and monitor outcomes. They tackle issues like negligent landlords, vacant lot reclamation, abandoned and decaying homes, and other public nuisances. They are co-managed by the Oakland Planning & Development Council (OPDC) along with a resident chairperson. Partnering with the City of Pittsburgh and the local Police Department is also crucial in helping them achieve their mission. Oakwatch has been lauded in the Pittsburgh area as a model for collaborative public safety advocacy and code enforcement. More information can be found here: https://www.opdc.org/neighborhoodquality 85

development typologies

Update the neighborhood land use framework to include future land use recommendations for long-term development sites

Development Potential A development preference workshop that was conducted with neighborhood residents documented support for certain scales and future development types. Various concepts describing possibilities for future redevelopment sites are illustrated on the next several pages. The ideas included within this plan capture the aspirations of the neighborhood to be proactive about future development. Future development would depend on private market interest in development opportunity sites, which this plan could help promote and guide. Short-Term Strategies • Educate residents and future investors in the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood about preferred and appropriate development scale and contexts. • Navigate the process of managing future development proposals when come before the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Association and city staff. 86 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

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MIXED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD (EXISTING)

In general, the following development typologies could occur at various sites throughout the neighborhood, depending on site context, to enhance what is already a mixed-residential neighborhood: • Traditional single-family/infill development could be built on vacant lots within the residential core of the neighborhood or be integrated as a grouping into a larger property.

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• Townhomes are envisioned as part of a multi-unit development along the edge of the neighborhood or assembled in a group. • Three-story multi-family could be appropriate as part of a multi-unit development towards the periphery of the neighborhood in larger developable lots. • Three-story mixed-use is most applicable along major corridors in and around the neighborhood. • Two-story mixed-use could be appropriate along the edges of the neighborhood as a step-down from three-story density or integrated into a development.

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Center on Salem Street, owned by Franciscan Alliance. These sites are 1.3 acres (C) and 1.6 acres (D) and could be redeveloped into a three-story multifamily development that could be surface parked. Multi-family apartments could be mixed-income and include a senior housing component that would benefit from close proximity to the hospital. Residential investments in this area could help stabilize this portion of the study area.

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Site F is a 0.5-acre site that is occupied by a business and two single-family residences. Over time, this site could be redeveloped into one-story retail, which would be oriented toward Union Street to contribute to a more active district, and small-scale multi-family residential housing facing Erie Street. Site G is a 1-acre site that is occupied by a self-storage facility, the Erie Street Garden (owned by the City of Lafayette Parks Department) and three single-family residences. Over time, a portion or all of this site could be infilled with townhomes. The self-storage facility would likely be targeted earlier for redevelopment than the rest of this site.

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These anchors, along with other investments, could help activate this portion of the study area. This development is hypothetical and would occur based on movement in the private market. Many of the existing businesses could remain as part of this redevelopment scenario. The Erie Street Garden could be a key component of any future development as long as that garden remains active in the future.

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Site I is a 0.3-acre site currently occupied by the non-profit organization, SURF Center. Over time, this site could be redeveloped as a small-scale multi-family development or single-family infill residential to complement the scale of the rest of the block.

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In addition to the mixed-use anchor on this site, a mix of townhomes and single-family housing could infill portions of Main and Ferry Streets. The remaining buildings within the block could remain and be preserved and restored as part of a block activation strategy.

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03 Explore the creation of a local historic preservation district and/or adopting a form based code zoning overlay

Preservation and Zoning Local Historic Preservation District A portion of the study area within Historic Jefferson Neighborhood’s boundaries is listed on the National Park Service’s Register of Historic Places. This honorary designation, however, does not impact locallevel land use controls except for a 60-day waiting period for the demolition of historic structures. Residents expressed interest in the neighborhood becoming a local historic district with a focus on additional regulation of demolitions and particularly new construction with design review. Local historic district designation offers, by far, the most legal protection for historic properties because most land-use decisions are made at the local level. Purpose of Form-Based Zoning The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood is a distinctive neighborhood with rich historical characteristics and assets that define this historic area.

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There is a unique blend of residential, commercial, cultural, and industrial uses that co-exist amongst each other in this relatively small neighborhood. In order to address future desirable and pedestrianoriented development, a zoning overlay or Form-Based Code (FBC) could be considered to create flexible standards that embrace and enhance the historic and diverse qualities of the neighborhood. This tool can help encourage development to be cohesive with the existing historic fabric of the neighborhood while remaining flexible to market demands. Key Elements of Zoning to Help Achieve Neighborhood Goals Fitting development into the appropriate context of the neighborhood should be a critical component of the zoning language that is created for the neighborhood. Zoning should encourage redevelopment of vacant properties, enhance walkability, and provide standards that are appropriately scaled for this neighborhood.

The zoning overlay or FBC could be sectioned into multiple subdistricts based upon existing and future land use contexts, all of which should promote pedestrianscaled development, walkability, and accessibility. This section provides key regulations that should be considered when creating a zoning overlay or FBC for the Jefferson Neighborhood. The Lafayette Centennial Neighborhood Form-Based Code may be a useful starting point as the neighborhood begins to explore updating its zoning. Uses Permitted Since the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood already has a diversified collection of uses, it is ideal to continue this trend while ensuring that more intense uses, such as industrial, do not negatively impact (noise, odor, traffic, etc.) the rest of the neighborhood. Strategically locating any future industrial uses is necessary to maintaining the quality of life for residents. Mixed-use buildings should be permitted, with residential components integrated above the first floor. A mixed-use overlay could permit a range of uses in areas where only single-family residential is permitted.

The zoning map could indicate which specific parcels could permit slightly more intense uses, such as multi-family residential. As part of the overlay or FBC, considerations should be made to relax some dimensional standards such as setbacks and minimum lot sizes to avoid the need for variances. Scale of Development Development should be appropriately scaled to the existing context of the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood. Existing buildings are primarily smaller in scale, however certain areas of the neighborhood could accommodate denser development, including sections along major corridors. Incentives could also be created to allow for height bonuses. For example, the neighborhood could permit three stories outright, but if an applicant preferred to build a project that included four or five stories, then they would have to provide certain amenities. Those amenities could include providing a designated pedestrian system throughout the site, incorporating streetscape elements beyond what is required, utilizing quality materials and site design (i.e. architecture, facades, signage, etc.), and/or using sustainable building and site development practices.

Building Placement and Orientation

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Buildings should be oriented to emphasize a continuous street wall where possible and ensure quality pedestrian access to and circulation within a site. Examples of regulatory language that can be included in an overlay to address this may be: maximum front yard setbacks, require at least one building entrance to front the primary road, and require that landscaping and amenities be provided between the building and lot lines to encourage more interaction between the public and private realms.

The number of parking spaces and the location of parking lots has a significant influence on the overall appearance and accessibility of the built environment. Altering parking requirements and design standards can help transform the look and feel of a community. Some standards that could be adopted include limiting parking locations to the rear yards, instituting maximum parking ratios for certain uses, and allowing for shared parking between adjacent sites and mixed-use developments. In addition, on-street parking could count towards parking minimums.

Materials and Façade Treatments A simple table of permitted, secondary, and prohibited materials can be created for the primary façades of a building to ensure quality design and compatibility with adjacent uses. Fenestration (the arrangement of windows and doors on a building) is also a necessary element that can drastically upgrade the appearance and experience of a building, especially in regards to the ground level where pedestrian interaction occurs. Window coverage should encompass a certain percentage of the entire building (at least 40% of the first level and at least 30% of the upper stories), with a focus on areas that abut the public right-of-way.

Short-Term Strategies • Convene educational meetings led by city staff on the subjects of local preservation districts and potential form-based-code zoning overlay • Determine resident interest in both initiatives

03 DEVELOP A COALITION FOR IMPLEMENTATION

Key Considerations Creating a neighborhood coalition, comprised of engaged residents, business owners, non-profit leaders, and other neighborhood stakeholders, to implement a neighborhood action strategy with specific projects completed within defined milestones is an effective and sustainable way for the neighborhood to get things done. This process revealed that stakeholders were excited to participate and overall want to be more involved with the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood and its neighborhood association. Many also indicated interest in participating in shortterm improvements such as neighborhood cleanups and assisting residents, especially low-income seniors and disabled people, with home improvements. Many local groups are providing services that could be of interest to many residents of the neighborhood. The following strategy could be followed to help create a Historic Jefferson Neighborhood coalition that can collaborate 96 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

on the implementation of this plan. This group would be separate from the current neighborhood association, but closely connected for coordination and communication. Coalition partners could include members from organizations who are already integrated into the community, such as: • City of Lafayette – City staff and council members • Lafayette Historic Pre • Jefferson Neighborhood Association/ active property owners • Faith CDC • Grow Local • Churches • HomesteadCS • LTHC • Home with Hope • LARA • Salvation Army

RECOMMENDATIONS Build partnerships that empower the neighborhood

Organizational Plan

BUILD Short-Term Strategies

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• Promote the Washington Education Center as a community hub. • Connect non-profits to advertise services and target vulnerable populations with the greatest or most unmet needs. • Support the Brown Street Methodist Church’s efforts to build capacity in the neighborhood by participating in the “Art of Neighboring” program with 20 other churches across the country. This program is focused on neighborhood engagement and revitalization. • Create a framework to advance similar goals and initiatives together in a “wraparound service.” Convene a meeting with the neighborhood, LTHC, and other nonprofit organizations to discuss tactics to better assist the people they serve. • Create a neighborhood coalition of residents, area non-profits, business owners, and city officials to meet regularly to discuss neighborhood issues and engage in collaborative efforts. • Identify a group of convenors, who would be responsible for organizing and leading the group. Important neighborhood institutions such as the Brown Street Methodist or the Lafayette Adult Resource Academy may be able to fill this role.

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03 project home

Philadelphia, PA The City of Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services and non-profit organizations have partnered together to help place individuals in need in secure housing and provide supportive services to help these individuals build better futures. Project HOME is one of these organizations active in Philadelphia, and they take an approach to their outreach that focuses on building trust. Outreach workers regularly visit places in the city where those suffering from homelessness gather or stay, simply start conversations with them, and ask them what they need. In addition to these repeated interactions, outreach workers personally bring necessities to individuals, such as socks or food, and help them accomplish tasks, such as getting a new ID. Over time, these conversations form a sense of familiarity and trust that creates a relationship between outreach workers and individuals. This organization works at an individual level to place people in housing that is right for them and services are provided to meet their needs so that the process sustainably builds a positive pathway to permanent housing and security. More information can be found here: https://www.projecthome.org/

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supportive services PRECEDENTS

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY The Historic Jefferson Neighborhood strives to strengthen itself as a neighborhood of choice for a diverse mix of homeowners and renters.

IMPLEMENT SAFETY AND SERVICE UPGRADES

Overview While planning efforts are inherently longrange in scope, there is often a need to identify early projects — catalyst projects — that are necessary to improve market conditions and spark changes. This is where a development plan becomes more tangible with near-term goals that can be brought into sharper focus for the community and implementation entities. Critical components of an implementable development include site capacity, economic viability, and political support. This implementation section is organized by theme (summarized on page 46) broken down into specific project recommendations. Each recommendation is described in terms of major goals, immediate next steps, short-term strategies, and long-term strategies. • Immediate Next Steps are actions to take quickly to get recommendations set up for implementation. • Short-Term Strategies are tasks and projects that can be executed in a 1-3 year timeframe. 100 Jefferson Neighborhood Community Enhancement Plan

• Long-Term Strategies are tasks and projects that require additional work to execute and can be completed in 3 or more years. The following pages will act as a reference guide to track progress and hold the “community champion(s)” and implementation entities responsible. This information is designed to help the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Association, neighborhood coalition, and city staff to work together to cultivate partnerships and get to work! It is recommended that the neighborhood coalition meet yearly to review this plan and implementation strategy. That organizational meeting should occur every January and prioritize projects and initiatives and expected outcomes for each year. Following the organizational meeting, the coalition should work to complete a project or initiative quarterly throughout the year in collaboration with the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Association.

CURATE A GREATER QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT

ENHANCE HOUSING CONDITIONS AND CATALYZE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOP A COALITION FOR IMPLEMENTATION

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IMPLEMENT SAFETY AND SERVICE UPGRADES GOAL 1: Implement catalytic public projects to improve the experience and safety of neighborhood streets and alleyways

Immediate Next Steps Convene a meeting between neighborhood leadership, neighborhood coalition and city staff to determine short-term priorities and make a formal request for city support on the highest priorities for 2021. Make a formal request to elected and appointed city officials to support longterm strategies. Begin planning short-term projects for Spring and Summer 2021, and cultivate partnerships to build capacity and seek funding. Ask partners to potentially set aside volunteer hours and funds for this purpose. Apply for grants to fund Tactical Urbanism projects.

Short-term strategies

Long-term strategies

Conduct a walking audit of the neighborhood with city staff and neighborhood volunteers and prepare a list of priorities for potential sidewalk, accessibility, and streetlight improvement areas.

Redesign 9th Street from Main Street to Union Street following the Downtown Lafayette Streetscape standards with bump-outs and clearly marked crosswalks at major intersections.

Apply sharrows (shared bike/vehicle lane) in both directions on 10th Street from Ferry Street to Union Street.

Evaluate the possible conversion of Union and Salem Streets from one-way to two-way streets.

Work with cityBus to install a bus shelter at the existing stop on Ferry Street near the 10th Street intersection.

Install additional traffic circles and planted medians along 10th Street from Ferry Street to Union Street and along Cincinnati Street from 10th Street to Erie Street.

Implement traffic calming Tactical Urbanism projects with neighborhood volunteer recruits at the intersection of 10th Street and Cincinnati Street. Coordinate volunteer alleyway cleanups with installation of public art and landscaping at key entrances to alleys in areas of high visibility. Apply green infrastructure or other utility improvements in additional areas to inspire individual private investment in target areas and to be incorporated into future development.

Commission public art along 10th and Cincinnati Streets at major intersections to help define place and activate the neighborhood. Install bike lanes on Ferry Street on the south side of the road (westbound) and a sharrow on the north side of the road (eastbound) to accommodate cyclists on this corridor.

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CURATE A GREATER QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT GOAL 1: Create a series of small connected green spaces within the neighborhood to supplement existing community gardens, allow for more recreational areas, and activate vacant lots

Immediate Next Steps Convene a meeting with neighborhood leadership, neighborhood coalition, and city staff to secure the city-owned lot at 1009 Cincinnati Street as a neighborhood open space. Find a non-profit partner to manage and maintain the site. Work directly with Lafayette School Corporation and LTHC to resolve issues with the Washington Education Center greenspace and enhance the space for neighborhood use. Meet with Lafayette Parks Department staff to explore neighborhood focused programming opportunities for Stockton Park in 2021. Explore the opportunity to acquire picnic tables at minimal cost to immediately activate space within the neighborhood and create a series of outdoor neighborhood social gatherings.

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Short-term strategies Explore the potential of developing a new neighborhood greenspace within the core of the neighborhood that could be programmed with community gardens, a small picnic shelter and tables, solar lighting, public art, and a “Little Free Library”. Work with the Lafayette School Corporation and LTHC to make improvements to the greenspace at the Washington Education Center to encourage safe use by the community. Investments may include additional lighting, trash receptacles, and dog park amenities. Partner with GrowLocal to enhance the Erie Street Garden to include picnic tables, solar lights, and art installations (such as a mural on the self storage facility). Expand programming at Stockton Park to include more family-oriented and multi-generational draws such as family game and movie nights with food trucks parked on Erie Street.

Engage the non-profit community, along with residents, to help build and paint open space amenities or small-scale structures, such as picnic tables, pergolas, trash receptacles/ dumpsters, and crosswalks.

Long-term Strategies Upgrade temporary greenspace activation elements and install permanent treatments and features on the developed greenspace. Partnerships and coordinated fundraising could be sought to improve this space, which could be maintained by the neighborhood with help from non-profits and private sector donations. Integrate multi-generational open space into the planned expansion of Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments, including features on the periphery of the property such as ADA accessible gardens, an enhanced streetscape, and public art along 9th and 10th Streets.

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CURATE A GREATER QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT GOAL 2: Bring vibrancy and positive press to the neighborhood by identifying small but highly visible projects centered around activation and art

Immediate Next Steps Seek grants for small neighborhoodled initiatives with volunteer labor in 2021. Encourage neighbors and non-profits to take on small, but impactful projects within the neighborhood such as researching, recording, and compiling neighborhood history, photographs, and stories.

Short-term strategies Seek donations/grants to install weather-resistant temporary signage at key locations throughout the neighborhood describing and illustrating key recommendations within the plan. Re-establish and publicize the neighborhood’s identity with placemaking or an art campaign. Celebrate the history of the neighborhood through a story loop that is integrated into its public spaces. Use kiosks, public art, or interactive signage to celebrate moments of the neighborhood’s history and tie together places in the neighborhood fabric. Sponsor a design competition to design new neighborhood gateway signage. Mark the primary neighborhood gateways and pedestrian ways with signage and landscape.

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ENHANCE HOUSING CONDITIONS AND CATALYZE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 1: Create a Model Block Stabilization Strategy for Cincinnati Street to use as a framework for greater neighborhood code enforcement, housing stabilization, and neighborhood activation efforts. First, focus on short-term strategies centered around low-cost, visible, and volunteer-led initiatives along Cincinnati Street. Then concentrate efforts on a long-term strategy to revitalize the block bordered by Cincinnati Street on the north, Brown Street on the south, 10th Street on the west, and 11th Street on the east. Long-term strategies also include upgrading short-term activations and installing permanent features.

Immediate Next Steps Convene a joint meeting of the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Association, neighborhood coalition, and city staff to walk this area and have conversations with residents about potential short-term and long-term improvements. Begin planning short-term projects for Spring and Summer 2021 and cultivate partnerships to build capacity and seek funding. Ask partners to potentially set aside volunteer hours and funds for these projects.

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SHORT-TERM STRATEGIES Develop and apply short-term Tactical Urbanism projects (high-impact, high-visibility, and low-cost physical improvements such as crosswalk painting) that, once proven successful, can followed by investment in longer-term permanent solutions. Install traffic circles, sidewalk upgrades, streetscape investments, public art, amenities such as “Little Free Libraries”, and lighting improvements. Hold regular neighborhood cleanups and other coordinated volunteer projects to help residents maintain and improve their properties and open spaces. Engage a coalition of partners to facilitate, publicize, and promote neighborhoodoriented events and seek positive press whenever possible to celebrate and demonstrate progress outwardly. Coordinate a series of “Rock-theBlock” events focused on volunteer-led improvements to targeted properties with owner consent and participation. Seek participation from active partners such as Brown Street Methodist Church, Lafayette Adult Resource Academy, Home with Hope, Habitat for Humanity, and others to assist with targeted home-repair, maintenance, and cleanup efforts multiple times throughout the year.

long-term strategies Upgrade temporary installations and amenities in activated neighborhood greenspace(s) and over time, invest in more permanent structures and features. Continue safety and streetscapes initiatives started on Cincinnati Street by implementing permanent traffic circles and streetscape improvements to the intersection of Cincinnati and 10th Streets. These improvements should continue further east along Cincinnati Street. Engage investors and community development non-profits to target properties with common ownership on this block for purchase and rehabilitation, as they become available on the private market. Apply for façade grants through the City of Lafayette for rehabilitation and improvements to exteriors of homes Leverage investments in the Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments to market this block to the private real estate market. Promote the private real estate market to convert multi-unit rentals back into single-family homes.

Community Champion:

ENHANCE HOUSING CONDITIONS AND CATALYZE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 2: Update the neighborhood land use framework to include future land use recommendations for longterm development sites

GOAL 3: Explore the creation of a local historic preservation district and/ or adopting a form-based code zoning overlay

Immediate Next Steps

Use the recommendations and precedents included in this plan to assist with review of development plans and negotiations with developers on the Historic Jeff Centre Senior Apartments expansion, and other projects in the future.

Short-term strategies Educate residents and future investors in the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood about preferred and appropriate development scale and contexts. Navigate the process of managing future development proposals when come before the Historic Jefferson Neighborhood Association and city staff.

Schedule informal meetings with various partners led by neighborhood leadership, neighborhood coalition, city staff focused on learning more about a form-based code overlay similar to what is in the Centennial Neighborhood. Engagement should include meetings with the Tippecanoe County Area Plan Commission.

Once neighborhood leadership and the neighborhood coalition feel they have enough information on these subjects, prepare an informational pamphlet and survey neighborhood residents for interest in the creation of potential form-based code and seeking local historic preservation status.

Short-term strategies Convene educational meetings led by city staff on the subjects of local preservation districts and potential form-based-code zoning overlay. Determine resident interest in both initiatives.

Schedule informal meetings with various partners led by neighborhood leadership, neighborhood coalition, city staff focused on learning more about local preservation districts. Engagement should include meetings with the Lafayette Historic Preservation Commission and Indiana Landmarks.

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04 Community Champion:

DEVELOP A COALITION FOR IMPLEMENTATION GOAL 1: Build partnerships that empower the neighborhood

Immediate Next Steps Convene a meeting between neighborhood leadership, city staff, and potential convenors (for example, Brown Street Methodist Church and Lafayette Adult Resource Academy) to review the recommendations within this plan, establish a list of potential neighborhood coalition members and commence outreach and planning for projects and initiatives in 2021. Establish a list of neighborhood coalition members and invite them to a neighborhood walk in the Fall/Winter of 2020, where goals and strategies are explained by city staff, consultant, and neighborhood leadership.

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Short-term strategies Promote the Washington Education Center as a community hub. Connect non-profits to advertise services and target vulnerable populations with the greatest or most unmet needs. Support the Brown Street Methodist Church’s efforts to build capacity in the neighborhood by participating in the “Art of Neighboring” program with 20 other churches across the country. This program is focused on neighborhood engagement and revitalization. Create a framework to advance similar goals and initiatives together in a “wrap-around service.” Convene a meeting with the neighborhood, LTHC, and other non-profit organizations to discuss tactics to better assist the people they serve.

Create a neighborhood coalition of residents, area non-profits, business owners, and city officials to meet regularly to discuss neighborhood issues and engage in collaborative efforts. Identify a group of convenors, who would be responsible for organizing and leading the group. Important neighborhood institutions such as the Brown Street Methodist or the Lafayette Adult Resource Academy may be able to fill this role.

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