GARY METRO CENTER A station area with a unique opportunity to incorporate a new multi-modal station into mixed-use development that anchors and catalyzes downtown reinvestment. Introduction The Gary Metro TDD (315.5 acres) benefits from the momentum to revitalize Downtown Gary through targeted infrastructure improvements, blight elimination, and community-focused redevelopment in partnership with state, regional, and local partners. The TDD is envisioned to take advantage of State Funding provided by SB 434, which became law in 2023 and funds a blight elimination matching grant program and multi-modal station replacement matching grant program. Such an investment will spearhead and support revitalization and economic development efforts in Downtown Gary. The Northwest Indiana RDA will administer this program. More information about this legislation can be found here. A revitalized Gary Metro Station block has the potential to create immense opportunity or equitable transit-oriented development throughout Downtown Gary. By prioritizing a new multi-modal station area and capitalizing on property in public control, a multi-pronged approach to redevelopment should be pursued. Walkable pedestrian-scaled street corridors and paths that link to existing and planned local and regional trail systems could capitalize on Gary’s prime location in the region. Phasing and prioritizing redevelopment and improvements are crucial to ensuring Gary’s sustainable growth and revitalization, catalyzed by the Gary Metro Station. City Economic Goals • Replace the Gary Metro Station incorporating ADA accessibility, a new station platform, kiss-and-ride, and Gary Public Transportation Corporation (GPTC) bus service • Promote transit-oriented mixed-use development around the station area • Redesign Broadway as a Complete Street with streetscape, multi-modal functionality, and traffic calming and study the feasibility of two-way conversions of 4th and 5th Avenues. • Rebuild the housing market, prioritizing affordable housing and transitioning into new market-rate • Create a new demolition and land-banking strategy where blocks transition to temporary conservation green spaces as the market matures 34 • Northwest Indiana Transit Development Districts
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