Overview

• The city and the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture partnered on a 10-year master plan shaped through community listening sessions and public design workshops.
• The vision centers on redeveloping the Broadway corridor into a vibrant mixed-use district with shops, art galleries and entertainment venues.
• Blight removal is already under way following the revival of a historic preservation board to determine which structures to save or demolish.
• Initial financing combines state grants with proceeds from Gary’s Hard Rock Casino after its approval as the site for a Lake County Convention Center.
• Broader economic momentum comes from a Nippon Steel–U.S. Steel merger set to add union jobs and state approval of funding for a new downtown Metro station.