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Home My Public Portal AboutINTRODUCTION GEENCAS1LE • % . 'RI , � Five Year Master Plan it/ 2018-2022 • ., , •is 1I [;# 44 al ell 3 A N U R E C R E A T I O N 441111/4 - .S•*. *„ 5 g i ,F . - h c, t ' N!+ ;.a n — . ., , r — yv agog x a e.A s: 3.r-z a • .- -,,„ -eq,,, �'^'T , ,„ ..1 i S , „ , , . , . ,. , ..,„ , This page intentionally left blank. V • Table of Contents SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION 1 SECTION 2:THE COMMUNITY 5 SECTION 3: PLAN DEVELOPMENT 25 SECTION 4: PARK SYSTEM INVENTORY 31 SECTION 5: NEEDS ANALYSIS 55 SECTION 6: IMPLEMENTATION 65 This page intentionally left blank. Acknowledgments This plan was prepared with the assistance,direction,and cooperation of the City of Greencastle Board of Park Commissioners,the Indiana Department of Natural Resources,and the citizens of the City of Greencastle. PREPARED FOR: Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department CONTACT INFORMATION: Rod Weinschenk, Parks & Recreation Director Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department 405 South Bloomington Street Greencastle, IN 46135 (765) 653-3395 (phone) BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS Tim Trigg - President Dr. John Hennette, DDS - Vice President Cathy Merrell - Secretary/Treasurer Beva Miller - Member Michael Scott - Ex-0fficio, Greencastle Community School Corporation David Taylor - Ex-0fficio, Putnam County Public Library M AYO R Bill Dory PREPARED BY: .,.4 : HWC ou - ENGINEERING HWC Engineering 135 N. Pennsylvania Street, Suite 2800 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 347-3663 January 2018 LI This page intentionally left blank. LI INTRODUCTION MISSION STATEMENT 0A- i o . °7 rite Gr�� to peer communities. Park facilities, open space, Parks & Recrec4h,o-&. Pe o-a1 and recreational offerings are now considered fa a- L Le reerea4-io-cr,ak a basic function of civic infrastructure which iorfti�, reft-e-c t-1-to allow residents opportunities to grow and thrive t-'^te-reyh cw'-d ve-ok of aft, toeo e physically, mentally, and socially. This Parks (A& Greer Plan outlines the ideas and opportunities which a,d ram ' acgwi re' �t0S will help the Greencastle Parks and Recreation w�a�,vvf-ai-�. c�ti�,Ci,fr,/ attYa�i�e �k,$ aid �� flat w-c;Ct �41..avve-e, Department offer these opportunities for the ti^-e G+ y of Gre ozayite, next five years, and beyond. Input of members from the local community PURPOSE and its leaders is the basis for this plan. The purpose of this Five-Year Master Plan for Implementation of this plan will have maximum Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces (Parks benefit for residents and visitors of the Plan) is to describe how the Greencastle Parks Greencastle community only through continued & Recreation Department anticipates carrying and robust support, cooperation, and guidance out its Mission Statement. The Parks Plan of the community. provides a decision-making framework for providing recreation programs, municipal parks and facilities that are accessible to the entire community, which meets the needs of a growing population, and which promotes their use and appreciation over the next five-years. The Parks Plan provides an efficient and logical system for the development of future parks & recreation opportunities for citizens and visitors of the Greencastle community. As the community continues to grow and people become more aware of the benefits that parks, open spaces, and recreational programs offer, demand will continue to grow. In the globally competitive 21st Century economy a robust parks and recreation system is an imperative investment for any community wishing to remain relevant moinsumumenimin INTRODUCTION I PLAN METHODOLOGY The Greencastle Parks&Recreation Department's This plan was developed though an extensive planning area includes not only the incorporated process of property inventory, data collection, boundaries of the City of Greencastle, but also research, park staff interviews, and public input. that of Greencastle Township. The city's planning The results of this process informed and shaped area extends approximately 2-miles outside the outcomes of the recommendations of the plan. the Greencastle municipal limits. Putnam The information collected during this process is County does not currently have an operating also summarized within the content of the plan park board, so the City of Greencastle Parks & to help inform future decisions which will arise Recreation Department provides those services from unknown future external influences and to the citizens of the Greater Greencastle area changes in community needs. which lay outside its jurisdictional area. Select additional regional resources have been factored PHASE 1: INVENTORY & DATA in to the overall plan recommendations if they COLLECTION were deemed to have an impact on possible facility use or demand. Those regional facilities are indicated on the overall Greencastle Park System Map found further in this plan. PHASE 2: RESEARCH & LOCATION OF GREENCASTLE ANALYSIS The City of Greencastle is located in south-central Putnam County, Indiana, just an hour west of Indianapolis and an hour east of the Indiana/ 40 Illinois State border and the City of Terre Haute, ( PHASE 3: RESULTS & Indiana. Greencastle is easily accessible via RECOMMENDATIONS North US Highway 231 from the heavily traveled 1-70 corridor, a major national thoroughfare (see Figure 2) (update Figure 2). The US Highway 40 DEFINITION AND MAP OF THE corridor also yields an active east/west highway PLANNING AREA route through the City, and provides important connections to surrounding communities. The To plan for Greencastle's recreational needs, movement of people and goods within these it is necessary to describe the community's corridors has led to a moderate degree of growth physical and demographic setting. Many of the in the community, predominately areas of light area's physical features, which include location, industry and institutional development on the transportation corridors, natural features, and east side. The surrounding regional communities the built environment do not change a great are based primarily on agricultural economies deal from year to year. The map to the right and which makes Greencastle an important regional provides an overview of the physical location commercial and social activity center. of the community and also many of the major features which help shape and impact parks and recreational uses regionally. """"www" GREENCASTLE PARK AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN 21 : ry UA 2 U 9 ce I • I_ • I s • I • I 6.1• I N • I • I 1 I I 1 a r • 3nv No evnav .J _ �' Z'S i it • 3 6d o� • I yJ N Z6 J dr I I 41 `• m Q \ C x, v r a x 3, /.� bra ,v r - -\ I m N •N Qi