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2. the northern section of the main factory complex between Sample <br />(south), the railroad line (north), Franklin Street/Lafayette Street (east), <br />and Prairie Avenue (west); <br />3. the southern section of the main factory complex between Sample Street <br />(north), Indiana Avenue (south), Franklin Street (east), and Prairie <br />Avenue (west); and, <br />4. a small pocket of redeveloped, light industrial land between Chapin <br />(west) Prairie Avenue (south and east) and the railroad line (north). <br />The Studebaker Corridor is a sub -area with significant barriers to <br />development. It is similar to the Rum Village Industrial Park in that it has one major <br />barrier to private redevelopment and revitalization. In Rum Village the barrier is soil <br />conditions. In the Studebaker Corridor it is the presence of large, multi -story <br />industrial buildings or massive, obsolete one -story manufacturing facilities. The <br />commonality of major physical barriers to redevelopment —one man -made and one <br />natural —is further complicated and made more difficult by uncertainty concerning the <br />potential of soil and water pollution. In fact, one of the common factors throughout <br />the industrial portion of the Sample -Ewing Development Area (Rum Village, Sample - <br />Indiana and the Studebaker Corridor) is the historical presence of heavy industrial <br />production, railroads, truck lines and scrap and salvage areas —all land uses, <br />transportation and economic activities that increase the potential for environmental <br />problems. <br />The plan for the redevelopment of the Studebaker Corridor sub -area remains <br />relatively unchanged regardless of the expansion and merger which forms the Sample - <br />Ewing Development Area. The main strengths and weaknesses of the area have not <br />k, been altered significantly in the first several years of implementing the redevelopment <br />plan. <br />A key to our success in the Studebaker Corridor sub -area is the retention of all <br />existing viable businesses that are compatible with the proposed redevelopment plan. <br />Light industrial, construction contractors, general business services, <br />warehouse /distribution uses, retail, service commercial, consumer and producer <br />services, office and related uses are priority retention candidates. In our effort to <br />retain existing, compatible businesses and to attract the same, the city must continue <br />' to assemble developable sites for business in -fill purposes. <br />' -27- <br />5/21/93 <br />