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47 <br />Strategy 4: Reinforce the Near Northwest as a walkable, mixed-use, urban neighborhood <br />Strategy & Action Steps Lead Role Potential Partners 1-2 Year 3-5 Years 5+ Years <br />Update the zoning ordinace and map to facilitate missing middle <br />housing and neighborhood center nodes Dept. of Community Investment x <br />Encourage a mix of uses to be developed in neighborhood centers, <br />such as those on Portage Ave. and Lincoln Way West Dept. of Community Investment Developers, Non-profits x x x <br />Support the productive reuse of the Ward Bakery Building Dept. of Community Investment Developers, Non-profits x x x <br />Explore improvements at the Portage & California Avenues <br />intersection that reinforce the neighborhood node Dept. of Community Investment Division of Engineering x <br />Facilitate new development at the Lincoln Way West & Charles Martin <br />Sr. Dr. node Dept. of Community Investment Developers x x <br />Explore opportunities to reinforce Portage Ave. & Marion St. as a <br />neighborhood node Dept. of Community Investment x x <br />Encourage future development to be consistent with the existing <br />character of a walkable, urban neighborhood <br />Dept. of Community Investment, <br />Division of Engineering Developers, Non-profits x x x <br />Engage with Memorial Hospital on any future development - in <br />particular efforts related to the interface with Leeper Park, the <br />interface between the hospital and the surrounding residential areas <br />& Downtown, and future development between Marion Street & <br />LaSalle Avenue Dept. of Community Investment <br />Memorial Hospital, Division of <br />Engineering x <br />Strategy 5: Improve the experience of and access to outdoor recreation opportunities <br />Strategy & Action Steps Lead Role Potential Partners 1-2 Year 3-5 Years 5+ Years <br />Complete work in Leeper Park to upgrade the playground and user <br />experience South Bend Venues Parks & Arts Dept. of Community Investment x <br />Complete playground improvements at Brownfield Park South Bend Venues Parks & Arts x <br />Complete the construction of the first phase of the Coal Line Trail, <br />providing additional neighborhood access to the trail system and <br />introducing a trail head at Muessel Grove Park <br />South Bend Venues Parks & Arts, <br />Dept. of Community Investment, <br />Division of Engineering x <br />Explore opportunities to improve the pedestrian connection <br />between Muessel Grove Park and Muessel Elementary School <br />Dept. of Community Investment, <br />Division of Engineering South Bend Venues Parks & Arts x <br />Explore improving access to greenspace for areas outside a half-mile <br />/ 10-minute walk radius of a park <br />South Bend Venues Parks & Arts, <br />Dept. of Community Investment; <br />Non-Profits, Developer(s)x x