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Action Plan <br />Appearance <br />Phase I: June 1998 to December 1998 <br />Who <br />Due <br />$ <br />Objective: Develop Streetscape Improvements to Enhance image of the <br />Corridor <br />1. Develop gateway treatment at Chippewa/Michigan intersection <br />City of South <br />fall, 1998 <br />$35,000 <br />• Landscape traffic island with seasonal and evergreen plant material <br />Bend/ Private <br />• Install an identity sign to welcome visitors to the South Gateway Corridor <br />property owners <br />Install street tree plantings around intersection to enhance sense of <br />arrival <br />• Encourage additional landscape improvements on private property <br />Phase 2:1999 <br />2. Develop a new gateway to South Bend between Ireland and Highway 20 <br />City of South <br />fall, 1999 <br />$40,000 <br />• Utilize the backside of existing highway sign spanning the roadway <br />Bend/Indiana <br />• Create a unique sign based on existing entry sign modify <br />DOT <br />• Add additional ornamental trees in clusters within roadway right-of-way to <br />enhance sense of arrival <br />3. Establish a facade and interior improvement program to encourage <br />City of South <br />winter, 1999 <br />$2,000 <br />private reinvestment <br />Bend/ Steering <br />• Develop a matching grant program for properties within TIF/Urban <br />Committee/Loca <br />Enterprise Zone <br />I Banks/ Local <br />• Work with local banks to provide low interest improvement loans for <br />architect <br />properties outside of the TIF/Urban Enterprise Zone <br />• Conduct a seminar with an architect where individual businesses can <br />have conceptual improvement sketches prepared for a nominal cost <br />• Encourage use of a single architect for design continuity and economies <br />of scale, perhaps funded through TIF/Urban Enterprise Zone funds <br />Business Districts, /nc. ......... <br />South Gateway Commercial Corridor Action Plan <br />22 <br />