Frankfort, Indiana

FRANKFORT, INDIANA city, we’re trying not only to build it with the motor vehicle in mind, but also with the pedes- trian in mind: the jogger, the bicycler, the young mom pushing a stroller. We have two major projects: Washington Avenue Phase One and Phase Two. They’re both around $3.6 million projects, funded 80 percent by the federal gov- ernment. We’re able to apply for grants through the Indiana Department of Transportation that cover 80 percent of our roadway projects, which is really how smaller communities like Frank- fort are able to accomplish multi-million dollar roadway projects. “This project will connect to two other ‘com- plete streets.’ A complete street is a street that has green infrastructure – it takes stormwater runoff into consideration, as well as pedestri- ans and motor vehicles. It will incorporate a multi-purpose trail on one side, a new sidewalk on the other. It will connect to a road that has new sidewalks on each side, which connects to a road that has new sidewalks and a bicycle path. We are building a trail network, strate- gically in our community, from our neighbor- hoods to city centers, whether it be our down- town, our TPA Park, or our golf course, or even our industrial park. We’re trying to make our city more mobile for our pedestrians and that’s been a big focus here for the past handful of years. “Economic development is competitive and we want industries to know that we’re not only working to retain our workforce with amenities such as housing, parks, and green space, but also we have tools to train them and then put them to work in our industrial park. So, another piece of ‘quality of place’ is education. We want to be a community where families know their