The South Central/Thomas Park-Avondale Energy Plan is a project being developed by residents of South Central/Thomas Park-Avondale and Vectren along with Ball State University graduate students from the Department of Urban Planning. The basis of this project is to create an energy plan for a selected region of the South Central and Thomas Park-Avondale neighborhoods in Muncie, Indiana.
Please visit the plan’s website for more information about the project and the student’s assessment and recommendations.
The arrival of the railroads and the discovery of natural gas in the area resulted in the annexation of what is now the north portion of the neighborhood in 1875. The remaining portion of the neighborhood was annexed by the city in 1905. South-Central began as a community for Muncie’s manufacturing & industrial workers. The neighborhood is 220 acres in size and is located just south of the city’s downtown. It is bounded by E. Willard St. on the north, Memorial Drive on the south, S. Hoyt Ave. on the west, and S. Madison St. on the east.
In the fall of 2012, Ball State University students studying in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning worked under the direction of BSU faculty member Lisa Dunaway and alongside neighborhood residents to create the South Central Neighborhood Action Plan (SCNAP). The SCNAP identifies seven separate initiatives that will help improve and enhance the neighborhood.
2016 IDEA Conference Poster
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