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post Jan 17 2008, 08:07 AM
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Oberlie: North End Can Be 'Choice' Area

Jason Miller
The News-Dispatch

MICHIGAN CITY - In his annual state-of-the-city address last week, Mayor Chuck Oberlie outlined his fast-track plans for the city's North End in hopes that after the first quarter of 2008, the engine of change will be humming.

Saying the area isn't pedestrian friendly or visually pleasing, he hopes the results of three studies laying out possibilities for the North End turn the area - through a unified vision - into the city's "neighborhood of choice."

"The beauty of it all is that I outlined 21 different projects, and all of them will be moving forward as of (Thursday)," he said. "And they can all move forward without hurting the others."

Oberlie also released a small portfolio featuring a few ideas for North End redevelopment gleaned from three studies the city has commissioned in the last two years.

The most visually striking of the ideas is a large residential and commercial area along Trail Creek which, in theory, would include three large high-rise buildings just across the creek from Blue Chip Casino.

Oberlie's thoughts are that developing the Trail Creek Corridor from Eighth Street to Washington Park would turn the city's North End into the crown jewel of the city.

His hopes aren't without precedent.

Although its size pales in comparison to that of Michigan City, the town of Saugatuck, Mich., benefits greatly from a developed Kalamazoo River, which houses not only hundreds of private boat slips, but residences, shops and restaurants like those Oberlie envisions for Trail Creek. "Our boating industry is a huge element of our success, if not the lifeblood of our town," second-term Saugatuck Mayor Tony Vettori said Friday. "And it's all due to the fact that there's so much to do right along the river. It brings in boaters and non-boaters."

Like Michigan City, Saugatuck features a river that leads to a large, heavily used beach and the waters of Lake Michigan. Vettori said the beach benefits from the downtown river scene, just as the downtown benefits from the beach and Lake Michigan.

"We've become an art destination and a shopping destination. And Oval Beach is rated one of the top 10 beaches in the country," Vettori said. "The water is all a part of what draws people here, and I'd think it would have the same effect in Michigan City."
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This was an email I got today...



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Dear Friends,

Please see news that Andrews University Professor Andrew Von Maur shared today.


Professor Andrew Von Maur:

"The Michigan City North End Plan won a 2008 CNU Charter Award of Excellence - the most prestigious national award in the field of New Urban town planning. The award is primarily given to professional projects, but there is a student category. This year, we were the only school that won the award. You can learn more about the award at http://www.cnu.org/awards2008."



The Andrews University North End Plan.

28 graduate students from Andrew's University School of Architecture and Urban Design under Professor Andrew Von Maur held a series of public meetings where residents, business people, public officials, and architects and urban designers with national reputations put forth ideas to redevelop the North End of Michigan City. The ideas were captured and enhanced by the students in a comprehensive plan which looks to capitalize on Michigan City's historic downtown and proximity to Lake Michigan.

See the plan at www.andrewsurbandesign.org


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southsider2k7   North end could be "choice area"   Jan 17 2008, 08:07 AM
Dave   When I was in high school, my parents had a cottag...   Jan 17 2008, 11:02 AM
Roger Kaputnik   See, that is the problem. You do not see the long...   Jan 17 2008, 01:42 PM
mcstumper   See, that is the problem. You do not see the lon...   Jan 18 2008, 08:43 PM
Dave   Does the waterfront on Trail Creek from US 12 sout...   Jan 17 2008, 03:46 PM
Roger Kaputnik   The point is that it is already lost. I want it r...   Jan 17 2008, 04:00 PM
Ang   The point is that it is already lost. I want it ...   Jan 17 2008, 04:39 PM
Dave   The point is that it is already lost. I want it ...   Jan 17 2008, 06:10 PM
lovethiscity   Has anyone in Michigan City wondered why the State...   Jan 17 2008, 10:23 PM
southsider2k7   Did anyone else watch the unveiling of the north e...   Jan 18 2008, 07:27 AM
Dave   Did anyone else watch the unveiling of the north ...   Jan 18 2008, 12:49 PM
southsider2k7   I was at the meeting last night. I was the guy st...   Jan 18 2008, 12:54 PM
JHeath   I did not go, but I watched it on Ch 97. I did f...   Jan 19 2008, 06:41 PM
southsider2k7   I did forget to post the preview I got from Alderm...   Jan 18 2008, 08:18 AM
southsider2k7   http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...;Arti...   Jan 18 2008, 12:32 PM
Max Main   I thought (re)moving the library was interesting, ...   Jan 18 2008, 02:09 PM
lovethiscity   I thought (re)moving the library was interesting,...   Jan 18 2008, 09:59 PM
Dave   The Golden Triangle did not work. Trying a failed...   Jan 18 2008, 10:11 PM
lovethiscity   I have to disagree here. The Golden Triangle was ...   Jan 18 2008, 10:43 PM
edgeywood   I agree with most of your post. The part I disagr...   Jan 22 2008, 03:05 PM
mcstumper   Why doesn't someone market Michigan City to t...   Jan 22 2008, 11:08 PM
Dave   .... As for the SS relocation, remember that acce...   Jan 23 2008, 12:30 AM
mcstumper   Elevated railway? Like the El in Chicago? Who is ...   Jan 23 2008, 07:17 PM
lovethiscity   Advertising to outsiders is to invite change. Bu...   Jan 23 2008, 06:37 AM
mcstumper   Please don't come up with an opinion soley on...   Jan 23 2008, 07:23 PM
Dave   I was unaware of that bit of history, lovethiscity...   Jan 19 2008, 12:35 PM
JHeath   I really wish someone would write a History of Mi...   Jan 19 2008, 06:32 PM
lovethiscity   I was unaware of that bit of history, [b]lovethis...   Jan 20 2008, 09:47 PM
Roger Kaputnik   The most realistic plan I have heard so far is lev...   Jan 20 2008, 07:37 PM
Roger Kaputnik   Oberlie has NO BUSINESS being involved in city gov...   Jan 21 2008, 09:28 AM
JHeath   Roger, most of us here would agree with you on tha...   Jan 21 2008, 11:37 AM
ChickenCityRoller   Ancient history here but I consider this the first...   Jan 21 2008, 12:15 PM
Roger Kaputnik   My point is that we see the error because we pay t...   Jan 21 2008, 01:42 PM
lovethiscity   My point is that we see the error because we pay ...   Jan 21 2008, 06:11 PM
mcstumper   My point is that we see the error because we pay ...   Jan 21 2008, 10:22 PM
JHeath   How quickly we forget what we've said in the p...   Jan 22 2008, 11:16 AM
mcstumper   You seemed to have liked her ideas then...what ch...   Jan 22 2008, 10:52 PM
JHeath   I see no reason to leave her out of it. She was ...   Jan 22 2008, 11:22 PM
lovethiscity   I see no reason to leave her out of it. She was ...   Jan 23 2008, 06:09 AM
southsider2k7   http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;T...   Jan 22 2008, 03:13 PM
Dave   http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;...   Jan 22 2008, 08:31 PM
Roger Kaputnik   I would rather everyone waited until Oberlie was g...   Jan 22 2008, 10:46 PM
CaddyRich   Having lived in the vicinity of 11th Street many y...   Jan 23 2008, 07:20 AM
southsider2k7   The reason that the Golden Triangle has failed to ...   Jan 23 2008, 07:56 AM
mcstumper   The reason that the Golden Triangle has failed to...   Jan 23 2008, 07:30 PM
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southsider2k7   I'm not sure whether I agree with this statem...   Jan 24 2008, 07:20 AM
southsider2k7   http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...;Arti...   Jan 23 2008, 03:10 PM
southsider2k7   http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;T...   Jan 24 2008, 03:08 PM
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mox1981   He is the lawyer for the Redevelopment Commision....   Jan 27 2008, 02:19 PM
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mox1981   The one that as rumor has it was trying to buy th...   Jan 29 2008, 01:25 PM
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southsider2k7   Chuck Oberlie weighs in... http://thenewsdispatch...   Feb 4 2008, 08:05 AM
JHeath   Hmm...that sounds vaguely familiar. Now, where ...   Feb 4 2008, 09:55 AM
southsider2k7   Hmm...that sounds vaguely familiar. Now, where h...   Feb 4 2008, 09:59 AM
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southsider2k7   Common sense makes me ask. With the library block...   Feb 14 2008, 07:24 AM
southsider2k7   http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;T...   Feb 15 2008, 01:34 PM
lovethiscity   http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;...   Feb 15 2008, 08:53 PM
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southsider2k7   http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;T...   Feb 21 2008, 01:34 PM
southsider2k7   This was an email I got today...   Feb 25 2008, 02:46 PM
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southsider2k7   10 years and over $130,000,000 in riverboat ...   Mar 12 2008, 06:46 AM
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