In 2017, Anderson + Bohlander was selected as the lead planner for LISC's Great Places 2020 planning effort for the Tarking Park area of Indianapolis. The effort is part of a broad program to create more walkable, urban village locations with the City of Indianapolis, with a focused effort on new developement in advance of the city's bicentennial celebration in 2020. The plan was comprehensive in scope with strategies for housing, safety, education, recreation, activation of public space, and mixed-use development. The planning team worked with staff at LISC, a local community advisory team, and city-wide stakeholders throughout the process to build local support. The plan included a high-level of community outreach and engagement to ensure the local concern and desires were balance with practical input from the Client and Planning Team
