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Michigan City expects about $4 million from $20M regional grant for cultural corridor project
Summary
Superintendent Eason told the Parks and Recreation Board the Northwest Indiana Thrive partnership secured a $20 million Lilly Foundation award and Michigan City expects to receive about $4 million for a cultural corridor connecting the train station to City Hall and the Singing Sands Trail.
Superintendent Eason reported Nov. 19 that Michigan City is part of a Northwest Indiana Thrive collaboration that recently won a $20 million grant from the Lilly Foundation. Eason said the regional partnership — a collaboration of La Porte and Porter County foundations — plans a cultural corridor that will connect the train station, City Hall and the Singing Sands segment of the Marquette Greenway, and she estimated Michigan City’s allocation at about $4 million.
Eason described the corridor as including public art, wayfinding, discovery hubs and improved public access to regional destinations such as the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Marquette Greenway. She said the city has approximately $35,000 budgeted for signage but has held that money pending regional wayfinding decisions to avoid buying duplicative signs.
Eason told the board the project is “pretty much shovel ready” from the department’s perspective, with design questions remaining around signage, mile markers and how segments will be measured across state lines. She said work is being coordinated with the Marquette Greenway project and that city staff are early in the queue for implementation once designs and interagency decisions are finalized.
Board members and staff emphasized coordination across agencies and noted the city will await formal design guidance and council readings related to funding and next procedural steps. Eason said she will keep the board informed as the project advances.
