The Pathway to Success

Creating a Gateway to ISU and a Connection to

‘riverSCAPE’

Goal PS – Initiative 5

The Pathway to Success

Introduction & Purpose:The 2009 ISU Campus Master

Plan listed eight tenets for the plan.

Tenets #5 - Improve the campus in a manner

that supports the redevelopment of the riverfront in downtown Terre Haute, and

Tenet #6 – Provide a growth option for the

campus that supports the provision of

on-campus athletic facilities that are

competitive with the ISU peer group in the

Missouri Valley Conference.

The Pathway to Success

Methods:Working in conjunction with the ‘riverSCAPE’

and the 2009 ISU campus master plan:•Future athletic campus boundaries along the river

were identified (to the south - U.S. 40, on the west - the Wabash River, Third Street – to the east, and

Sycamore Street to the north)

•Current Property Owners were identified as well as each parcel’s current ‘true tax value’

• Responding to the publication of the University’s master plan, contacts were made with land owners

The Pathway to Success

Benchmarks:•Continue to complete the land acquisition (‘land banking’)

phase of development and complete all required environmental ‘due diligence’ in preparation of individual venue construction

• Once a sufficient number of parcels are obtained, existing improvements are razed (currently sufficient amount to begin the Track and Field/Soccer venue)

• Development of new infrastructure occurs and removal of unnecessary infrastructure occurs

• As funding permits, Design/construction new venues/master plan

The Pathway to Success

Discussion:The ‘Athletics’ Campus identified venues to be planned and located along the Wabash River

(west of Third Street - U.S. 41)

• Practice Fields for Football• New Indoor Practice Facility for Baseball/Softball/Football• New Softball Varsity Field

(replacing the current St. John Complex along 4th Street)

• New Track and Field/Soccer Venue (replacing Marks Field east of Third Street at Chestnut Street)

• New Football Stadium (replacing Memorial Stadium some 2-3 miles east of campus)

The Pathway to Success

Summary: Since December, 2009• All potential needed real estate parcels

and their ‘true tax value’ have been identified, (15 have been acquired, with another 7-8

currently being studied).

• Unneeded structures are being razed

Design work is currently underway for the:• ‘riverSCAPE’ Track and Field/Soccer Venue

• Extension of the Heritage Trail from the ISU campus through the ‘Athletic Venue’ campus south to

Fairbanks Park