Context was commissioned by the Town of Fishers to develop a transformative, vibrant “downtown district” of restaurants, retail, personal service businesses, co-working space, entertainment venues, and municipal services in an identifiable core. Now 12 years since the Vision Plan and Form-based Code were authored and the first public-private partnership agreement was inked, the Nickel Plate District has outpaced even the most ambitious forecasts, achieving at its 7-year mark what economic models predicted would take 15 years or more to achieve. More than $800m of private-sector reinvestment has been leveraged through following the “playbook” of density, placemaking, connectivity, and scale authored by Context Design alongside city leaders and elected officials.
Context Design Role: Lead Consultant and Master Planning
Collaborators: Land Design