Gary, Indiana has faced a remarkable history of metropolitan glamour, industry collapse, and a slow decline at the hands of disinvestment and discrimination. Today, despite population loss, Gary has a tenacious community of engaged residents: elders who remember the thriving city of the past, the middle generation who are building momentum to revive their home, and younger citizens ready to move into a brighter future.
The City of Gary engaged the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative (HCR), to develop a vision and implementation plan for the regeneration of downtown Gary.