As regional economic development continues to unfold within and surrounding our community, our major commercial corridors and adjacent residential areas have seen significant growth and development pressure. The US-62 Interchange Focus Area Plan captures one of these dynamic areas and allows for the city to reassess, plan, and provide standards for future growth.

Under the direction of the New Albany Community Development Department, an internal Working Group led by the planning, urban design, and landscape architecture firm, MKSK, will oversee the planning process with regular input from a Steering Committee composed of representatives of the City, neighborhoods, businesses, government agencies, community groups, and local institutions. 

This process will be undertaken in three phases: 1) Project launch & understanding, 2) Conceptual plan alternatives & evaluation, and 3) Preferred plan & recommendations – each of which will include a review meeting with the Steering Committee. The internal Working Group, in collaboration with the Steering Committee, will host two community workshops at key points in the planning process. These engagement efforts will be supported by online surveys and web-based outreach to ensure a thorough and inclusive process. The outcome will be a user-friendly and graphically-rich document that will provide the City of New Albany with an updated policy direction for the study area.

The study area accounts for land areas directly north of SR 161. Its northern boundary runs along Central College Road, with its eastern boundary runs along Blacklick Creek, and its western boundary flanks residential parcels adjacent to undeveloped land areas.