Welcome to TogetherDM,
a community-wide effort to make the Delaware-Muncie region a stronger and more vibrant place.
The adopted plan can be viewed in the library
The four parts of the plan provide a detailed overview of our region’s priorities, our decision-making framework, our general direction, and the outcomes we seek.
It includes Strategic Investment Plans for the City of Muncie and Delaware County to guide implementation efforts.
As an implementable plan that reflects widely shared values and the community’s top priorities, TogetherDM provides leaders and organizations throughout Delaware-Muncie with tools for making consistent, well-informed, and strategic decisions with their resources to achieve well-defined outcomes.
During 2021, the TogetherDM process produced
three documents in one
Delaware-Muncie Comprehensive Plan
TogetherDM is the new Delaware-Muncie Comprehensive Plan—a long-range planning document that provides Delaware County and the City of Muncie with the following tools:
A decision-making framework based on the community’s core values and planning principles
A set of priorities and goals for focused attention by public and private sector partners
Guidance on “what goes where” to shape future development and redevelopment in ways that support community goals
The new plan replaced a comprehensive plan that was adopted in 2000.
Muncie
Strategic Investment Plan
The TogetherDM planning process also produced a Muncie Strategic Investment Plan to provide detailed implementation guidance of the Delaware-Muncie Comprehensive Plan within the City of Muncie.
This city-focused document serves as the latest iteration of the Muncie Action Plan, a community-based planning process that began in 2009-2010.
Delaware County
Strategic Investment Plan
A Delaware County Strategic Investment Plan was also produced to provide detailed implementation guidance of the Delaware-Muncie Comprehensive Plan within the County (outside of the City of Muncie).
This county-focused document provides focused recommendations for future planning efforts and capital improvements.
What was the process?
TogetherDM’s Three-Phase Process
Three overlapping phases were used to organize TogetherDM, culminating in the finalization and adoption of plan at the end of 2021.
Phase 1: DISCOVERY
Analysis and Key Issue Identification
See The Big Things to learn more about this work and priority issues that were identified.
Phase 2: ENGAGEMENT
Vision, Values, Principles, and Priorities
See Speak Up! to learn about the community engagement opportunities that shaped the planning process.
Who's behind TogetherDM?
TogetherDM is coordinated by the Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission (DMMPC) and its planning consultants—czbLLC and Ingalls Planning & Design.
At the heart of the TogetherDM process is a Steering Committee of Delaware County and Muncie residents who represent a wide range of backgrounds and community sectors. Together, along with feedback solicited from the broader public throughout the process, they will shape the content of the Delaware-Muncie Comprehensive Plan and the Muncie Strategic Investment Plan.
News and Updates
December 13, 2021: TogetherDM Comprehensive Plan headed to Delaware County Commissioners, Muncie City Council
October 23, 2021: Muncie-Delaware County getting a plan together to build a better place
March 1, 2021: "TogetherDM" is a Long-Range Plan for Muncie and Delaware County's Future
January 26, 2021: Muncie Action Plan Prepares for Next Strategic Investment Planning Process
