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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –February 5, 2010 <br /> <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> <br />C. Airport Economic Development Area <br /> <br />(2) continued… <br /> <br />funding. A small apparel manufacturing <br />company has placed five sewing machines at <br />Project Impact and is training clients to sew <br />and repair apparel. They will be making the <br />T-shirts for the Youth Service Bureau’s <br />Dodge Ball Event in March. They have bid <br />on making choir robes for a local church and <br />football uniforms for a local high school. <br />The KROC center has committed to consider <br />a bid from Project Impact for its <br />construction. Turner Construction is going to <br />train construction management for women <br />and minority contractors so they can more <br />effectively participate in the KROC Center <br />construction. Mr. Summers said Project <br />Impact is getting very good at collaborating. <br /> <br />Mr. Summers noted that Project Impact is <br />requesting $350,000 of funding for 2010. <br /> <br />Mr. Varner asked where the funds for <br />supporting Project Impact come from. Mr. <br />Inks responded that they are Urban <br />Enterprise Funds from within the area where <br />the Airport Economic Development Area and <br />Urban Enterprise Zone overlap, essentially <br />the personal property taxes from A.J. Wright <br />which are dedicated to training. Later in the <br />meeting we intend to set a public hearing to <br />appropriate the funds from that account. <br /> <br />Ms. King asked if most of the formalized <br />training is done by the Apprentice Academy. <br />Mr. Summers agreed that it does. Ms. King <br />asked if the Apprentice Academy is privately <br />owned. Mr. Summers responded that it is. <br /> 19 <br /> <br />