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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 realized that taking those steps makes a great impact on them. It’s drawing more and more people. But it’s needed. You know how pilot projects go, but you don’t want to miss it. You don’t want to be looking at the small picture. You can’t give up on small beginnings. But the greatness will soon come if this continues to go, because, no matter what, there has to be a change out here. In South Bend, there has to be a change. Because we know that our kids don’t have to continue to drop out of school. We don’t have to see their grades just go down. We can make an impact and make the grades go up. We don’t have to see the older guys continue going in and out of prison because they feel like they don’t have hope, they don’t have a chance at life. It’s time to see a change. And it can start right here in South Bend. It can spread to other little cities. But we have to stay together as a unit. I want to thank the Redevelopment board for allowing us to do this last year. I’ll be thankful if we can do it again. And I’ll be thankful if we don’t. But the blessing will be if we can, because, no matter what, this work has to be done. That’s all I have to say today. I thank you for your time. MS. LINDA CARTER, 26801Gene Ct. I’m not speaking on behalf of Project Impact, but I’m impressed with what I heard. This is another program that I need to mention, regarding the same funds. I’m speaking on behalf of YouthBuild, South Bend. IAGO. We sent a communication a few weeks ago. We’re on the other end of the spectrum: we work with the young folks in the community that have become out of school youth for various reasons, either they drop out to get 10