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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 <br /> <br />6. NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />A. Public Hearing <br /> <br />(1) continued… <br /> <br />outreach work for Project Impact, we were <br />not able to just work with older ex-felons, we <br />were also able to work with the younger <br />people, the ones that are really tearing up <br />South Bend. Just through this first year… <br />there are a lot of errors that we realize we can <br />learn from, that we can do better at if we can <br />continue doing what we’re doing now. I <br />believe that in this next year we really can <br />see a change happen in South Bend from the <br />youth up through the older guys, because the <br />main thing is to just stop recidivism, period. <br />It’s a shame that when you sit back and look <br />at our city… look at South Bend, as small as <br />it is, for it to be one of the worst cities in the <br />United States. If we don’t have the right <br />group of people together to go out there and <br />make the right kind of impact, it’s going to <br />get worse. They’re not going to be just in <br />South Bend, it’s going to spread farther and <br />farther. I believe that if we can continue to <br />do this, we can see a whole lot of stuff <br />change in South Bend and we can reverse the <br />trend in South Bend. We need this outreach <br />part. We need this family-like atmosphere <br />created through Project Impact because you <br />don’t just come in and it’s a program, and <br />you go home. But, we continue to check on <br />them, we continue to call them, we continue <br />to be with them. I spend a lot of time going <br />to court with a lot of the guys. I spend a lot <br />of time picking them up, taking them where <br />they need to go. If they need a ride to work, <br />I tell them, don’t worry about it. You get the <br />job, we’re going to get you there. I just <br />realized that taking those steps makes a great <br /> 10 <br /> <br />