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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 <br /> <br />6. NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />D. Airport Economic Development Area <br /> <br />(3) continued… <br /> <br />saw the facility. Some were surprised to <br />learn it was different than they thought. <br />They were willing to discuss the possibility <br />of cooperation. <br /> <br />Mr. Summers noted that Project Impact also <br />said it would attempt to make Project Impact <br />self-sustainable. He believes that is a matter <br />of collaborating with other programs, looking <br />for other sources of funding, and taking a <br />new look at the kinds of businesses they are <br />partnering with. With some small <br />community based businesses, Mr. Summers <br />offered to do their marketing, finding them <br />additional business, if those companies <br />would consider hiring employees from <br />Project Impact. Some small, start-up <br />businesses have said yes to that offer. <br /> <br />Mr. Summer said the third effort they have <br />made is to develop a partnership with <br />WorkOne. They explained Project Impact to <br />WorkOne’s regional director: both the life <br />skills training and the on-going support. Fort <br />Wayne’s WorkOne has been providing those <br />services. The regional director here said <br />WorkOne anticipated they were going to <br />have to create such a program here. Instead, <br />they are thrilled to cooperate with Project <br />Impact. Project Impact clients will have jobs <br />to go to through WorkOne right after they <br />complete their training. Project Impact wants <br />to now leverage that partnership to get <br />training certifications for their clients. <br /> <br /> <br /> 40 <br /> <br />