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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 />goals and a plan to get back on track…what <br />is the community going to do to help them <br />get back on track? There needs to be <br />programs to help them. I’ve seen several <br />different programs. But you haven’t seen <br />one like Project Impact. Trust me, you <br />haven’t seen one. Now I know Project <br />Impact is here asking for funds. No one, as a <br />businessman, gives out funds without <br />checking on their investment. So we ask you <br />to come to Project Impact and see the impact <br />that they are making. They’re making an <br />impact in the community, and without them <br />you are going to have people coming into <br />South Bend, Indiana, St. Joseph County, and <br />they are going to have nowhere to go and <br />nothing to do. If you have nowhere to go and <br />nothing to do, trust me, you’re going to go <br />somewhere and going to do something and <br />it’s most likely going to be the wrong thing. <br />Now, what I would like to see a community <br />do… Now, if you’re like Ralph, a sex <br />offender, he still needs to be employed to be <br />productive in a community. We don’t think <br />that he should be employed in the South <br />Bend Community School Corporation. <br />That’s not the place for him. You have <br />someone that’s a thief. He still needs to be <br />employed, but I don’t think that he needs to <br />be employed at Teachers Credit Union. A <br />drug dealer, you wouldn’t put him in a <br />pharmacy. My point is, they need to be <br />somewhere and they need programs like <br />Project Impact to help them with their goals <br />and plans to become more productive <br />citizens in our community. It’s only going to <br /> 8 <br /> <br />