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SOUTHA11 . BEND OcrobER 2005 11 a V ,vAV,•,��JwL' l!� "%� Mayoa STE n J. LUTCkE '% t! Letter from the Mayor TH1sMONTH... Mayor's Letter Dear Neighbors: Hurricane Relief-Thanks for Your I hope that you had an opportunity to attend this year's Art Beat in Generosity! Downtown South Bend. Thanks to the efforts of Co-Chairs Kathy Reddy- Studebaker Museum Grand Opening White and Kathleen Murphy, and the volunteer committees, as well as the City Offers Leaf Pickup for Less Than$1/ artists, organizations, and volunteers,Art Beat was a great celebration of the Month Discounted Trash Collection Rates for performing, visual, and culinary arts found right here in our own community. Senior Citizens! One of our most unique events,Art Beat demonstrates that South Bend is the Reuse or Recycle Old Trash Containers center for arts, entertainment, and culture in our region. Our thanks to everyone who worked hard all year to make Art Beat such an . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . exciting event as well as to Art Beat underwriters and sponsors: Barnes & Thornburg; The City of South Bend; The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County's ArtsEverywhere; DTSB, Inc.;WVPE 88.1; SUNNY 101.5;Burkhart Advertising;The South Bend Tribune;and ABC57/WB25. If you attended Art Beat or if you work, live, or play Downtown you have had an opportunity to see all of the new investment underway. This has been a STUDEBAKER banner year for new business and new improvements in the area. I encourage you to visit the"Rock"-Knute Rockne Plaza at the Hall of Fame Plaza on NATIONAL MUSEUM Gridiron Row,the expanded South Bend Chocolate Cafe,the Nicholas J. Salon, Sit&Knit for needlework and coffee, and Club Fever. We also have several Grand Opening new restaurants including O'Sullivan's Crossing,the Cellar Door at the newly renovated Holiday Inn City Center Building,and the Chicory Cafe. Currently October 30,2005 under construction is NoMa, an Asian Fusion Restaurant along Michigan St., the • Join the Studebaker National Museum for new headquarters for the So. Bend Community School Corp., and in October . the Grand Opening of its new location, we will be unveiling the new marquee at the Morris Performing Arts Center. On adjacent to the Center for History, on the the East Bank, Inspire Me! now has two locations on Colfax St. • corner of Chapin and Thomas Streets, on Office space is filling up and the demand for parking is rising as well. In October 30,2005. The Museum docu- fact, we project the need for 300 additional spaces as the School Corporation • ments the art and industry of one of the and other new tenants move into Downtown. We are also working hard to . most distinguished automobile manufac- prepare for future development as well. We have invested nearly $160,000 in tuners of the 20th century. View 114 improvements to the LaSalle Hotel to facilitate active reuse of this historic . years of automotive history,including the building. Market research is nearly complete for disposition of the former actual Studebaker carriage that carried Osco's. We recently acquired and demolished the Rink Riverside building. This • President Lincoln to Ford's Theatre the area is prime real estate and a key site for future growth in Downtown, in fact, night he was assassinated and the only several interested parties have already contacted the City about the site. remaining 1927 Presidential limousine. South Bend is the center for business and investment as well as arts, culture, and entertainment. Come down and see what is happening! • For more information,please call the . Museum at 235-9714,or visit them at Mayor Steve www.studebakermuseum.org. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOUTH BEND SUPPORTS SI USTED NO ENTIENDE INGLES Y Hurricane Katrina Relief NECFSHAAYUDAPARATRADUCIRESTE Thankyou for the generosity of everyone who contributed to the DOCUMENTO, O SI TIENE ALGUNA Hurricane Relief Effort on Sept. 2! PREGUNTA,PORFAVORLLAMEAL SR. FEDERICO THON (ASISTENTE DEL With your help, we raised $8,815 for the Red Cross, and collected over ALCALDE)ALTELEFONO(574)235-5858 13,000 bottles of water for the Food Bank of Northern Indiana! X1000. Visit the City of South Bend online at www.ci.south-bend.in.us