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Hi li is Pagel City of South Bend Mayor's Letter III Page n Parks Season Preview Newsletter Closed Trash Container Program Building a ND vs.Mexico Soccer Games �lo Did YouKnow7 April 2005 Mayc'Steve Luacke Letter from the Mayor Dear Neighbors, The ArtsEverywhere Fund. These It is important that everyone in our new resources will be used to expand community has the opportunity to lead South Bend is made up of people who have the spirit and determination to the quality,variety and accessibility of a full and healthy life. Our Parks arts opportunities throughout St. system is a great resource for people accomplish anything we put our Joseph County. I am advocating that of all ages. This year, we will add minds toward achieving. The qualities the City be a lead player in this walking paths and a spray playground of teamwork, creativity, tenacity and initiative to improve the quality of life at Coquillard Park. New play vision are evident in our workforce, in our community by making access equipment and a picnic pavilion have institutions and volunteers. I am to the arts more universal. already been installed through a excited about new developments and partnership with the South Bend opportunities facing our community in Our city also faces a tremendous Heritage Foundation. As part of South 2005. Together we will continue to opportunity to foster excellence, Bend Rotary's Centennial Project, build South Bend as a place where achievement and learning for youth "Friendship Station"play structure youth, families, schools, and families. This opportunity is the will be constructed at Belleville Park in neighborhoods, the arts and result of the largest single gift to May. Construction of the new businesses thrive. human services in the history of Riverside Trail from Angela to m s philanthropy. Mrs. Joan B. Kroc Pinhook Park will be this year to donated$1.5 billion to the national South Bend is the regional center for g y arts, culture, and entertainment, where build upon the City's 5.4 miles of river Salvation Army to build and equip trails stem. people come together. The City is new, innovative community centers y actively involved in strengthening and across the country. The St. Joseph The City's three recreation centers, developing our downtown. The City County Salvation Army,with strong O'Brien,Martin Luther King,and has acquired the Rink building and the community support from many Charles Black, are great places to LaSalle Hotel as sites for new sectors, put together an outstanding improve your health by socializing residential development. The City has application and has been pre-qualified with neighbors,learning new skills also been working with the East Bank for a$35 million grant to build a state- and getting needed exercise. The and Howard Park neighborhoods to of-the-art Ray and Joan Kroc Corps recently renovated King Center explore creative uses of the area to Community Center for youth and features an upgraded gym and fitness create greater synergy between both families. We are the only community center including weights and cardio sides of the downtown river bank. We in Indiana to be selected. Our equipment, computer labs and wide will complete renovation of the Main community must raise an additional screen projection movies. Check out and Colfax garage this year and are $8.75 million dollars in order for the a recreation center near you! working with a developer on plans for project to move forward. It is our a new office building and parking vision that the St. Joseph County Kroc By working,dreaming and planning structure at Jefferson and St. Joseph Center will be a regional destination together,we will achieve a future that Streets. First floor retail spaces will for culture and the arts. First and is full of potential and opportunity for be included in this design. foremost, it will be a place where our entire community. The arts community is active youth will have the opportunity to downtown and throughout South explore art, music and theater and Bend. There is a new initiative that experience the excitement of achieving (54�� can take this activity to a higher level. their full potential. The South Bend The Community Foundation has Parks &Recreation Department will Stephen J. Luecke launched a$6 million drive to increase makeAlonzo Watson Park available as Mayor local resources for the arts through the site for this new center. Visit the City of South Bend online at www.ci.south-bend.in.us