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City Plan was unanimously adopted Nov. 13, 2006, by the South Bend Common Council <br /> and Nov. 27, 2006 by the Area Plan Commission. The level of public participation in the <br /> process to create City Plan was unprecedented. More than 3,000 people participated in 48 <br /> public meetings during the three-year comprehensive planning process. The City Plan <br /> Civic Alliance, a coalition of three dozen community representatives, and city staff also <br /> conducted hundreds of smaller meetings with area experts and stakeholders on such <br /> topics as land use and transportation, infrastructure, housing and economic development. <br /> South Bend's previous comprehensive plan was completed in 1961. <br /> George Adler and Jitin Kain, members of the City Plan management team, received the <br /> award for City Plan on May 11 on behalf of the city from the Indiana Planning <br /> Association, a state chapter of the American Planning Association, a nonprofit public <br /> interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional and rural <br /> planning. <br /> The final version of City Plan, which is available online at www.SouthBendCityPlan.org, <br /> consists of 13 chapters that cover 10 key topic areas, an implementation plan as well as <br /> an introduction and a description of the local context that shaped the plan. The <br /> implementation plan identifies priorities for the first five years within eight broad <br /> strategies. <br /> - 30 - <br />