Laserfiche WebLink
South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Rescheduled Regular Meeting -August 25, 2006 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />A. Public Hearing <br />() continued... <br />suggested by a new community organization, <br />The Community Forum for Economic <br />Development. It has discussed the Portage <br />Prairie issue and recommends that, if the <br />Redevelopment Commission expands the <br />Blackthorn TIF northward to incorporate <br />Portage Prairie, then it should also expand it <br />southward to include areas adjacent to the <br />TIF on the west side of South Bend, such as <br />LaSalle Square. The specific boundary of the <br />TIF district, and the projects that the TIF <br />would undertake, would be decided with <br />significant input by residents and <br />stakeholders in the area. <br />Using TIF money to redevelop LaSalle <br />Square should not be the end of our efforts, <br />but simply one way to take on the laNger task <br />of including all aNeas in the City's <br />prosperity. It is a positive step to make <br />economic development work for all. <br />-- Marty Wolfson teaches economics at the <br />University of Notre Dame. He is a member <br />of the Community Forum for Economic <br />Development and the citizen representative <br />on the South Bend Common Councils <br />Committee on Community and Economic <br />Development. <br />Upon a motion by Mr. Hojnacki, seconded <br />by Mr. Blake and unanimously carried, the <br />Commission acknowledged receipt of the <br />remonstrance from Mr. Martin Wolfson. <br />A remonstrance from Jerry Niezgodski was <br />38 <br />