No. 2016 designating the NNDA, declaring the NNDA to be blighted, approving a development plan and conditions under which relocation payments will be made, and establishing an allocation area for purposes of TIF

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I. INTRODUCTION A. Purpose The purpose of this general development plan is: To set forth an organizing vision, mission statement, strategy and action plan for the economic revitalization and physical redevelopment of the area of the city known as the Northeast Neighborhood; To designate a new development target area and tax increment allocation area within the City of South Bend; To establish a framework for an ongoing collaborative planning effort involving Northeast Neighborhood residents, business owners, civic associations, institutional partners and local government. B. Project Area Overview The Northeast Neighborhood is a large, heterogeneously - populated, predominantly residential area situated in the northeastern quadrant of South Bend, just north of downtown and east of the St. Joseph River. The geographic area of the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area covers 616 acres and serves as home to approximately 4,000 residents. The land uses present within the area include residential, commercial, light industrial, institutional, park and open space, vacant land and public right -of -way. For purposes of this Development Area Plan, a project area boundary has been determined that differs slightly from the traditional Northeast Neighborhood boundary, which some would consider to include Harter Heights to the northwest, or to extend further south to Colfax Street or east as far as Ironwood Drive. The Development Area is delineated by Napoleon Street and the existing university campus and corporate boundary of Notre Dame to the north, by the St. Joseph River on the west, by LaSalle Avenue to the south and by Twyckenham Drive to the east. "Northeast Neighborhood" herein will primarily refer to the target Development Area, with sensitivity to the fact that the proposed redevelopment activities will impact a larger population of residents and stakeholders who consider themselves a part of the Northeast Neighborhood. The industrial Midwest as a region, and the region's metropolitan areas in particular, have been struggling to maintain their population base and rates of employment over the past 15 years. South Bend's Northeast Neighborhood is an older, inner city neighborhood, and almost by definition has been vulnerable to