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1882 St. Joseph's Hospital founded <br />1894 Memorial Hospital founded <br />1901 Perley School opens <br />1907 Taylor's Chapel, to become First A.M.E. Zion Church, dedicated on <br />current Eddy Street site <br />1914 Coquillard Park opens <br />1966 Northeast Neighborhood Council (NENC) formed <br />1968 Northeast Neighborhood Center opens, funded by the Federal Office of <br />Economic Opportunity (OEO) as a "War on Poverty" initiative <br />Logan Center, founded by parents in 1950 as an education and <br />independence program for disabled children, opens facility on the corner <br />of Edison Road and Eddy Street <br />1977 Mental Health Center of St. Joseph County, the present day Madison <br />Center, moves into facility on East Madison Street <br />1984 City purchases former landfill site off South Bend Avenue for proposed <br />Fredrickson Park; environmental assessments show lead and methane <br />contamination and project halted <br />1992 NENC presents Northeast Neighborhood Plan <br />1993 Northeast Neighborhood Partnership Center, the City's first, opens on <br />Corby Boulevard to provide services and programs for residents, youth <br />and seniors <br />1995 NENC service center, housed in historic Notre Dame Avenue fire station, <br />undergoes renovation <br />1998 Aldi's Grocery Store and Goodwill Store on North Eddy Street close; <br />buildings are acquired by ND <br />Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) and NENC present Strategic <br />Revitalization Plan by Development Concepts, Inc. and HNTB, Inc. <br />1999 Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) unveils plans to widen <br />