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Chicago's median price was $198,000 and Indianapolis stood at $111,900. South Bend's ACCRA cost of living index for the first quarter of 2002 was 95.3, which was 10.8% below the nationwide average. A further breakdown of South Bend's cost of living index for this period was as follows: grocery items - 88.9; housing costs - 102.5; utilities - 89.4; transportation - 89.6; health care - 98.1; and miscellaneous goods and services - 94.9. The City of South Bend continues to place high emphasis on a growing and diversified local economy. It has been active in developing ten industrial parks, offering itself as aloes-cost alternative to the Chicago metropolitan area to companies engaged in light manufacturing, distribution and services. More than 240 businesses operate in South Bend's industrial parks, including companies engaged in metalworking, plastics, warehousing and distribution, and professional services. The South Bend Community School Corporation serves all of the City and some of the surrounding area and has a current enrollment of approximately 21,797 students in grades kindergarten through high school. An estimated 4,441 students attend private or parochial schools within the City. The ten institutions of higher education and technical training located within the South Bend area have a total enrollment of approximately 28,893. Over the years, the University of Notre Dame has provided a stabilizing influence on the economy with a very significant economic impact upon the community. South Bend has continued to progress in its growth since 1842, when Father Edward Sorin named his rustic log chapel "Notre Dame du Lac" and began to teach the local Indians. Today, the chapel has grown into the University of Notre Dame. In 1852, H.C. Studebaker started the industry of making wagons and horse drawn buggies that evolved into the manufacturing of the Studebaker automobile. It made the name Studebaker synonymous with the area of South Bend, Another industrial firm that would later become the area's largest began in 1923 when Vincent Bendix began manufacturing automotive brakes. In 1929, the company became the. Bendix Aviation Corporation, and now, as Honeywell (formerly AlliedSignal Inc.), is a leading manufacturer of automotive and aerospace products. Other special attractions within the South Bend area include the Olympic-class East Race Waterway and the East Bank area; the newly renovated Morris Performing Arts Center, which provides for the Broadway Theater League, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra with the Chamber and Pops Orchestras and the Southold Dance Theater and Patchwork Dance Company; the South Bend Civic Theater; the Studebaker National Museum; the South Bend Regional Museum of Art; the Snite Museum of Art at Notre Dame; the Northern Indiana Center for History; Copshaholm/The Oliver Mansion; the College Football Hall of Fame; Century Center; Potawatomi Zoo; the Morris Conservatory/Muessel-Ellison Tropical Gardens; Healthworks! Kids Museum; the Farmers' Market; the Belleville Softball Complex; the Firefly Performing Arts Festival; and the annual City of South Bend Ethnic Festival. The Coveleski Regional Baseball Stadium, a 5,000-seat facility which opened in 1987, is rated among the best in minor league baseball. It had record crowds during its seasons of play with the South Bend Silver Hawks, a minor league team of the Chicago White Sox up to the 1997 season. During 1997, the City signed on with the Arizona Diamondbacks and looks forward to continued success with its program. vi