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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> -On the back of the handout there is a map of Munchie Mart Convenience Stores. We have <br /> a little contest today to look for all of the Munchie Marts in our area. I will be taking <br /> comments and commentary later on. <br /> -LaSalle Academy is located in this area and is the premier intermediate academy for South <br /> Bend Community Schools. Kennedy Academy is the premier primary center for South <br /> Bend Community Schools and is also located in this area. This is a clear indication that <br /> things are changing on our side of town. <br /> -There has been a rise in litter and there are residents that have declared a war on litter. If <br /> we all do a little bit, we can get a lot done. <br /> Bendix (Lincoln Way West to Orange) <br /> -Lincoln Way is truly a major corridor to South Bend and if we want to see development <br /> that we want, we have to be vocal about it. <br /> -Linda Wolfson, 809 Park Avenue, stated, LaSalle Square, as many people may know or <br /> remember, was once a thriving commercial area. It had many different establishments but <br /> one (1) important one(1)was a full grocery store. It no longer has, and still does not have, <br /> a full grocery store. By about 2006 it was pretty devastated. The Apostolic Church had <br /> done improvements,there was a Chinese Restaurant that was still here,St.Vincent' DePaul <br /> was still here but more or less everyone had to start going everywhere else for their <br /> groceries, cleaning and anything else. 2006 was the first (ls) of two (2) times that they <br /> tried to close the library here. Both of those efforts were unsuccessful because there was a <br /> giant community effort to save it. There was a group of people that included residents, <br /> businesses, non-profits and others, who rallied and who were active in that. There was a <br /> LaSalle Square cooperative. At that time,the Community Forum was formed and we were <br /> really interested in how the City spends money. Also at that time, suburbia was going up <br /> and people thought this could have been a new city, almost. People were floating the idea <br /> of using Airport TIF money. There were then questions about extending TIF money to the <br /> north and also the south to Lincoln Way. We eventually won but there was a caveat. <br /> Though it was true LaSalle Square was now in the TIF District, so was the Studebaker <br /> Corridor. It is hard to argue against developing the Studebaker Corridor but it was Karen <br /> White that fought to say we won't forget you. $2.5 million at least will be spent in LaSalle <br /> Square. It has been quite some time. We had a consultant,we had a neighborhood plan that <br /> is sitting on a shelf somewhere, and what we do have is a new senior housing facility, St. <br /> Vincent DePaul is now a charter school and we have community gardens.But we still don't <br /> have the things we need that were in that plan. We don't have a grocery store and we don't <br /> have a place to get your clothes cleaned. <br /> -Marty Wolfson, 809 Park Avenue, stated, Richard Collins is the head of the Ardmore <br /> Neighborhood Association and there are really two (2)issues here with regard to the South <br /> Shore. There was originally a plan to have the South Shore go directly through a <br /> neighborhood.That was designed to save ten(10)minutes off the trip to Chicago.This was <br /> combined with the double tracking effort. Many of those homes were going to be lost, the <br /> Ardmore neighborhoods got together and stopped that idea. I think that idea is now off the <br /> table and now the question is where else could the station go. The City put out a bid for a <br /> study on that. In the packet you can see the four(4)proposed relocated sites. One(1) is the <br /> South Bend Chocolate Factory,the second(2°d)is here by Honeywell,the third(3rd)would <br /> repurpose the old Amtrak Station and the fourth (4th) would be to bring it downtown. I <br /> would like to point out a consideration that I think should be taken into effect when that <br /> decision is being made. That consideration is to refer to the recent Radical Wealth <br /> Inequality Study that was done by Prosperity Now for the City of South Bend. I would like <br /> EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.9173 1 TM 574.235.55671 www.southbendin.gov <br /> 3 <br />