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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK building. The 201 Chapin Street location is a City-owned facility. So we are very fortunate for the partnership. He went on,2017 was,by far,a record year on a number of counts.Most impressively,our museum attendance beat the previous attendance record by over five percent(5%) and beat the year before by ten percent(10%). We are thrilled with that. Our visitors lasts also came from all fifty (50) states as well as fifty-eight (58) different countries. Museum visitors are estimated to have an economic impact of$8 million on the community.Last year the museum also introduced a number of new educational programs which cover topics of broad appeal. They include everything from different social issues to things under the hood where we would actually allow museum visitors to see under the hood which is something a little bit difficult. He continued, Last year over 2,000 community members and local residents had access to the museum for free on different discounted days for the museum. We do have an admission fee normally as we think it is an important part of our responsibility as a community's cultural resource to have days that offer free admittance. In one (1) day and in one (1) evening, over 1,200 children visited the museum for our Trunk or Treat event. We set up trick or treating stations throughout the entire museum and we do a scavenger hunt. 2018 has been a really exciting year for the museum.Not only did we receive really exciting press coverage but we also launched our first(1St) ever Concord Elegance Cop Show Home. That is a partnership between the History Museum and us. That even had 1,500 paid attendees in one(1)day. That set a single day paid attendance record for the Museum. We were thrilled. He went on, Our staff has been realigned over the last few years.This is my third(3rd)time making this presentation. I as well as our Board have'been really focused on increasing our programmatic functions and resources. So in the last, we shifted another ten percent (10%) of our staffing budget from administrative functions to actual program functions like being able to offer educational programs for children. We have set a media impression record for itself and we are only in August. We are very thrilled with how everything is going at that museum. Looking ahead, we just opened Ten (10) Cars that Changed the World. That is a collaboration with the Society of Automotive Historians. Those programs have allowed us to bring in top-notch speakers within the community from around the world that focus on the ten(10)most influential vehicles as voted on by the Society. Unfortunately no Studebakers made the list. That being said, it is a really great opportunity for us to showcase different marks. The lectures have been incredibly popular. For instance, a number of veterans came out for a lecture on the Jeep which was instrumental for its role in World War Two (2) and beyond. That was one (1) of our most attended lectures in the last three (3) years. He continued, We are also going to roll out, starting this fall, new Living History Programs. And then one(1)pilot program which happened with the Design Studio during the Concord which was sold out for both performances. The Design Studio actually allowed people to meet random low- integrate Studebaker designers. They were able to design their own cars and features and some really fantastic things came out of that. It was great and people loved it so then in the fall, we will give the opportunity for people to meet President Lincoln and President Grant who, both of their carriages are part of the original collection of City property. Lastly, our peers from the National Association of Automobile Museums just voted to come to South Bend for their annual conference. National groups and people recognizing some of the great things that are happening at the museum and because of that are coming here to learn. The theme of the program is going to be to give more EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If574.235.9173I TTD574.235.5567Iwww.southbendin.gov 10