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SOU TR 8F <br /> � G <br /> z s <br /> 1865 <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br /> PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR <br /> OFFICE OF THE MAYOR <br /> economy, even while we undertake a wholesale strategic review of the <br /> department. <br /> i. Last year 109 houses received home repairs and 52 demolitions <br /> made way for new housing. Loans and tax abatements brought <br /> about$33 million in new investment, with business expansions <br /> including McCormick Industries, Schafer Gear, Tire Rack, <br /> Ziolkowski Construction, and GVW Tire in the West Side <br /> Airport area alone. <br /> ii. Meanwhile,we're finding new ways to cut red tape so that <br /> potential employers have an easier time working with us. As a <br /> first step,we have cut unnecessary duplication in the reporting <br /> requirements for tax abatements, a small but important move to <br /> help employers spend less time on paperwork and more on <br /> creating value and jobs. <br /> • Serious community and economic development means we also need to <br /> get serious about poverty. There have never been easy solutions, but <br /> we can and will do more. <br /> • I was glad for the opportunity to work with advocates for transit- <br /> dependent residents when TRANSPO faced difficult cuts. And while <br /> TRANSPO was not able to avoid cuts entirely or to find a solution that <br /> could please everybody, we made a lot of people better off when we <br /> intervened to slow down the process and mitigate the effect on the <br /> people who would be impacted the most. <br /> 1400 COUNTY-CITY BUILDING•227 W.JEFFERSON BOULEVARD•SOUTH BEND,INDIANA 46601 <br /> PHONE 574/235-9261• FAx 574/235-9892 <br />