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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting —April 10, 2012 <br />Mr. Chamness, business representative for <br />the Sheet Metal Workers, and representing <br />the St. Joe Valley Building trades also, said <br />this is exactly the kind of project that we <br />need to keep our young college graduates in <br />the community. <br />Mr. Smith owns Deluxe Sheet Metal and has <br />been involved in the community for 40 years. <br />He uses local contractors for his construction <br />and will hire as much as possible from the <br />community. <br />Mr. Smith said that it became clear to him <br />that there has to be an educational component <br />to this project also. We don't have an <br />adequate labor supply in this community. <br />We'd like to work with Ivy Tech and a <br />number of other institutions so we can <br />provide training for high paying, computer <br />precision manufacturing jobs. <br />Mr. Bugonski spoke about the social element <br />of the project. Mr. Smith has supported <br />many non - profit organizations and provides <br />shared services for them through Union <br />Station. <br />Mr. David Murphy told about students he <br />works with in Notre Dame's Esteem <br />program. It is a graduate level program for <br />science and technology students to teach <br />them business and entrepreneurship skills. <br />Six or seven of the current class have been so <br />taken with Mr. Smith's vision that they have <br />personally told him they would like to stay in <br />South Bend and help to make it a reality, if <br />they could just make enough to live on while <br />they do. These are highly capable people <br />willing to give themselves to making this <br />project succeed. He wants to bring these <br />11 <br />