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SpU TH 8F <br /> � G <br /> z s <br /> 1865 <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br /> PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR <br /> OFFICE OF THE MAYOR <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> August 13,2012 <br /> Contact: Debra Johnson, Director of Communications <br /> Phone: 574-235-5853 <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT RECEIVES $56,000 <br /> GRANT FOR BOWMAN CREEK IMPROVEMENT STUDY <br /> SOUTH BEND The City of South Bend Engineering Department has received a <br /> $56,000 grant from the Lake and River Enhancement(LARE)program. Grant funds will <br /> be used to perform an engineering feasibility study on Bowman Creek, a stream in the St. <br /> Joseph River watershed in South Bend. The study will focus on creek enhancements and <br /> improvements at the outfall to the St. Joseph River. <br /> "These are competitive grants and it speaks positively of South Bend's proposal that we <br /> were accepted for Lake and River Enhancement LARE Program funds of over$50,000 <br /> from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources,"Mayor Pete Buttigieg said. <br /> The grant will focus on direct improvements for water quality and aquatic habitat <br /> improvements for Bowman Creek. Recent fish studies of the St. Joseph River have <br /> shown a thriving aquatic population of diverse fish species. A recent sampling of <br /> Bowman Creek, a tributary of the river, shows that with some watershed improvements <br /> the creek will support aquatic life. <br /> The grant will cover up to 80 percent of the project application with the remaining 20 <br /> percent of the cost to be paid by the City of South Bend. The Engineering Department <br /> has two years to complete the project and submit its findings to the LARE program. <br /> "The plan with the grant is to implement more projects directly related to improving the <br /> creek as a habitat for fish,"Assistant City Engineer Patrick Henthorn said. "In doing so <br /> we will transform the creek into the community and natural resource asset it should <br /> rightfally be. We have great plans to help revitalize the area around Riley High School <br /> and the Bowman Creek watershed." <br /> Students and faculty from Riley High School along with Notre Dame, Indiana University <br /> of South Bend, Friends of the St. Joseph River, and national green solutions experts from <br /> Cardno/JFNew helped package the grant application. <br /> 1400 COUNTY-CITY BUILDING•227 W.IEFFERSON BOULEVARD•SOUTH BEND,INDIANA 46601 <br /> PHONE 574/235-9261• FAx 574/235-9892 <br />