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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—September 13, 2012 <br /> Thant means it will have overgrown and <br /> weed infested land next to it instead of <br /> manicured lawns. One of the things that <br /> makes Erskine Golf Course pleasant is that <br /> stretch of the golf course with houses along <br /> it. And these houses and others planned for <br /> demolition are among the nicest in the <br /> neighborhood and pleasant to drive by. <br /> Reshaping the streets in the neighborhood <br /> will have a very detrimental effect beyond <br /> the homes to come down. People will be cut <br /> off from one another, the houses will be off <br /> from the platted land as it is now, and such <br /> destruction inevitably leads to further decay. <br /> When neighborhoods are cut through with <br /> major roads, patterns of neighborliness, <br /> walking, and child play are detrimentally <br /> affected. <br /> This is a strong, secure, pleasant, working <br /> class area which has not succumbed to the <br /> many pressures on other such neighborhoods. <br /> So planners, who love to move people <br /> around, were attracted to it, I guess, as a <br /> neighborhood needing destruction. <br /> Perhaps the real reason that this is being <br /> suggested is to make a larger area for <br /> commercial development. But that area <br /> includes O'Brien Center and the skate park. <br /> It is much nicer to have them surrounded by <br /> homes and green space, but I wonder if it is <br /> secretly planned for development. Given the <br /> many remaining area along Ireland Road and <br /> around the Showplace 16 Theater, I question <br /> whether such additional space is needed. But <br /> if this is part of the plan, the public should be <br /> informed now. <br /> Beyond South Bend's need to sustain good <br /> neighborhoods like the Fellows-Chippewa <br /> 39 <br />