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South Bend <br />Regular Me( <br />, edevelopment Commission <br />;ing - October 17, 1980 <br />7. PROGREIS REPORTS (continued) <br />Mrs. Zimmerman: I would like to thank you for your <br />kind r marks. Working with Redevelopment, as I ex- <br />plaine to'Mr. Horton this morning, is the only depart- <br />ment I have ever worked in really in all my years of <br />experience that I have been able to come up to some- <br />one on the street and they will say, where do you work, <br />and I can exactly explain what I do, because I can see <br />what is going on in day to day activities. I am cer- <br />tainly going to come down and visit and see the con- <br />tinuous activity and excitement that is going on in <br />Redevelopment. <br />Mr. Ni tz: Thank you. I might report that Pat, Jeanne <br />Derbeck and I attended the Architects State Convention <br />here. We were very diligent in attending everything, <br />and T on't know what Jeanne heard, but everybody that <br />came u, to me said, my gosh, I wish we had this going <br />on in cur city - what is going on downtown, and what <br />they t ought of Century Center .. they thought it was a <br />great tuildinq and that we got value received for what <br />is there. I think you know all the architects that <br />have b en involved with our situation - Century Center, <br />First ank /Marriott, and the Mall were in attendance <br />and sp ke as a part of the agenda there, so we were <br />really in the limelight. I had numerous people from <br />out of the city come up to me and talk to me about <br />what is going on and how they wished they had the same <br />situation. Jeanne, I don't know if you have anything <br />that you picked up on your contacts down there. <br />Ms. De beck: There were some comments on the mall. I <br />heard zrchitects say that the speakers who are the <br />archit cts for South Bend were really the vanguard of <br />what i going on in that particular field, and that we <br />were w y at the cutting edge of what is going on. <br />Mr. Ni tz: Another thing along that regard, people <br />said we really had quality in what we did down here, <br />that we really picked top quality to do the job. <br />Mr. McMahon: I heard a number of comments particularly <br />in that regard. Other communities across the State <br />that may have built convention centers in the last ten <br />or fifteen years have basically a box doors going in <br />and doors going out - and really no aesthetic features <br />