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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - March 20, 1981 5. PUBLICIHEARING (continued) downtown. This is a neighborhood.activity that should be handled in the neighborhood and should best be ad- dressed along that line. For that reason our staff has been spending some time considering how to address that problem. One of the suggestions that has been made is that we involve one of the local groups currently in- volved in the restoration of an older neighborhood and we are going to be pursuing some negotiations with them, and are asking them if they would take on this activity or expand their activity providing that we provide them with the necessary support in order to establish an out- reach program in that neighborhood. A good deal of our conversation thus far has been with Mr. Jeff Gibney who is with Southold Heritage Foundation. We are only in the beginning of negotiations in that regard, and Mr. Gibney will t ll you what more we can say beyond our intention to est blish an office over there. Mr. Je f Gibney said that he agreed with the statement Glenda ae Hernandez read this morning - it is an excel- lent statement. There are many difficult situations going n in the Monroe- Sample area right now. Southold Herita e Foundation is a non- profit organization managed by a Board of Directors who are very involved in re- vitali ation type projects in the near west side of South Bend. That is the area from dowtown west to Meade Street Lincoln Way West to Western. We have similar proble s in our neighborhood as those which exist in Monroe Sample and we also have similar assets. We see there are a lot of development potential assets which are still present in the Monroe - Sample area. Our Board is ver concerned that we might have something to offer the residents of Monroe- Sample and Redevelopment in terms of encouraging new construction and helping relocated people that may be moved out of the area south of Bronson into t e area north of Bronson, if that is economically feasible. Curren client talkie throug Bureau them. that y in the come. is not ing, b where ly in the near west side Southold is'assisting.' by working directly with the Bureau of Housing, about loan programs that are available to them the Bureau, acting as a middle man,.-contacting the and trying to get programs that are eligible for Mr. Gibney further said that it is very important u have people on the streets and in offices located neighborhood so they will know exactly where to They would also feel better if the housing center located on the 12th floor of the County -City Build - t right on Columbia or Bronson Streets, or some - n the neighborhood. 14.