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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting - May 21, 1993 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) <br />a. continued... <br />establish a framework for a detailed planning <br />program that involves the residents, the <br />businesses, the civic and institutional partners <br />for each of the sub -areas mentioned earlier. <br />We have outlined several strategies for <br />addressing the needs in this area. The public <br />sector must provide investment to be the <br />catalyst for redevelopment. Social, economic, <br />physical, and organizational issues will be <br />planned together. Public funds must be <br />leveraged to encourage private development. <br />There must be development of private sector <br />leadership. <br />IL The objectives of this project are: to increase <br />the tax base, increase investment in this area, <br />stabilize various sections of the area, revitalize <br />various sections, strengthen two of the oldest <br />neighborhoods in South Bend, create a public <br />private organizational network that will help <br />establish this area through time, establish <br />strong, unifying and structural urban design <br />guidelines, increase the level of private <br />investment, retain and increase jobs, and <br />generate funding sources. <br />Activities have been divided into two types: <br />fiscal and sociallfinancial. The fiscal activities <br />include architectural, engineering, survey, <br />appraisal, soil testing, acquisition and <br />relocation, site clearance, site assemblage, <br />rehab, disposition, and public works. The <br />anticipated social/financial activities include <br />housing rehab, homeowner assistance, business <br />assistance, and job match assistance. <br />-8- <br />