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In cooperation with the staff of Southhold Restorations, the Historic Preservation Commission staff completed and sent to Indianapolis a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the Fredrickson House and Candy Store. This designation will enable the owners to apply for matching federal grants as they are available. The Commission applied for and was awarded a $2,700 Department of Interior grant to do a Multiple Resource Area nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for forty-nine downtown South Bend Historic structures. Ms. Elizabeth Straw was hired to work on the project and she and Ms. Kiemnec met individually or corresponded with most of the property owners to explain the benefits of the nomination. The designation will allow buildings owners to take advantage of an Investment Tax Credit on money spent on rehabilitation. The project was completed on January 17, 1984 and mailed to the State Division of Historic Preservation for first review. The Commission applied for and was awarded a $4,000 Department of Interior grant to do an in-depth study of South Bend's Industrial Buildings to determine eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. The grant will also be used to do a National Register nomination for the Studebaker Clubhouse and stand of trees which spell out S -T -U -D -E -B -A -K -E -R, now part of the Bendix Woods County Park. The Commission applied for and was awarded a $5,350 Department of Interior grant and $7,000 in H.U.D. Community Development Block Grant monies to fund an admini- strative assistant in 1984. X. OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS Other accomplishments for 1983 were: an amended county ordinance was passed; a list of all Studebaker -related buildings which were included in the Historic Sites and Structures Inventory was compiled for the Studebaker Driver's Club Annual Meet held here in July, 1983; and a day -long visit by Frank Gilbert, Counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation was sponsored by the Historic Preservation Commission. Mr. Gilbert met and discussed local preservation issues with the City Legal, Code Enforcement, and Redevelopment Departments as well as a representa- tive of the Mayor, the Historic Preservation Commissioners and other preservation groups. 0