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SPECIAL PROJECTS During this period the Historic Preservation Commission completed the County Re -Survey. It was printed and distributed in March. HPC relocated its office from the 11th floor of the County -City Building to the 1st floor of the Law Building located at 125 S. Lafayette Boulevard. This move used up a majority of the staffs time during the first few months of 2001. The Historic Preservation Commission promoted Rhonda Saunders to Executive Director and welcomed aboard two new staff members. Karen Hammond -Nash was hired as Deputy Direc- tor and Wayne Doolittle was hired on a contractual basis as a part-time inspector. HPC President, John Oxian, is working with the Oliver Organization, South Shore and the Indi- ana, Illinois and New Jersey Club to establish a railroad museum in South Bend. South Bend hosted the Cornelius O'Brien Conference, which is the largest preservation confer- ence in the State of Indiana, in September of 2001. The conference was organized by Indiana University, State Historic Preservation Office, Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County, Notre Dame University, Historic Landmarks Foundation, South Bend Heritage Foundation and various members of National Preservation Organizations. HPC's president, John Oxian and South Bend Mayor, Stephen Luecke, both gave speeches dur- ing different workshops. HPC has hammered out an agreement with the Studebaker Museum and has begun the printing of a Studebaker tour book. The Commission has also designed new tour and informational bro- chures regarding districts, landmarks, and general information about local history and the Com- mission itself. The printing of these brochures is slated to commence either at the end of De- cember 2001 or the beginning of January 2002. The Historic Preservation Commission has also obtained much needed office equipment as well as a car. Included in the Commission's new inventory is a new printer and a digital camera. These items along with last years acquisitions of new computers, printers, fax machine, photo copier, scanner and software have affectively brought the HPC office into the 21st century. To further the Commissions advances in this arena the staff has obtained the services of a local NSB intern for the creation of a web site which is scheduled to be up and running in the early part of 2002.