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TEMPLE BETH -EL <br />305 W. Madison Street <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />October 13, 2004 <br />Catherine Hostetler <br />Secretary <br />Historic Preservation Commission <br />708 N. St. Joseph St. <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />RE: Chapin Park Historic District <br />Dear Ms. Hostetler: <br />I write to you as a past president of Temple Beth -El Congregation. Our temple, located <br />at 305 W. Madison St. is directly affected by the proposal before you to create an historic <br />district to be known as the Chapin Park Local Historic District. <br />The district, as proposed, includes the half block to the west of our main property, an area <br />bounded by Madison Street on the south, Williams Street on the west, Marion Street on <br />the north and the north -south alley running between Madison and Marion streets on the <br />east. We urge you to exclude this area from the proposed historic designation so as to not <br />adversely affect our congregation and its future. <br />Temple Beth -El already owns some of the property in this half block area. The lots we <br />own are used for parking for our members when attending services and other functions at <br />the Temple. At least one other piece of property in this half block was purchased by one <br />of the benevolent members of our congregation with intent to donate the property to the <br />Temple sometime in the future as our need for additional land materializes. <br />Back in the 1980's, during my term as Temple president, the congregation embarked <br />upon a long-term plan to grow our congregation and expand our physical facilities in <br />concert with this growth. This effort began with an addition and renovation that was <br />completed in 1985. The plan continued with the addition of a very large classroom <br />building in the 19901s. Future plans for our congregation are such that we would be <br />desirous of acquiring additional pieces of property in the half block west of our building <br />as they may become available for sale. We expect our future needs to require additional <br />property acquisitions. Here to fore, the city has been very supportive of our desire tcf <br />remain at our Madison street site and grow our facilities and our investment in the <br />neighborhood at the pace of our own needs, even when our growth required alterations to <br />or demolition of existing buildings. We hope that this support will continue. <br />
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