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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting —April 25, 2013 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />G. Other <br />(3) continued... <br />WHEREAS, Donald E. Inks has been an employee of the City of South Bend since 1981, and <br />in his thirty-one years of public service Don served as Director of Redevelopment for <br />thirteen years; and <br />WHEREAS, during his time with the city Don has had leadership roles in the areas of <br />business assistance, tax abatement, public finance and economic development; and <br />WHEREAS, Don was responsible for establishment of the Douglas Road Economic <br />Development Area, the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area, the Northeast <br />Neighborhood Residential TIF district, and for combining the Sample -Ewing Development <br />Area with the Airport Economic Development Area; and <br />WHEREAS, Don played a leading role in negotiating through the details of many important <br />projects such as AJ Wright, the Renaissance District, Data Realty, the South Bend Career <br />Academy, and Eddy Street Commons; and <br />WHEREAS, Don played a key role in securing a Certified Technology Park designation <br />for Ignition Park and Innovation Park; and <br />WHEREAS, Don's creative approach to funding resulted in a development plan to <br />reconstruct Douglas Road from SR 23 to the Mishawaka city limits; and <br />WHEREAS, Don oversaw development of numerous projects such as South Bend Chocolate <br />Cafe, WHIT, Coveleski Park, Environmental Health Labs, Portage Prairie, Huttsfzeld <br />Square, Tire Rack, Gibbs Wire, Tech Data, Innovation Park, Erskine Plaza, Erskine <br />Commons, Ireland Road improvements, Main - Lafayette Corridor, Oliver Plow Industrial <br />Park, the KeyBank renovation, East Race Townhomes and River Race Town Homes, the <br />Veterans Administration Clinic, Memorial Home Care, Brown Mackie College, and <br />renovation of the former Natatorium, Hansel Center, and American Bank & Trust Place; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Don has always been patient and a steady, reliable source of objective <br />information and facts and figures that have allowed the Commission to make sound <br />decisions without the sometimes emotional reaction to what is politically popular at the <br />time; and <br />WHEREAS, Don has never forgotten the public that he serves, giving unselfishly of his time <br />for the betterment of the community with no concern for individual honor or recognition; <br />and <br />12 <br />