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• Neighbors and stakeholders feel the negative perception of the neighborhood in the broader community is not aligned with reality of <br />neighborhood life. <br />• Neighbors believe the lack of investment by those living and working in the neighborhood to care for one another and the physical <br />environment needs to increase for the desired changes to occur in the neighborhood. <br />• Neighbors think the speed of traffic on both residential and major corridors in the neighborhood is excessive. This combined with <br />street parking conflict with neighbors' desire of a pedestrian friendly neighborhood. <br />• Neighbors' and stakeholders' belief that South Bend Schools are substandard and that its students are perceived as poorly or <br />undereducated is causing residents and potential residents to choose other areas of the community to raise a family. <br />• Neighbors feel property tax assessments are done arbitrarily and do not reflect the value of neighborhood properties. This needs to be <br />corrected to maintain current residents' ability to stay in their homes and to attract new residents to the neighborhood. <br />• Neighbors believe pre -teen and teenagers in the neighborhood are experiencing a lack of parental oversight combined with an unstable <br />home life. This threatens the neighborhood quality of life due to the trouble experienced when unsupervised youth wander the streets. <br />