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South Bcnd Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting-October 17. ?008 <br />6. LE~k' BUSILESS (COLT.) <br />C. Airport Economic De~~elopmeut Area <br />(~) continued... <br />already has proposals before Project EUYLI I'e <br />and the University of Notre Dame, which it <br />anticipates tinalizin~~ ~1ithin a months time. <br />The agency is developing a project- <br />managcmcnt system to ensure interaction. <br />coordination and collaboration among the <br />three partners. Strickler is opening an offiicc <br />in South Bend and ~~~ill be adding staff from <br />the local area to work as part of the iirm~s <br />team of specialists. <br />Mayor Stephen J. Luecke has assigned Tom <br />Price. Assistant to the Mayor. to allocate up <br />to half his time to manage the proposed <br />contract on behalf of the Department of <br />Community and Economic Development and <br />lead [he city's marl:etingla~nuiuu~ication <br />ciforts in this initiative in collaboration with <br />other community stakeholders. <br />'Mayor Luecke noted thatjust this week <br />South Bend hosted the Indiana Association <br />of Cities and To~yns conva~tion. Elected <br />ofticials from across Indiana ~~~ere in South <br />Bend for training. etc. They ~yere uni~~crsally <br />enthusiastic about South Bcnd and the things <br />~~ e have going on here. What that experience <br />made clear to the Mayor is the importance of <br />telling South Bend's store. South Bcnd has a <br />unique opportunity with the naming of Notre <br />Dame as the Mid~~~cst Institute of <br />\anoelectronics Discos-cry (MIND). It is <br />also a challen~~e. ~~e~re pla~~ing with thr big <br />bons. no~~. If ~~c want to commercialize <br />products that arc dcvdopcd in the research <br />park, if we want to sec that gro~~°th in jobs <br />7 <br />