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South Bend Redevelopment Conu»ission <br />Regular Meeting-December 5. ?008 <br />6. NEVV BUSINESS (CON"i~.) <br />F. Northeast Nci~hborhood De~~elopmart Area <br />(1) continued... <br />al~~ays been our plan. but no~~~ has particular <br />impetus to more f~n-ward. Today is a day ~~ e <br />can look to our past and celebrate what South <br />[3end ha, been: arc arc a place that kno~~~s <br />hoer to create products and bring those <br />products successfully u~ market. He asked <br />the Commissions Carorable approval of the <br />actions today. <br />Mr. Do~rncs a~rccd. He said this is the <br />essence of ~~'hat rcderclopment is all about. <br />We mot f~~cus on the operative word. <br />incremental. These 'arc additional property <br />taxes that we arc not Lcttin2 today. <br />Mr. McMahon con~~ratulatcd the City of <br />South Bend as the only technolog~~ park in <br />the State of Indiana ~~~hcre the state has <br />a~recd to the inclusion of a site that is not <br />already completely cleared and remediated. <br />That speaks tremendously to the confiidcncc <br />the state has in the ability of this project to <br />nu~yc t~~r~rard and ho~~~ excited they arc <br />about the business activity present Mr. <br />Mc'Vlahon also said that he bclicycs this is <br />the first tcchnok~gy park ackno«~ledgcd by <br />the state that comes ~~~ith a S?M commitment <br />to assist in the deyclopmcnt. The rcmainda~ <br />oi~ihc parks in the State of Indiana have had <br />to dcyclop the parks thcrosclycs. ~yhich <br />speaks to the signifiicant leycl of contidcncc <br />and excitement that the state and other parties <br />ha~c about ~~~hcrc this project might go. <br />Mr. Varner noted that he thinks the <br />tcchnolo~_~ earl: is a ~~rcat thine. I Ic didn~t <br />