No. 2456 expanding the boundaries of the Airport Economic Development Area, expanding the allocation area for purposes of tax increment financing and amending the Airport Economic Development Area Development Plan (Portage Prairie)

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13. Generate a variety of funding sources from all levels of government, the private sector (both individual and corporate) and philanthropic organizations. 14. Develop an overall strategy that contains several development options for each sub-area to reduce the risk of failure. SUB-AREA STRATEGIES & GOALS The above section outlined a set of economic development and redevelopment, revitalization, improvement, and preservation activities that will be available to implement the plan. This section will look at each sub-area from a broad perspective and suggest several strategies that might be applied. A. SOUTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD The Southeast Neighborhood is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. It developed and prospered with the Studebaker Motor Company and South Bend's heavy manufacturing base. Still in tandem with the broader area, the Southeast has declined and, in some areas, disappeared as the inner city manufacturing base eroded and jobs declined, disappeared and relocated. The neighborhood is generally viewed as being bounded by Michigan Street (west), the alley west of Miami Street (east), Sample Street (north) and Ewing Street (south). (See Map 5.) Michigan, Sample and Miami Streets are commercial and industrial districts and Ewing Street is primarily a residential street with several large public recreational and educational uses. In earlier planning and development efforts, the Southeast Neighborhood included the Monroe-Sample neighborhood, the northern portion of the Studebaker Corridor and what is now called the Studebaker fringe area. The land uses within the Southeast Neighborhood are primarily residential. However, in addition to the commercial development along Sample Street, Michigan Street, and Miami Street, there are several other areas of non-residential land uses in the neighborhood. Located on High Street between Sample and Broadway are a number of light industrial and warehouse distribution uses. Scattered throughout the balance of the neighborhood are several isolated business and industrial uses. The portion of the neighborhood north of Pennsylvania is dominated by vacant lots and blocks. These city lots were the sites for single family residences before neighborhood decline and housing deterioration took its toll. An underused-nine-acre city park adds to the amount of open space in the neighborhood. The middle section of the neighborhood, between Pennsylvania and Dubail, still •