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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Rescheduled Regular Meeting -August 26, 2009 <br />south side of Indiana Avenue. <br />Mr. Gibney noted that staff has met with the <br />Rum Village Neighborhood Association <br />several times. They looked at the physical <br />condition of parts of the neighborhood. They <br />felt that the north side of the street was most <br />troubled, with its vacant storefronts and <br />residential lots. The north side of the street <br />seemed a natural boundary for Ignition Park. <br />Staff and the neighborhood association felt <br />that expansion of Ignition Park to Indiana <br />Avenue would then strengthen the south side <br />of Indiana Avenue. <br />BARBARA DUNCANSON: I am here from <br />Ivy Tech, along with my colleague, Bob <br />Placek. We would simply like to thank the <br />Redevelopment Commission, on behalf of <br />the Chancellor and our Ivy Tech South Bend <br />community, to thank everyone who has <br />worked with us, including Jeff and Dave. <br />We feel that the expansion of Ivy Tech <br />Community College is extraordinarily <br />necessary. We anticipate that our enrollment <br />this fall, when the dust settles and we figure <br />out what our final count is, we'll probably be <br />up around 25%. We have really reached the <br />limit of students we can serve under current <br />circumstances. As may of you know, we <br />have moved our administration, and also <br />have some classrooms, in a building along <br />Sample Street. We have moved our <br />Chancellor over to Sample Street. We have <br />literally done what we can with existing <br />space. This is part of a long term vision for <br />the expansion of your community college in <br />downtown South Bend, to continue to work <br />with other partners such as the University of <br />Notre Dame on the technology projects, and <br />to serve the community with educational <br />services. <br />9 <br />