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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Rescheduled Regular Meeting –August 26, 2009 <br /> <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> <br />A. Public Hearings <br /> <br />(3) continued… <br /> <br />of Indiana Avenue. <br /> <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 /> <br />BOB PLACEK: I want to add that we are <br />prepared to invest $150,000,000 over the <br />next two years. We are ready to start <br />investing, because the pressure of the <br />students is driving us. <br /> <br /> 10 <br /> <br />