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6 C- ( z) uru Community & Economic Development 1200 County -City Building, 227 West Jefferson, South Bend, Indiana 46601 -1830 Phone 574/235 -9371 Fax 574/235 -9021 To: Redevelopment Commission From: David Relos, Economic Development Planner PL Subject: Hansel Center Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Date: November 22, 2011 Beginning in March 2009, the Department has been working with community partners to transform the historic Hansel Center, located at 1045 W. Washington, into a premier arts and cultural center. This facility will strengthen the community by celebrating cultural diversity through its provision of a common and accessible space for community programming, art, and education. It will provide a gathering place through its class and meeting rooms, gallery, and outdoor spaces. This facility will have a national and international reach, which will ultimately attract resources from outside the area and further strengthen the local community. The attached MOU between South Bend Heritage Foundation, Vanir (a donor to the project), the University of Notre Dame, and the Redevelopment Commission, will allow the hammers to start swinging. The MOU lists each partner's responsibilities, and when and how the construction phases will be completed. Once the MOU is fully signed, it is anticipated construction will begin by year's end. Ultimately, this rehabilitated historic structure will become an anchor in the West Washington Chapin Museum Campus area, joining such west side stalwarts as The Center for History, Studebaker National Museum, Indiana University Civil Rights Heritage Center at the Natatorium, and the soon to be opened Salvation Army Kroc Center. Staff requests favorable consideration of this MOU, to allow this important project to move forward, and to rehabilitate an under utilized historic building into an asset to the entire community. What We Do Today Makes A DNVenmm !