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pU T$& W PEACE a a a 1865 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK KAREEMAH FOWLER,CITY CLERK COMMUNITY RELATIONS FEBRUARY 1, 2017 5:30 P.M. Committee Members Present: Regina Williams-Preston, Karen White Jorden Giger(Citizen member), LaQuita Hughes (Citizen member) Committee Members Absent: Randy Kelly, Gavin Ferlic Other Council Present: Jo Broden Others Present: Pastor Hardie Blake, Kelly Hoggard Agenda: Presentation from Jessica Bonnano from the Democracy Collaborative about their work in cooperative business models as a means of building community wealth and ending income inequality Committee Chair Regina Williams-Preston called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. Committee Chair Williams-Preston introduced members of the committee and explained how different the meeting was going to be in regards to how the meeting was going to flow. Engagement, learning, and educating were the main themes Committee Chair Williams-Preston wanted to highlight for the meeting's objectives. She stated, We'll have a couple community members talk about the work they are already doing in regards to the issues being brought up, have the presenter give a bit more information, and then have an opportunity for you all to engage with one another and close the meeting sharing the feedback from the citizens to the committee. Committee Chair Williams-Preston reminded the committee and citizens the meeting is public,recorded, and going into the record, so it is an important part of how people in the community have a say in what happens and how things move in the City going forward. Committee Chair Williams-Preston explained the community sign-in sheet which was circulated to all citizens in attendance and went on to announce the topic of the meeting to be Community Wealth Building. She referenced the Alice Report done by United Way that found fifty-three percent (53%) of people living in South Bend are at or below the poverty line,to which she found incredibly unacceptable. We talk about the problem a lot,but this is an opportunity to address that problem. Community Wealth Building focuses on the principle to invest in people, specifically the traditionally marginalized groups of inner-city residents. She then went on to 455 County-City Building•227 W.Jefferson Boulevard•South Bend,Indiana 46601 Phone 574-235-9221 •Fax 574-235-9173•TDD 574-235-5567•www.SouthBendIN.gov JENNIFER M.COFFMAN ALKEYNA M.ALDRIDGE JOSEPH MOLNAR CHIEF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK OPERATIONS