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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting —June 14, 2011 <br />resolution, it talks about the Airport <br />Economic Development Area. I believe that <br />should be the West Washington- Chapin <br />Development Area. (Staff agreed.) I don't <br />know whether that causes a problem with <br />anything else, but I wanted to note that. I'd <br />like to thank the Commission for their <br />education, and the Area Plan and the City <br />Council for their support. I'd also like to <br />thank Jeff Gibney for his work with this <br />particular property owner as there's been a <br />long history of this. I would also like to <br />thank Don Inks for his time and his energy. <br />There's been a lot of negativity in the press <br />and in a lot of areas lately. We have done a <br />lot of things right in this community. I'm <br />very privileged to be in the museum district, <br />Copshaholm (Mr. Oliver's house), the Center <br />For History, readapted use of the old Court <br />House, the Studebaker Museum, the Civil <br />Rights Museum, Natatorium, and soon the <br />Kroc Center. These are very positive parts of <br />our community and I'm very proud to live in <br />this community. I'm very proud of the work <br />everybody does. <br />You've heard the name of Mr. Kizer. <br />Briefly, I wanted to mention that he was a <br />life -long resident of South Bend, from 1846 <br />until 1917. Seventy years. He was educated <br />in the local school system. He was a revenue <br />collector for the United States during the <br />Civil War. In 1871, he married a woman <br />from a prominent family. He was a City <br />Commissioner which was the forerunner of <br />the City Council. And I hope that this <br />doesn't cause it to be voted down: he was <br />President and a Republican. He formed a <br />lifetime business partnership with his <br />childhood friend, Jacob Wolverton. He had <br />an office for a time in the northwest corner of <br />1G <br />