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o4sou r�8�� <br /> v d <br /> W PEgCF, y^ <br /> `9� r <br /> r x <br /> 1865 <br /> Office of the Mayor <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> June 28,2011 <br /> 5:20 p.m. <br /> Panel approves Hansel Center proposal <br /> $2.5M will launch Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture <br /> Contact: Mikki Dobski, Director of Communications&Special Projects, 235-5855 or 876-1564 <br /> or David Relos, Economic Development Planner, 235-9371 <br /> A joint release of the City of South Bend,South Bend Heritage Foundation and the University <br /> of Notre Dame. <br /> The Hansel Center,an icon of South Bend's West Side community that once served as the <br /> Children's Dispensary and housed Head Start offices,will soon undergo physical transformation <br /> into the University of Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture. <br /> The historic structure,within South Bend's museum district at 1045 W.Washington St.,will <br /> undergo an adaptive reuse through a partnership involving the University of Notre Dame, South <br /> Bend Heritage Foundation and the City of South Bend. South Bend's Redevelopment <br /> Commission today(Tuesday,June 28)approved a proposal, contingent on a forthcoming <br /> memorandum of understanding,by the City's Department of Community and Economic <br /> Development to provide$930,000 toward the facility's rehabilitation through a combination of <br /> Tax Increment Financing and federal Community Development Block Grants. The public funding <br /> is supplemented by funds from the University of Notre Dame in one of the largest investments to <br /> date from the University in off-campus community initiatives. <br /> Pending Redevelopment Commission final approval, construction will begin under the <br /> management of South Bend Heritage Foundation,the South Bend Board of Public Works and <br /> Vanir Group Inc. (Vanir specializes in all aspects of commercial and institutional real-estate <br /> development. Vanir is headquartered in Sacramento,Calif,and its president currently serves as <br /> the chair of the University's Institute for Latino Studies Advisory Council.) The renovation will <br /> include brick tuck-pointing,new roofing and waterproofing measures, interior demolition and <br /> reconstruction,new electrical and mechanical systems,parking and landscaping,and interior <br /> outfitting. <br />