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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—June 14, 2011 <br /> 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> A. Public Hearings <br /> (3) continued... <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 /> Washington and Michigan. He was the <br /> director of two local banks and part of a <br /> group of businessmen who created the South <br /> Bend Malleable Steel Range Manufacturing <br /> Company. He was an advocate of South <br /> Bend at an important time of its history and, <br /> finally, I think that Mr. Inks and Mr. Gibney <br /> would find that he was part of the earliest <br /> efforts of community and economic <br /> development. And while he's 150 years <br /> from being active, really, in this community, <br /> a lot of what everyone is trying to do today <br /> goes back to this. I would think that we'd be <br /> 18 <br />