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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—June 28, 2011 <br /> 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> D. West Washington-Chapin Development Area <br /> (2) Hansel Center update/additional funding <br /> request. <br /> Mr. Gibney noted that on March 20, 2009, <br /> the Commission approved the use of <br /> $130,000 in CDBG and $370,000 in West <br /> Washington Chapin Development Area <br /> (WWCDA)TIF funds to be put toward the <br /> rehabilitation of the Hansel Center, 1045 W. <br /> Washington Street. This rehabilitation will <br /> be a joint project with the University of <br /> Notre Dame, South Bend Heritage <br /> Foundation, and the City of South Bend, with <br /> the property ultimately being transferred to <br /> the University and becoming the Notre Dame <br /> Center for Arts and Culture (Center). <br /> The WWCDA is the smallest of all the TIF <br /> districts in the city. That TIF district was put <br /> together as part of the Redevelopment Plan <br /> approved by the Redevelopment <br /> Commission, City Council, and Area Plan <br /> Commission to address the critical condition <br /> that West Washington and Chapin Streets <br /> were in in the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. <br /> The spine of it is West Washington Street <br /> with the north/south street being Chapin. <br /> The bulk of the dollars the city has been <br /> spending in this district, we've really focused <br /> on those two spines. We tend to bring <br /> projects of scale rather then sprinkle the <br /> money around because the neighborhood is <br /> so small and we want to get things done. <br /> In the past there was an old industrial <br /> building on Lafayette across from the First <br /> Presbyterian Church and Central High <br /> School called Basic Machine. It was falling <br /> 34 <br />