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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—August 9, 2011 <br /> 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> B. South Bend Central Development Area <br /> (3) continued... <br /> study, all of the information was plugged into <br /> the Buxton Scout program for use and <br /> application. <br /> The second component was to complete a <br /> grocery saturation study to identify all <br /> grocery locations within the community and <br /> then create a thematic map that showed <br /> where there was over saturation and under <br /> saturation of grocery stores: then, what sites <br /> might be warrant consideration for a grocery <br /> store. Currently, a downtown study for <br /> grocery stores is being completed, as is a <br /> study in the northwest part of the county <br /> around the Huttsfield Square development <br /> site. <br /> The third component of the project was the <br /> integration of all past and current data into <br /> the Buxton Scout program. The program is a <br /> web-based data warehouse with a mapping <br /> feature that allows the user to gather site <br /> distance information, create location maps <br /> and warehouse retailer information that <br /> would be relevant to the site matches of the <br /> study nodes. As staff has continued to use <br /> the Scout tool, we have determined that we <br /> are in need of the Scout power user upgrade <br /> to get more "bang for the buck" from the <br /> program. <br /> The Scout power use upgrade allows the user <br /> to complete a variety of new tasks that the <br /> City presently has to have Buxton perform, <br /> such as a new specific site study and retailer <br /> profiling against a proposed user. This new <br /> 11 <br />