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be beautiful. This bridge is a great asset for our community. <br />2005 will see start of construction on the LaSalle Street Bridge. <br />We have acquired the Rink building and the LaSalle Hotel as <br />sites for new residential development. Planning partnerships <br />with the East Bank and Howard Park neighbarhaods have been <br />foraned to build synergies between both sides of the downtown <br />river bank. In conjunction with Notre Dame's School of <br />Architecture, planning charettes were held for Wells Fargo <br />Park and the Coveleski Neighborhood Partnerships between <br />the public and private sectors have led to renewed interest in <br />retail, commercial and housing projects that will continue to <br />make our downtown a premier place to work, play and live. <br />Downtown is on the move! <br />Century Center <br /> <br />For community events and conventions, Century Center is still the premier place to be. <br />Whether hosting the Enshrinement Dinner for the Hall of Faxne or Martin Luther King Day <br />events, this facility shines. The structure and the staff are superb. They exhibit flexibility and <br />adaptability, handling everything from RV and Marine shows to service club luncheons and <br /> <br />intimate weddings. Last year 683 events <br />brought 216,000 people to the Center. The <br />Chamber of Commerce held its second <br />successful Business Expa, and the City held a <br />Safety Fair. We also reclaimed the Christian <br />Educators Association Annual Conference. In <br />2003, they had left for a larger facility, having <br />grown so successfully here that they no Langer <br />frt. But they missed the service and the hospitality that they had grown accustomed to, so they <br />split their conference into two sessions in 2004 so they could return to Century Center. Over <br />2,000 people attended thane conferences. <br />A-33 <br />