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04 SOUTH <br /> � O <br /> U d <br /> W PEACE a <br /> 1865 <br /> Office of the Mayor <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> December 13,2011 <br /> 5 p.m. <br /> Plan will refresh medical campus, downtown gateway <br /> Contact: Mikki Dobski, Director of Communications& Special Projects, 235-5855 or 876-1564 <br /> or Don Inks, Director of Economic Development, 235-9371 <br /> A plan adopted by the South Bend Redevelopment Commission will widen and enhance <br /> Bartlett Street to create a new entrance to Memorial Hospital, add parking lots and create <br /> a new cohesive look along the east side of Michigan Street. <br /> The Redevelopment Commission today approved a four-year, $10.44-million plan to <br /> enhance the City's medical district using Tax Increment Financing revenue paid by the <br /> growth taxes paid by the medical businesses themselves. <br /> The plan also formally withdraws an earlier proposal to reconfigure the Michigan/Main <br /> street"S curve." <br /> "These changes will dramatically enhance this important gateway into downtown South <br /> Bend, giving the Memorial campus a more cohesive look and improving the Medical <br /> Mile image," said David Relos, economic development planner with the City of South <br /> Bend's Department of Community and Economic Development. <br /> The City already has made some improvements in the medical district, including <br /> installing a new fagade on the Bartlett Street parking garage, adding additional turn lanes <br /> along Michigan Street to improve traffic flow, installing new curbs and sidewalks, and <br /> adding two pervious pavement parking lots, which allow for improved storm-water <br /> runoff. <br /> The new projects include: <br /> • New facades along Michigan Street for the E. Blair Warner building,the Skyway <br /> Bridge, the Skyway Building, Mar Main Pharmacy and the former NIPSCO <br /> building. <br /> • New parking lots lining both sides of the 400 block of North Michigan Street. <br />