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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting November 16, 1979 7. PROGRESS REPORTS a. coriti nued'. . Mr Nmtz: I'll give you an opportunity to reply to some qu stions that have been raised by Mr. Miller of the Ja notta firm and by Commissioner Auburn. Mr. Brademas: I think Mr. President, if I may, I'll try to very quickly read a prepared statement and I'll go-as fat as possible in view of time, but, before I do that let me say that I will be giving an invitation to all members of the Commission and to the Community at large probably wi hin the next several weeks to come and have a preview in pection of a house that was to be demolished that we mo ed into the W. Washington St. area and I think you'll fi d that with about 90 days time, with, no actual infusion of public sector monies that we have gotten an architec- to a7 gem there. My statement is entitled "The Odd Fellows Building Could Pet-form Well For Downtown" which is a quote from the Rouse study: On Match 26, 1979,.Mayat Nemeth totd the membetus aj_the Common Counctt that a detetm-i.nati,on o4 wh.ethet to demo ,&sh the, Odd Fe -Uows Bu.i.tding would await a matke t study te- poAted by the Amet.iean City Cotpo&att;on. The Ametican City Cotpotati.on, which is a zubs.idiatcy o6 the Rotse Company, is tecagnized throughout the cou.ntAy as a j' whose expetr ,ise in the economic, phys.ieat. and gnan devefopmentJs of downtown areas is second to none. The Rouse Company its e j a te�spons.ibte not on.2y Oat the can s ctian o4 numerous ma9of eommencca devetapments through- out thtough- out the eountAy but -is ptobabty best known jot the devetop- ment aj the New Town o6 Cotumb,ia., Matytand and jot the to ovat.%on o4 Paneu i e ilaU in downtown Boston and the New Ma0et Commete iae Area tenovati,on in the city of Phitadetphia. In ezzence, the Ameti.ean City Cottpotati.on and its patent, the Roaze Company, ate not just theoteticat economists and ptan- n . They have had .bong and sueee z iut expetr i.ence in the to ovation and &enewa.2 o4 cen►,t,Lat atceas in a number o4 c i ti m .in this countAy. N be otd.ingty, it made a gtceat dea e o4 common sense 4ot the y o4 South Bend, in eonj on with the St. Joseph Bank f Trust Company, to commission the P,ous e Company and its vacan City CotpoiLation to ccAAY out the study which Mayvt ie th ptom>is ed the Co unit woutd be used as the basis to `.evni.ne whether of not the Odd Fettows Building shoutd demot shed. 27- 1.