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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—September 13, 2012 <br /> 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> F. South Side Development Area <br /> (1) continued... <br /> Now you must stop this wrongheaded idea <br /> for the people without power. When I drive <br /> through the Fellows/Chippewa neighborhood <br /> I see tidy homes (for the most part)in a <br /> viable working class neighborhood. For a <br /> city so concerned with its neighborhoods, it <br /> is unthinkable that you would destroy this <br /> one. The curve in Fellows gives this street <br /> its uniqueness, and people seem to handle it <br /> just fine. <br /> The state is already destroying much of <br /> Gilmer Park, a neighborhood outside South <br /> Bend, the city should have no part in making <br /> fewer places for working class families to <br /> live. <br /> A connection from the state's new bridge <br /> over the by-pass on Fellows to Michigan <br /> Street is not needed. Indeed, a turn onto <br /> Ireland and then to Michigan is easy to <br /> manage. Michigan Street will continue south <br /> under the by-pass. Access for out-of-towners <br /> will be unimpeded. The Fellows Street <br /> bridge users should be mainly local drivers <br /> who can easily manage either driving slowly <br /> through a nice neighborhood for the pleasant <br /> nature of it or turning onto Ireland either to <br /> access the businesses there or come up <br /> Michigan Street into town. <br /> Why must transportation planners scoot <br /> people through the city? Actually, most of <br /> the streets in and out of South Bend are not <br /> speedways. Portage Avenue is 20 miles per <br /> hour for much of its length, yet it is a major <br /> 43 <br />