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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Reschedule4 Regular Meeting - April 13, 1989 <br />6. NEW "INFSS (Cont.) <br />neighborhood. I am proud of where I <br />live. I do not want to see what <br />ppened in the neighborhood we are <br />talking about happen in my neighborhood. <br />I am also a small business owner and <br />consider myself a minority: I am a <br />single parent. I worked hard for the <br />ney that I bought my home with. I <br />Would be willing to locate a service <br />bLsiness in the West Washington area if <br />these Changes were made. In the present <br />condition, I wouldn't touch it. There <br />is, no money for me to be made there. <br />ere is no money for anyone in my type <br />of business to be made there. I own a <br />iEd ipirm salon which would service the <br />le who live in that neighborhood. I <br />employ people frown that <br />borhood who have the skill to <br />those services. <br />I don't understand why the opposition <br />keeps worrying about the relocation. <br />With money that they would get from <br />the acquisition of their property, they <br />wculd have the right, as any individual <br />d who works for a living, to reinvest <br />their own property. And, therefore, <br />, fit. <br />I on't know what powers the Board has, <br />as far as carrying this plan out. I'm <br />tr�ing to understand with your <br />explanation. But I hope that whatever <br />yoLi can do to adopt this plan, you do it <br />quickly, because the longer it takes <br />to start redevelopment, the more the <br />blight spreads. And Crime might be <br />na tionwide, but in our area, it is a <br />trie problem. It is our neighborhood I <br />am concerned about. Not Chicago, and <br />no Detroit. And not what happens in <br />Ka diington, D.C. Thank you very much. <br />x Owsley: I want to say one thing. FELIX OWSLEY <br />West Washington Revitalization <br />-47- <br />