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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting - December 17, 1993 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) <br />e. continued... <br />We have outlined several strategies for <br />addressing the needs in this area. The public <br />sector must provide investment to be the <br />catalyst for redevelopment. Social, <br />economic, physical, and organizational issues <br />will be planned together. Public funds must <br />be leveraged to encourage private <br />development. There must be development of <br />private sector leadership. <br />The objectives of this project are: to increase <br />the tax base, increase investment in this area, <br />stabilize various sections of the area, <br />revitalize various sections, strengthen two of <br />the oldest neighborhoods in South Bend, <br />create a public private organizational network <br />that will help establish this area through time, <br />establish strong, unifying and structural urban <br />design guidelines, increase the level of <br />private investment, retain and increase jobs, <br />and generate funding sources. <br />Activities have been divided into two types: <br />fiscal and social/financial. The fiscal <br />activities include architectural, engineering, <br />survey, appraisal, soil testing, acquisition and <br />relocation, site clearance, site assemblage, <br />rehab, disposition, and public works. The <br />anticipated social/financial activities include <br />housing rehab, homeowner assistance, <br />business assistance, and job match assistance. <br />The five sub -areas have been subdivided into <br />sectors for planning purposes. The primary <br />goal for the north sector of the Southeast sub- <br />area is general redevelopment. There are <br />-13- <br />