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HPC 40th Anniversary Strategic Planning
<br />After the February 2013 monthly meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission, commissioners and staff re -convened
<br />site, downtown South Bend, @ CJ's pub. Commissioners were there by 8:00 PM. No members of the public were
<br />sent. Meeting began @ 8:15 PM.
<br />Present were:
<br />Catherine Hostetler [CH]
<br />Elicia Feasel [EF]
<br />Timothy Klusczinski [TK]
<br />Jerry Niezgodski [JN]
<br />Kevin Buccellato [KB]
<br />Lynn Patrick [LP]
<br />LP agreed to take notes – and send to those who were present for addition of any comments she overlooked
<br />Please add your comments, if any, and send to those who were present
<br />(Last night, LP suggested those send comments to her for integration – now in this dark morning before the approaching
<br />winter storm, LP thinks it would be better if comments were added, and just sent to all- like some sort of 'chain minutes.7
<br />- Meeting began with discussion on Commission history, funding [SB grant, attorney, car]
<br />- EF - a list of what is palletized and for sale at the Ivy Tower
<br />- City has control - items could be used or resold for funding
<br />- Green drinks, sustainability
<br />- 3 points for a bike rack and a shower / 3 points for an entire "green building" [uneven rewards]
<br />- However, re -use of an existing building is the greenest building of all
<br />- Micro consulting class @ Notre Dame
<br />- Business plans, preservation and revolving loans
<br />- CH "Then and Now" Tours, $2.00 per
<br />- These would be different, new tour, spring boarding, integrating historic districts and ND - where coaches lived, etc.
<br />- ND "Yellow Brick" tours
<br />promoting SB - making connections
<br />Meeting w/ND students, weekly, or more, connecting with Sue Solmos and Convention and Visitor's Bureau to create
<br />fund
<br />- Put on workshops, revolving funds, for users [public, private citizens] to buy equipment
<br />TK - Must be for the DIY-er, because of EPA rules [i.e. lead, etc.]
<br />a -Need to establish "tool crib" for paint removers, HEPPA vacs, etc.
<br />EF - Making shift from creating landmarks to promoting and helping property owners to care for their buildings
<br />CH- Sue Solmos thinks, many assets for selling South Bend, because, bar none, SB has best housing stock in the state,
<br />cause of our connections w/Chicago, people availing themselves of the architects there, and using the $ from local
<br />industry to build great structures
<br />KB - S. St. Joseph Street - properties are amazing, one has oak -hand carved coal burning fireplace, for example, in
<br />Taylor's Field,
<br />TK - We need to channel buyers to these properties
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<br />EF -Some people own them, have for years; don't even live here; no incentive to maintain or sell these– — ------ --
<br />KB - Any way to ID these properties?
<br />TK - Get list of demos from Larry M [HPC atty]
<br />EF - Window video, salvage in our storage room - all are not marketed
<br />TK - Could we get a communication / marketing intern?
<br />EF - Tried - no response
<br />TK _ Budget
<br />CH - could come from other areas
<br />TK - Every effort - Tours / Outreach, marketing, have to generate $; $2 a head per tour won't do it
<br />JN - Burkhart Advertising has a "gratis" program for non-profit... but we as are a govt. program - I'm thinking if we had a
<br />program to focus on, they could help
<br />- Grants program could help, little billboard is $800 for one month - gratis program = 4 boards, all free
<br />- Neighborhood Resource Corp was accepted - we are going to do billboards, but Burkhart will work for you
<br />- vintage sign, LW by Walnut Street - Whistle Stop - amazing it is still up
<br />- Indiana Landmarks could do...
<br />rkhart's, if a soldier dies in our market - we will do a memorial ad
<br />But we have to partner with Indiana non -profits
<br />LP – I have a free-standing sign on LW E and Arch, in a historic district, we could use, it is smaller, but free, for any sign
<br />we might want to put up
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