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32 Filed in Clerk's Office <br /> Cily Clerk, Solidi Lief id, IN <br /> , t <br /> ,+fir � .� <br /> � � `r ' • 1 •,;,. <br /> POLO �. x � ~ ' 1G N 1TE <br /> '-w <br /> � gri r - Innovation Grants for Neighborhood <br /> • <br /> lIMP e Inspiration,Transformation and Enhancement <br /> NEIGHBORHOOD IGNITE GRANT <br /> CONSORTIUM <br /> To encourage inclusive civic voice and The IGNITE (Innovation Grants for <br /> participation citywide,the Neighborhood Neighborhood Information,Transformation, <br /> Consortium collaborates and exchanges and Enhancement) Grant Program <br /> knowledge across Neighborhood provides a $10,000 grant to South Bend <br /> Associations and serves as a representative Neighborhood Associations to design and <br /> body on behalf of Neighborhood Associations implement a neighborhood-based project <br /> to City administration, City programs, and with community-wide benefit. In 2023,the <br /> other City initiatives. City awarded nine IGNITE Grants (Totalling <br /> $90,000) to South Bend Neighborhood <br /> Comprised of leadership from Neighborhood Associations to develop neighborhood- <br /> Associations,the Neighborhood Consortium based projects, including beautification, <br /> held four meetings in 2023, featuring neighborhood signage, public art, public <br /> representatives from over fourteen space enhancement, and more. In its first <br /> neighborhoods,the largest Neighborhood two years,the IGNITE Grant program has <br /> Consortium yet. Featured speakers for these distributed $170,000 in grants toward <br /> meetings included Venues, Parks, and Arts, Neighborhood Associations. <br /> Public Works, MACOG,Transpo, and the <br /> Mayor's Office. <br /> The Consortium also created an online map <br /> showing neighborhood boundaries in South <br /> Bend and a scannable QR code for residents <br /> to find the Neighborhood Association to <br /> which they belong. <br /> DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ENGAGEMENT&ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT <br />