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South Bend <br />Redevelopment Commission <br />215 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Room 301, South Bend, Indiana <br />Redevelopment Commission Agenda Item <br />DAT E : 11/4/2025 <br />FROM: Joseph Molnar <br />Assistant Director of Growth and Opportunity <br />SUBJECT: Resolution approving the Purchase Agreement <br />Old Marquette School <br />Funding Source* (circle) River West; River East; South Side; Douglas Road; West Washington; RDC General; Riv. East Res. <br />* Funds are subject to the City Controller's determination of availability; if funds are unavailable, as solely determined by the City Controller, <br />then the authorization of the expenditure of such funds shall be void and of no effect. <br />PURPOSE OF REQUEST: Resolution Accepting Transfer of Old Marquette School from SBCSC <br />SPECIFICS: Old Marquette School – located at 1905 College – is a school building constructed in the <br />1930s and was an active school until 2011. The South Bend Community School Corporation built a new <br />school building immediately to the north and Old Marquette has been vacant since. The building is a <br />locally designated historic landmark. <br />RDC staff have been in conversation with United Way over the past few years attempting to identify a <br />location for a Far Northwest Neighborhood OneRoof neighborhood center similar to the center in the <br />Southeast Neighborhood. Such a facility would offer community resources such as youth programs, health <br />care, and early childhood education. Old Marquette is well situated geographically to serve as the Far <br />Northwest Neighborhood OneRoof location as well as a sufficient size for the operations needed. <br />The attached resolution approves the transfer of Old Marquette from the SBCSC to the Redevelopment <br />Commission at the average of two appraisals, which is $60,750.00. Purchase of the building will aid in the <br />saving of a historic building which has had an uncertain future for over a decade in addition to providing <br />an opportunity to work with United Way to establish a OneRoof location in the Far Northwest <br />Neighborhood. <br />Staff recommends approval of the Resolution. <br />______________ ___________Pres/V-Pres <br />ATTEST: __________ ________V-President <br />Date: _____________ _______ <br /> APPROVED Not Approved <br />SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION <br />November 13, 2025 <br />