MAY 20, 2014 – PUBLIC HEARING: HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF SOUTH BEND, MISHAWAKA & ST. JOSEPH COUNTY The Community Forum for Economic Development (CFED) is sponsoring a Public Hearing in partnership with the St. Joseph County Housing Consortium to initiate the process of developing the Consortium’s 2015-2019 Housing and Community Development (HCD)…
COVID – 19 & its economic consequences have magnified a long-existing threat to housing security in Michiana, especially for low-income residents. Emergency funding through the American Recovery Act of 2021 and temporary moratoriums on evictions have provided temporary relief for some. However, the central problem remains. There is insufficient affordable housing in our community. On…
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR RURAL ST. JOSEPH COUNTY? On Tuesday, June 11th the Community Forum for Economic Justice (CFEJ) and the Open Space and Agricultural Alliance (OSAA) will host Sybil Drew, a filmmaker from Elwood, Illinois at the New Carlisle Olive Township Public Library 408 S. Bray Street, New Carlisle, Indiana 46552. The meeting will begin…
November meeting of the Community Forum for Economic Development Tuesday, November 17, 7 PM, LaSalle Branch Library (3232 West Ardmore Trail) The Membership meeting will begin promptly at 7. CFED members will be asked to approve the By-Laws of the newly incorporated Community Forum for Economic Development of St. Joseph County, Inc. and to elect…
1. Rally to support the right to vote for a union at the SB Housing Authority Members of Teamster Local 364 have participated in many Community Forum activities, including as a sponsor of the 2007 Spring Forum. We have been asked to invite participation in tomorrow’s rally at the South Bend Housing Authority in support…
Jan 31: South Bend Council holds public meeting on affirmative action. The South Bend Common Council's Community and Economic Development Committee will hold a public meeting on Bill 86 – 10, a proposed revision of the City's Affirmative Action Ordinance. The meeting will take place on Monday, January 31, 2011, from 5 – 6 PM,…