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ByadminA REMINDER: ENDURING HYPOCRISY: How Felon Disenfranchisement Laws & Collateral Consequences Deny Full Citizenship Professor S. David Mitchell, Law Professor, University of Missouri Tuesday, April 9, 2013 — 7 p.m. — Eck Visitor Center — University of Notre Dame The Indianapolis Ex-Offender Re-entry Program, Presenter: Dr. Willie Jenkins Wednesday, April 10, 2013 — Noon —…
Jan 27: Public Meeting to Discuss Proposed Revisions to the South Bend Affirmative Action Ordinance
ByadminWhen: Thursday, January 27, 5:30 PM Where: Charles Black Center, 3419 W. Washington Street, South Bend The South Bend Common Council is considering a revision of the city’s Affirmative Action Ordinance (bill 86-10). The Community Forum for Economic Development encourages community wide discussion of the proposal to ensure that any changes made are in the best…
What Happened at the Third Annual Forum on Economic Development: A Report by Paula Johnson
Byadmin“Uniting to Improve Our Quality of Life” was the title of the Third Annual Community Forum on Economic Development held April 26, 2008 at Indiana University South Bend. The keynote speaker was State Representative Ryan Dvorak, Chairman of the Environmental Affairs Committee. Representative Dvorak spoke about urban sprawl. As a result of development in new…
Neighbors Saving Neighborhoods: Community Forum paper on vacant and abandoned housing
ByadminThe Community Forum for Economic Development advocates a "community-based" approach for solving the problem of vacant and abandoned properties. We recently completed a position paper that describes this approach, "Neighbors Saving Neighborhoods." Central to our position is the view that "the problem we are addressing involves more than empty buildings and lots. It concerns the…
Jan 15: Community Forum meeting on Rental Properties
ByadminCAN WE IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF RENTAL PROPERTIES IN SOUTH BEND? SOUTH BEND CURRENTLY OPERATES A COMPLAINT-BASED HOUSING INSPECTION SYSTEM WHEREBY TENANTS CAN CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT TO REPORT SUBSTANDARD HOUSING CONDITIONS — SUCH AS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, MOLD, INFESTATION, OR A LACK OF UTILITIES. THIS MONTH, A PROPOSAL WILL COME BEFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL…
UP-COMING EVENTS
ByadminWHERE'S THE MONEY GOING? A PUBLIC FORUM ON STIMULUS SPENDING IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY Tuesday, October 20, 7 pm, LaSalle Branch Library, sponsored by the Community Forum for Economic Development Mark your calendar and watch for additional information about this event. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed by Congress and signed into law…