The Community Forum for Economic Development Presents: The Fight for Educational Equity A New Page in the Civil Rights Movement Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:00 pm LaSalle Library (3232 W. Ardmore Trail, SB) “We have deplored prejudice but tolerated economic injustice.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s been almost 60 years since…
Since January 2008, the Community Forum for Economic Development has supported the United Way's "Pro$perity Building Tax Team" through VITA, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, that offers free tax preparation and e-filing for low-to-moderate-income taxpayers. We've helped to recruit and train tax preparers and other support volunteers who have collectively built a very successful program in…
A FRONTLINE documentary, The Released, will be shown on Saturday, September 14, 2013, in the Colfax Auditorium at the Main Library, 304 South Main in downtown South Bend, from 10:30 am until noon. The Released looks into the lives of mentally ill ex-offenders and their struggle to remain out of prison. Following the viewing of the…
Food for the body and food for the soul At the URBAN GARDEN MARKET this Saturday, September 14 — GOSPEL IN THE GARDEN, featuring Gospel Artist, Bonita Mitchell Spoken word artist, Rhetorik Gospel Artist, Jake Hughes Singer, Wendy Winters & many more Performances from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm — LOCALLY GROWN, FRESHLY PICKED, DELICIOUS…
The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), along with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and other environmental and health officials, will be holding a public meeting on August 27 to discuss the sampling results and the recent proposal to add the Beck's Lake site to the Superfund List. The meeting will be held on Tuesday,…
The 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…
How will the Affordable Care Act affect Hoosier families? A presentation by Indiana State Senator John Broden Tuesday, August 20, 7 pm LaSalle Branch Library – 3232 Ardmore Trail
The Community Forum for Economic Development is one of many community organizations that make up the Northern Indiana Coalition For Immigration Reform. This Coalition is sponsoring a "STREET FAIR For Comprehensive Immigration Reform" on Friday, August 16, from 2:30 to 6:30 pm at the Jon Hunt Plaza in front of the Morris Civic Auditorium. We urge you to…
Purdue Extension Educators Phil and Edie Sutton will be at the Urban Garden Market on Saturday, August 10th. Phil's expertise is in home horticulture and he will answer questions about trees, lawn and garden care. Phil encourages people to bring samples of problem plants for his evaluation. He will also instruct on how to identify poison ivy, which is so prevalent this…
JUNE MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY FORUM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TUESDAY, JUNE 25 - 7 PM – LASALLE BRANCH LIBRARY (3232 W Ardmore Trail, South Bend) On Tuesday, June 25, community members will have an opportunity to meet Shubhada Kambli, South Bend's new Director of the Department of Code Enforcement. The discussion will focus on the role of…
THE URBAN GARDEN MARKET: WHAT'S CHANGED AND WHAT'S THE SAME? The opening date for this year's Urban Garden Market is Saturday, June 15, 2013 What's changed? We have a new location; we're moving a few blocks east — to 2806 Lincoln Way West (on the southwest corner of LWW and Eclipse). We have a new…
The following letter was sent to Mayor Buttigieg and the Members of the South Bend Common Council on May 16, 2013: As you know, on April 8th the Community Forum for Economic Development, in collaboration with AJ Wright workers and La Casa de Amistad, submitted a proposal to use the penalty money from AJ…