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“When will you see $42 million in local development projects?”
“Cleanup of former Studebaker factory nears its end”
“A Company Town Reinvents Itself in South Bend, Ind.”
Features
2017
- 1.11.2017 – Crain's Indianapolis Newsletter: ” "Indy Fund Manager Elevating Entrepreneurship Across Indiana."
2016
- 5.18.2016 – South Bend Tribune: “Our Opnion: Local Efforts to spur rebirth, bring joy.”
- 5.16.2016 – WSBT Radio: “Old Studebaker building gets new life."
- 5.13.2016 – South Bend Tribune: “Officials ‘break ground’ on Studebaker project in South Bend.”
- 5.5.2016 – South Bend Tribune: “Studebaker tech project lands nearly $23 million to rehab former plant.”
- 3.11.2016 – South Bend Tribune: “Lawmakers approve Regional Cities money for area.”
2015
- 12.16.2015 – South Bend Tribune: “South Bend region wins $42 million for development projects.”
- 12.15.2015 – South Bend Tribune: “South Bend council rejects ‘revolving door’ policy.”
- 12.14.2015 – South Bend Tribune: “Regional Cities ‘watch parties’ set.”
- 12.10.2015 – South Bend Tribune: “Notre Dame Federal Credit Union backs initiative.”
- 11.25.2015 – South Bend Tribune: “Tax Break approved for Studebaker project in South Bend.”
- 11.17.2015 – WSBT 22: “South Bend Community Hall of Fame.”
- 10.8.2015 – South Bend Tribune: “South Bend students get manufacturing pitch.”
- 10.6.2015 – Regional Cities of Northern Indiana: “RCNI present innovation plan to Governor’s Board.”
- 10.1.2015 – South Bend Tribune: “Edit-a-thon teaches Wikipedia how-tos.”
- 9.16.2015 – Fortune: “Smart cities think big with $160 million White House program.”
- 5.12.2015 – South Bend Tribune: “South Bend Renaissance District plans unveiled.”
- 5.11.2015 – The Architect’s Newspaper Blog: “Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Selected for High-Tech Overhaul in South Bend, Indiana.”
- 5.11.2015 – Inside Indiana Business: “Could South Bend Become Global Tech Magnet?”
- 4.8.2015 – The South Bend Voice: “Earth Day Project to Beautify South Bend’s Renaissance District.”
- 3.5.2015 – The Old Motor: “Studebaker Assembly Building Saved – Renovation Underway.”
- 3.3.2015 – South Bend Tribune: “Renovation of old Studebaker plant under way in South Bend.”
2014
- 5.27.2014 – South Bend Tribune: “Bids opened for Ivy Tower work.”
- 3.31.2014 – South Bend Tribune: “California company taps South Bend talent.”
- 2.12.2014 – Inside Indiana Business: “Group Pushing for Studebaker Designation.”
2012
- 6.28.2012 – NPR: “A Company Town Reinvents Itself in South Bend, Ind.”
- 3.28.2012 – South Bend Tribune: “Union Station expansion plan advances.”
“South Bend breaks ground on Renaissance District”
“Old Studebaker building gets new life”
Lawmakers approve Regional Cities money for area
In its very last breath Thursday evening, the Indiana General Assembly approved $42 million in state money to kickstart about $703 million in development projects across Michiana. Shortly after 9:30 p.m., the House voted 91-5 for a conference committee report providing nearly $1 billion for road and bridge work and $42 million in Regional Cities money, said Rep. David Niezgodski, D-South Bend.
Additional articles
Studebaker tech project lands almost $23 million to rehab former plant
SOUTH BEND — The enormous job of rehabilitating a former Studebaker factory at the southern end of downtown is shifting into a higher gear.
The local company that's turning the old assembly plant into a technology hub announced Wednesday that it has secured $22.9 million in financing to move ahead with the project. The complex consists of three connected buildings along Lafayette Boulevard, south of the railroad viaduct across from Four Winds Field and Union Station Technology Center.
Officials ‘break ground’ on Studebaker project in South Bend
Five companies ready to move into former assembly complex
SOUTH BEND — When developers hold a groundbreaking ceremony, the party's usually in an open field — a place where well-dressed people can dig a shovel into the dirt and celebrate new construction.
On Thursday, hundreds of people gathered to watch a different kind of "groundbreaking" inside a former Studebaker assembly plant — a complex of brick and steel-reinforced concrete that has stood in South Bend since the 1920s.
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