• Championed South Bend's first comprehensive planning process in over 40 years, with City Plan.
• Maintains a budget reflecting sound principles of fiscal management.
• New growth and development downtown:
• O'Sullivan's Crossing
• Nicholas J. Salon
• The Spurious Fugitive Art Gallery
• Sit & Knit
• The Chicory Cafe
• Club Fever
• Community School Corporation new office space under construction
• Rehabilitation and revitalization assistance to homeowners through:
• South Bend Improvement Program
• Housing Counseling Services
• Community Homebuyers Corporation
• R.E.W.A.R.D Program and
  Streetscape/Public Works Programs
• Smart Growth initiatives:
• Nine annexations to occur in the northwest and southern edges of the City
• New homes - 166 in 2005, up 11% from 2004
• Blackthorn Industrial Park
• Airport Economic Development Area construction projects - $16.4 million total investment in 2005
• Woodwind & Brasswind - $5.6 million
• Weiss Home Design Center - $710,000
• Walgreen's @ Bendix & Cleveland - $1.83 million
• Clocktower Center (Ziker Cleaners & Hacienda) - $1.4 million
• AutoZone - $197,300
• Bosch building renovations and landscaping
• South Side economic development area - $13 million total investment in 2005
• Erskine Village
• Kohl's, DSW Shoes, Bed, Bath, & Beyond
• Erskine Hills-Martin's Supermarket expansion & upgrade
• Broadmoor Plaza – Kroger's & Staples renovations
• Conversion of K-Mart to a new Sears Essential store
• Erskine Commons-Lowe's & Wal-Mart construction projects

• East Bank comprehensive plan
• EPA grant award for demolition and industrial development of Oliver Plow Works
• Negotiations with Norfolk Southern for purchase and  development of the seven –acre former Studebaker rail yard
• Over 1 million investment in City's Commercial Corridor Program, for economic revitalization and beautification 
• Metronet - dark fiber installed in existing City conduit will allow transfer of huge amounts of data and provide local connectivity to institutions around the world
• Revolutionary new technology within the Police and Fire Departments:
• Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
• Integrated Ballistics Information System (IBIS)
• Mobile Crime Scene forensic technical equipment
• Fire Stations are all on-line with City's computer system
• Continued funding of 20 public and private school sites, churches, and non-profit organizations for the Mayor's After School Program
• Completed expansion of the O'Brien Fitness Center, doubling memberships
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) equipment for the Fire Departments sixteen front line fire trucks.
• Weed & Seed Program
• Hundreds of thousands of dollars to weed out negative and seed in positive influences
• Paint over graffiti sites
• Dedicated Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Drive
• Clean River/Healthy Neighborhoods Program, a long-term control plan to help solve chronic sewer backups
• New city-wide automated Closed Container Program
  Morris Performing Arts Center new state-of-the art marquee.
• Relocation and opening of the new National Studebaker Museum
• Youth Grants-thousands in money for programming for youth
• Good Neighbors/Good Neighborhoods
• Hundreds of thousands for beautifying neighborhoods
• Continues to keep a balanced budged without cutting jobs or eliminating services

CITY AWARDS

Mayor's Office

• 2005 "Driving Toward Success" Campaign Award, by United Way

Code Enforcement

• The Spirit of Hope Award, by Hope Rescue Mission, (Outstanding service, generosity and compassion)

Administration & Finance

• 2005 Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, by Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S. & Canada (GFOA)

Community & Economic Development

• Hoosier Planning Award, by Indiana Planning Association (IPA), for City Plan ("Excellence in Planning-Outstanding Marketing Project" for An American City Guest Speaker Series)
• Golden Trowel Award, by International Masonry Institute, for Rose Brick & Materials, Inc. (Best Masonry Restoration Project)

Department of Public Works

Division of Engineering, Bureau of Construction

• Bowman Creek Culvert Repair Award, by Michiana Construction Industry Advancement Fund (MACIAF), (Outstanding achievement in Excavation)

Division of Engineering, Bureau of Geographic Information Systems 

• Geographical Information Systems (GIS) 2005 Achievement Award by Indiana GIS Council (Work Products In Support of Development of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Long Term Control Plan)

Division of Water Works

• Water Works Fluoridation Quality Certificate Awards, by U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, CDC, (Maintenance of Optimal Fluoride Levels and Promotion of Good Oral Health)

Division of Environmental Services

• 2005 Safety Excellence Award and Laboratory Excellence Award, by Indiana Water Environment Association

Division of Streets, Bureau of Sewers

• Natural Resources Conservation Award, by St. Joseph County Soil and Water Conservation District, (Accomplishments in Wildlife Habitat Development & Wildflower Retention Basins in St. Joseph County)

Morris Performing Arts Center/Palais Royale

• 2005 South Bend Tribune's Reader's Choice Award for Favorite Theater, (3rd straight year)
• 2005 South Bend Tribune Reader's Choice Award for Favorite Banquet Facility. (2nd straight year)
• WNDU's Viewers Choice Award for Favorite Concert Venue
• Pollstar Magazine Rating, (Recognized nationally, 11th among venues with 2500 seats or less, & 37th in Top 100 Venues in the World)

City of South Bend - through teamwork of several work units:  Police, Fire, Engineering, Building Maintenance, Central Services, Information Technologies:

• Police Headquarters & Training Center Award, by Michiana Construction Industry Advancement Fund (MACIAF)
• Police Department Headquarters & Regional Training Center & Fire Department Headquarters & Central Fire Station Merit Award, by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Indiana - "Special Projects"
• Police Department Headquarters & Regional Training Center 2005 Design Merit Award, by the American Institute of Architects – Northern Indiana Chapter for Demonstrated Excellence in Architecture (Outstanding Achievement In Interiors In A Municipal Building)

Office of the Mayor
227 West Jefferson Blvd. • Suite 1400 N
South Bend, Indiana 46601
574.235.9261