Plans & Studies

Studies & Reports

• Climate Action Plan: Carbon Neutral 2050
• Downtown South Bend Residential Market Potential Update – Exec Summary (2021)
• Downtown South Bend Residential Market Potential Update (2021)
• East Bank Residential Market Potential – Exec Summary (2021)
• East Bank Residential Market Potential (2021)
• Northeast Residential Market Potential – Exec Summary (2021)
• Northeast Residential Market Potential (2021)
• Final Report of Residential Market Potential (3/2018)
• Executive Summary – Analysis of Residential Market Potential (2018)
• Westside Corridors Market Potential Residential 
• Westside Corridors Industrial Market Analysis
• Downtown South Bend Market Rate Housing Study
• Downtown South Bend Parking Study
• Vacant & Abandoned Properties Task Force Report (View Initiative Page)

Citywide Plans

• Annexation Plan (1992)
• Bike South Bend 2010-12 Plan (2010)
• City Plan (2006)
• Housing and Community Development Plan (2009)

Neighborhood Plans

• Near Northwest Neighborhood Plan Final (Strategic Plan); Near Northwest Neighborhood Plan Final (Appendices) (2019)
• East Bank Village Master Plan – Phase 1 (2008)
• Howard Park Neighborhood Plan (2012)
• Keller Park Neighborhood Strategic Action Plan (2001)
• Lincoln Park Neighborhood Revitalization Plan (2012)
• River Park Neighborhood Preservation & Improvement Plan (1997)
• Rum Village Neighborhood Action Plan (1995)
• Southeast Neighborhood Master Plan (2015)
• Southeast Neighborhood Action Plan (1995)
• West Side/LaSalle Park/Oliver Gateway Neighborhood Restoration Plan (2004)

Redevelopment Plans

• River West Development Area Plan (2019)
• River East Development Area Plan (2019)
• Douglas Road Economic Development Area Development Plan (2006)
• South Side Development Area Plan (2019)
• West Washington-Chapin Development Area Plan (2019)

Commercial Corridor Plans

• Miami Street Commercial Corridor Revitalization Action Plan (2000)
• South Gateway [S. Michigan/S. Main Streets] Commercial Corridor Action Plan (1998)
• Mishawaka Avenue Streetscape Beautification Plan (2008)
• Portage Avenue Commercial Corridor Revitalization Action Plan (1999)
• West Side Main Streets [Lincolnway West and Western Avenue] Plan (2014)

Venues, Parks & Arts Plans

• City Cemetery Master Plan & Improvements (View South Bend City Cemetery Page)
• Riverfront Parks & Trails Conceptual Framework (View Riverfront Parks & Trails Page)