This is the former Studebaker Building 84 Friday, Dec. 17, 2015,in this view taken from the top floor of the Chase Tower building in South Bend. The building is in line to receive $3.5 million in Regional Cities Initiative money for redevelopment. Staff photo by Greg Swiercz
SOUTH BEND — Three local projects that were selected to receive money from the Indiana Regional Cities Initiative will be moving ahead soon.
On Wednesday, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. approved the following allocations:
• $3.5 million to repair the six-story facade of Studebaker Building 84, the former automobile assembly plant that stands at the southern end of downtown South Bend.
• $2 million to support construction of the Marshall County Wellness and Life Enrichment Center in Plymouth, a $13 million complex that will include an aquatic center and indoor-outdoor soccer fields.
• $800,000 to help the South Shore Railroad pay for the environmental and preliminary engineering work necessary to qualify for federal funding to install a double track from Gary to Michigan City.
The three-county region of St. Joseph, Elkhart and Marshall counties is one of three parts of Indiana that won a $42 million grant from the Regional Cities Initiative. The state-backed program is designed to support projects that improve the quality of life in Indiana's cities and lead more people to live in Indiana.
Regional Cities of Northern Indiana, the regional development authority administering the grant for St. Joseph, Elkhart and Marshall counties, chose 15 projects in August to receive a portion of the $42 million. The IEDC still needs to approve the allocations for 12 of those projects.
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