Upcoming Meetings and Events: A Message from the Community Forum on Economic Development

(passing this along from CFED -- KJH)

The June meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, June 17, will be a PUBLIC FORUM:

Local Initiatives to Meet Global Challenges: South Bend's Efforts to
Protect the Environment

The meeting will be held from 7 - 9 pm, at the Office of the Minority
Health Coalition, 915 N Bendix (in LaSalle Square).
Presenters:

Gary Gilot, South Bend's Director of Public Works, will review ways
that his department addresses global warming as it manages streets,
water, sewer, and trash services. He also will address plans for
higher density development within the City.
Christine Fiordalis, Chair of the Michiana Group of the Sierra Club,
will review the history and current status of the Cool Cities
Initiative, a program that has been endorsed by over 800 local
governments, including the City of South Bend.

Additional events of interest:

The next meeting of the South Bend Community Garden group will be
Tuesday June 10 at 6:30 pm in the Pokagon Room at the St. Joseph Public
Library in downtown South Bend. They will be reviewing presentation
information for neighborhood, church and organizations about starting
community gardens. All who are interested in developing and/or
presenting are encouraged to attend. For more information about South
Bend Community Garden activities, visit www.sbcg.org.

An Observer Corps is a structured way for individuals to exercise their
right to know. Volunteer observers attend local government meetings to
gather information about the issues being discussed as well as the
process by which they are being discussed. The League of Women Voters
of the South Bend Area is partnering with other local groups, including
the Community Forum for Economic Development, to establish an Observer
Corps in St. Joseph County. For more information about this developing
project, attend the coalition's next planning meeting scheduled for
Thursday June 12, at 5:30 pm, in the Pokagon Room at the St. Joseph
Public Library or email Lisa Plencner: lisa.plencner@comcast.net

The 9th Annual Juneteenth Celebration will be held on Friday June 13,
Saturday June 14, and Sunday June 15 at LaSalle Park and the Charles
Black Center, 3419 W. Washington Street in South Bend. The event is
sponsored by the South Bend Chapter Indiana Black Expo, Inc. (SBCIBE).
The Community Forum will have an informational booth at the Saturday
activities. If you are available for part of the day to assist at the
booth email Tonia Ladner, tonia.ladner@oaklawn.org.

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday July 12, 10 am to 2 pm, PUBLIC MEETING - An
opportunity to help guide the future of LASALLE SQUARE. Details
available soon.