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Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges

Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges

By June Williamson & Ellen Dunham-JonesFebruary 2021URBAN DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR URGENT CHALLENGESHowever, business incubators shouldn't only focus on high tech. Too often the "innovation economy" privileges large corporations that can afford robots, and patent...

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New Life for a 102-Year-Old Bakery in South Bend

New Life for a 102-Year-Old Bakery in South Bend

By Jacob TitusFebruary 24, 2021West S.B. In 1919, Busse Baking company built a new, modern bakery on Portage Avenue in the heart of the Near Northwest neighborhood. The South Bend Tribune avidly documented its opening and early days: Among the institutions in which...

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New plans in the works for abandoned South Bend building

New plans in the works for abandoned South Bend building

By Erica FinkeFriday, February 5th 2021WSBT 22The Ward Baking Company building has been abandoned in South Bend's Near Northwest neighborhood for 12 years. The building has new ownership and new plans for the future. The developers are turning it into a "collaborative...

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Ward Baking Building Becoming Space for Shops and Artists

Ward Baking Building Becoming Space for Shops and Artists

By joseph ditsThursday, February 4th 2021SOUTH BEND TRIBUNESOUTH BEND — Mike Keen's vision for what he calls Portage Midtown continues to move closer to reality. An attempt to reclaim tired and vacant spaces on a 3-acre spread of Portage Avenue, the project now...

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