Stopped and looked at the proposed site for the musuem on the 11th of March.  Went through the construction gate off of Chapin Street.  Not very much left except the power house and its smokestack and the building that might be the musuem.  Entering off of Chapin the musuem would be at the back of the industrial site.  Would it be possible to get to the musuem off of Arnold after it was all done?

Did not get to go in the building. The guys doing the cleanup let me drive up to the building and take some pictures from the outside.  There will be a lot of work to be done before a musuem is open.  It probably won&#039;t be cheap, but then what is these days?  

I would think it will be 3-5 years before the site is built back up, so I would suppose we would have some time to work on the musuem, but the longer that building stands there with windows out and holes in the roof the more expensive it will be to fix it up.  Plus I would suppose the city would want us to improve the looks of the building and the site as soon as possible.

Overall I think it would be interesting to have the musuem in the building.  Although it would also be nice to have a site right off of the turnpike at either exit.  If a musuem is going to be &amp;quot;in downtown&amp;quot; South Bend I would think the building would be a better site than having it at the Oliver Mansion.  Of course if those with the most funds like the mansion site, I suppose that would be okay also. 

In my mind it will be a &amp;quot;big project&amp;quot; for a club the size of HPOCA, but it is possible if the right team is in charge of getting it done.

When we start dealing with the federal, state and city governments for funds permits, taxes, etc. the redtape for Hart Parr Number 3 will seem like a piece of cake!:P