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As Saratoga County school districts finalize what some are calling “stay open” plans, mask wearing will be required at the start of the year, but it’s still…

Small business event in South Bend By: Matt Nagy ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- The City of South Bend’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion is hosting its first Small Business Launch Pad event on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Charles Black Community Center. This event is to celebrate the resilience of small, local businesses and the hardships they faced throughout the 2020 year. “The Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s ongoing investment black-, women-, and minority-owned businesses will have an impact that lasts long after this even...

South Bend Tribune SOUTH BEND — Carlos Buckingham figured that his daughter would not be excited about spending part of her summer days in a church basement reading books and doing writing assignments. He was right, and who could blame Cashmere Buckingham, 11? When that bell rang for the last time in the 2020-21 school year, going to a summer enrichment program like the 3 Rs Summer Youth Academy at Kingdom of Life Christian Cathedral church was probably the last thing on her mind. After all, Cashmere would be leaving Marquette Montessori Academy to go to school with middle school students a...

South Bend Tribune The city of South Bend will have to significantly increase contracting with women- and minority-owned firms for the rest of the year to meet its annual 6% goal spelled out in a new ordinance, according to its first and only planned quarterly report on the initiative. Of the $22 million the city spent from January through March on projects worth more than $50,000, about $120,000, or .54%, went to certified women- and minority-owned firms, according to the report recently released by the city’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Those expenditures went to four companies –...