Demolition set for former Robinson Center property | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Demolition set for former Robinson Center property Demolition set for former Robinson Center property Published: September 29, 2020 Author: Erin Blasko Robinson Learning Center. Photo by Peter Ringenberg/University of Notre Dame. Editor’s note: While work to clear the former RCLC property began on-time on Oct. 6, crews started at the south end of the property before moving north. As such, demolition of the former RCLC building has been pushed to Oct. 22 (Thursday). Demolition of the former Robinson Community Learning Center (RCLC) building will begin Tuesday (Oct. 6), paving the way for additional development of the Eddy Street Commons area south of the University of Notre Dame. The work includes the former RCLC building plus the attached former Notre Dame Surplus Property/QuarkNet building. It also includes two adjacent buildings: the former Approved Safety and Security and the former Corby Fabric Care Center, side-by-side on Corby Boulevard. “It is with mixed emotions that we say goodbye to the old Robinson Community Learning Center, the backdrop to so many wonderful moments and the basis of so many important relationships these past two decades,” said Jennifer Knapp Beudert, manager of the RCLC. “At the same time, we look forward to further development of the area, and to a bright future for the new RCLC.” An off-campus educational initiative of Notre Dame, the RCLC opened in a portion of the former Aldi/Goodwill space at Howard and Eddy streets in 2001. It recently relocated to a new and expanded building across the street. Notre Dame Surplus is on North Ironwood Drive now, near the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families in South Bend. QuarkNet, a program of the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy that supports science education, is in the Reyniers Life Building on the north side of campus. In its original location, the RCLC served a combined 22,650 children, adults and seniors with programs including language, literacy and youth entrepreneurship classes; after-school tutoring; clubs and events for seniors; Lego robotics; the Robinson Shakespeare Company; and Take Ten, a conflict resolution program for area youth. Not including staff, about 28,000 people, including 4,750 volunteers and 250 AmeriCorps members, have been involved with the RCLC since it opened, equal to about one quarter of the total population of South Bend. Plans for the old RCLC and surrounding properties have not been finalized, but include a mix of housing and commercial uses. The area is bounded by Howard Street, Frances Street, Eddy Street, Corby Boulevard and South Bend Avenue. Across the street, work on hundreds of new graduate student and market-rate apartments and townhomes is nearing completion. Eddy Street Commons is a collaboration among Notre Dame and Kite, with support from the city of South Bend. The mixed-use development features apartments, shops, restaurants, offices and hotels along Eddy from Angela Boulevard to Howard Street. More about the new RCLC can be found here. Contact: Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4127, eblasko@nd.edu Posted In: Community News Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 30, 2022 New prison education initiative joins Center for Social Concerns September 19, 2022 Notre Dame Stories: Helping the Last of the Instrument Makers September 15, 2022 South Bend offers free, pre-approved house plans with input from Notre Dame September 12, 2022 Notre Dame dedicates new hydro facility along St. Joseph River in South Bend August 30, 2022 School of Architecture’s community regeneration efforts lead to $2.4M development grant for South Bend For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn