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tutions that we are hoping to help."
In 1986, the Federation launched
its Neighborhood Project by offering
$6,000 interest-free home loans to
Jewish individuals who would move to
certain areas of Oak Park and
Southfield. The program met with
great success, said Freedman. By the
early 1990s, the incentives were
changed, and loans of $6,000, $8,000
and $10,000 were given, depending
upon the area.
"We've been looking at our loan
numbers and we convened a strategic-
planning committee last year," she said.
'After numerous interviews with people
in the community, we developed a new
incentive system in terms of amounts."
An additional $4,000 loan incen-
tive will go to any full-time Jewish
communal professional.
Freedman said Jews buying homes
in all other Neighborhood Project-des-
ignated areas of Oak Park and
Southfield will be eligible for a loan of
up to $8,000. Jewish home owners in
the areas wanting to make exterior or
interior home improvements may
apply for a loan of up to $7,500.
— Harry Kirsbaum
Parks 1Village
Renewal On Ballot
Among the Aug. 8 Oakland County
primary-election ballot issues is a 1/4
mill renewal to support the county's
parks and golf courses.
This. is not a new or increased tax,
but a 10-year renewal that will cost
about $12.50 per year for every
$100,000 of home value.
According to the Oakland County
Parks and Recreation Commission, the
millage will generate $11.6 million to
refurbish existing parks, expand beach
and waterway accessibility, add camp-
site improvements and continue the
high quality of service maintenance and
safety at the parks and golf courses.
Each year, more than 1.5 million
people visit the 11 Oakland County
parkas and golf courses. Voters have
renewed the park millage every time
since it was first placed on the ballot
in 1966.
— Harry Kirsbaum.
Oak Park JCC
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The Jewish Community Center in
Oak Park is hoping by summer's end
to house a kosher restaurant in the
space closed for renovations since June
1999. Delays by subcontractors pro-
longed the project. With funds from
the JCC's capital campaign, the
kitchen has been upgraded with new
flooring, lighting, ceilings and stain-
less-steel appliances. A snack-bar-style
food counter will separate the cooking
area from the 50-person seating space.
Mayer Cohen will be the facility's
new caterer for the restaurant as well
as for private events. He is currently
the caterer at Young Israel of
Southfield. He will bring with him
kosher supervision of the Vaad
Harabonim (Council of Orthodox
Rabbis of Greater Detroit). The
restaurant, named the Soup Deli, will
serve meat and parve items.
— Shelli Liebman Dorfina r
AJE Seeks Input
For Teen Guide
The Agency for Jewish Education is
developing a teen resource guide that
will include descriptions of Jewish
youth groups and other organizations
for teens in metropolitan Detroit.
Athough the community at large
offers many activities and clubs for
this age group, the guide will specifi-
cally be designed to offer ways for
teens to become involved Jewishly.
For information on listing your
group in the teen resource guide, or
answers to any other questions about
the guide, call Ellen Krivchenia at
(248) 645-7860.
— Diana Liebernian
Corrections
In "Camp Fare" (July 21, page
65), Jewish Community Center
special needs counselor Lani
Rapoport, left, was identified as
being 13; she's 18. JCC Day
Camps Director Stan Trompeter's
assistant is Bruce Wineman. Erica
Dill is Imagitivity Camps director.
Lani Rapoport with Emily Klein, 5