Volume 1
umber 17,
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Servi 9 the Tri-County area of Southw t rn ichig n
$14,500 '11
dmini trati
a f cility th th
nton Federal Credit Union.
c Coyemph 'zed that
the fun(k '11 be used only in
Benton HNbor.
pr I
t its replar bi- kly meetJng,
UCOC tipub.ted that th fund
must be u d "exclusi by firm
in city of B ton Harbor".
T group's proposal
further tes that th funds if
gnnted by OSP - must be used
in 'reuining d ere ting jobs
for city r . dents d minori-
employ
many city re ideo , mino-
riti I " Coy stated.
.. Any n w un illed jobs
er ted by th fund ha' to go
to city residents and if ill d
jobs re ere ted, th firm must
ee to fill 50 percent with
ci ty re id n ts ho they
ill tr in for the position," h
dded.
"Any firm pplying
ha to m e commitm nt to
employing resident and mino-
rities", Coy stres d.
In e pi ining th pro-
posal' provo ion for UCDC
h rin a f cilitv ith the
Benton Credit Union, Me Coy
id, "Th re' compatibility
bet n th t 0; th Credit
Union the � idents nd
UCDC the bu i "
ti s".
ddition, UCDC for -
mo y "stimul ting
tor rein tment d
phy' I plants".
ccording to llli m
c Coy, Economic De Iop-
nt Oir tor f r th city of
Benton H rbor, ho h a i ted
UCDC, $175,000 of th
posed grant ·11
I ing fund for
; $35,500 will be
for continu UCDC
for-
er job"
um
Applic tion are now To be eligible a youth
be in ta en from Berrien must be Berrien County
County' economically di dvao- re id nt, 14 to 21 years old,
ta youth for summ r job in ith family incom that m ts
CETA' Summer Youth Employ- Federal Poverty Guid Ii�s.
nt Progr m (SYEP). The Youth. must bring
program is operated by the ritten proof of their family
county's Youth Service Bureau income ich includes docu-
(YSB) with CETA funding. mentation from e Social
SYEP C79 i scheduled curltv Administration, Depart-
to run for 10 ee s beginning in m nt of Social Services and
J u . Youth will ork 30 hours. �mproyers for ix months prior
a k fro $2.90 per hour t fto the youth's pplication for
_ non-profit organizations and SYEP job.
public I The Youth rvice
for Bure u is also requesting youth
to bring proof of age nd a
social security card hen th y
apply. Youth under the age of
18 must bring a p.ent or
�'dian.
Tentati pWls for new
�
home construction atop Brunson
Hill in Benton Harbor e
revealed Thurscby, rch 29, at
the Citizens Advisory Board
meeting by Community De-
opment Director . Chris
Da nport.
Da�nport said prelimi
nary discu ion . th Peop es
Savings and Loan Association,
115 . n Street indicated
they ha mo y for ne con-
struction for "able buyers".
The area under consi
deration is bounded by Brunson,
Summit and High Stree .
Preliminary plans call for
Brunson Str t d those
Berrien County CET A
removed its hiring freeze
imposed October 1978, and
opened ne jobs at me ting of
the CET A Public Service Em
ployment (PSE) subcommitt
ond v, rch 18.
Meeting is decided pro
posals submitted by v rious
non-profit agencies of the
county ere es Bowerman,
the PSE subcommittee ch irman
nd Director of Social Services;
ancy Clar , Berrien County
Commis ioner, aureen P der-
n, Director of YWCA, nd
Ann Dunnuc, ile.
Also pre nt as ary
D foe, President of th NAACP,
who is not memb r of the
subcommitte nd c nnot vote.
inety-three jo s po i-
tions ere con idered by the
committee; 44 approved.
Agencies locat d in
Benton Harbor obtained on
third of the jobs requested whil
tho in St. Joseph/Stevensvill
area cam through with' 86 per- ,
cent of the jobs sought.
i les area's success rate
as 87 percent of th job
requested' ere granted.
The County Bo d has
final pproval and the first step
in obtaining that ill b at. th
tiuman Resourced Committee
meeting, Wednesday at 1: 30 at
the eETA office.
The, group � eminded
Weldon Burden, CET A
that CETA
of Church d Jefferson Street
I ng between ttigh and Summit
Streets to be cated to form a
gre n belt.
The land Id be
o ned in common, KCOrding to
Davenport ·th various types of
structures built �ding to
o ners desire.
Extrance uld be
throu the rear ith the hom
facing out on a courtYard.
C e need 12 to 20
famities 0 want to Ii in the
city and are capab of obtaining
a 10 n to t this started"
. ,
Davenport said.
He indicated th t any
in terested persons should con-
and annual g of 7,200 and
- 10 percent of the amount of
the w b pro' ded for train-
ing for the particip nt.
Benton Federal Credit
Union, (BCU) 420 E. am
Str t, Benton Harbor had its
request for four job slots tabled.
ancv Cl rks questio d, "I
personally don't kno what s
going on there. I feel it's too
many people".
W Bo erm n expressed
concern about what th gency
ould do after September 30
if CET A funding ran out then.
Staff comments on th
propo I indicated the Credit
Union should hire a full tim
man r before hiring CET A.
After all members h d
greed it asn't good for an
April 3, 1979
;
The city u help
relocate those tami!" no
Ii . n in proposed Mea.
"It's a possibility that
city could p ch th
nt homes of those
the construction", �
port ide "The p ch price
ould ma e a good do pay-
ment of the n construction ",
Da port rmised that
the relocated hmir
placed in
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homes.
ency to ha only CET A em- '
ployees, the motion made
by es 80werm n and seconded
by aureen Pedersen to table
ttl request until the Credit
Union hired a non-CET A p id
man er.
Th committ then
considered an gency that h
h d only CET employ for
t 0 years - Berrien County
Council on Aging - and ap
proved fi more CET job
po itions for it.
B.C.C.A. is located at
305 La e BI d, SL Joseph.
hen the discus ion
brought 0 th t th ency
totally CET funded,
Defoe at's
difference be n em
Continued on pa
. Benton H
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Berr' n Spri
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