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n for airplain De lopment Company,
his firm cont cted th state in September
hen CET announced it ould no long­
er be using tb Kay building due to ph
out of th 70001 program,
e fmalized the de metime in
mid- 0 ember," said Senecal.
"You ha e to understand th t e pay
all costs out of the 6 per foot," Senecal
'd. e pay janitor, utili . s, taxe ,
Our co ts are 3.50 per square foot, You
could y e'r renting it to the state for
$2.50 per uare foot."
sp e erson for Corbin said that
the state didn't even want to negotiate
e eement. e e fu r
moved out toe early, he noted,
the le did not expir until Decem-
ber 31.
y Pad ett, anager of the Real
Estate Divi on of the Department of
ement and Budget, g, con-
finned Edgar' report that there s
no tim to solicity bids.
"The county made us of this
f cility," he'd in a telephone interne .
e had to move in a hurry. e couldn't
N tion. . . The emerg ney .
ted." .
Percy Carr commented "1 t' th same
ory the County, Fir t they y, if
minoriti d property, e ould rent
from them, Th n hen minoriti 0 n
property, they on't let you even bi d."
Edgar noted th tate office are
under oro r from t 0 emor to locate
in deteriorating do nto
. chigan 0 ored
ro it moved the Depart-
ment 0 Social Servic office from the
former V building on Territorial Road
4> y building t Colf and ain
'Corbin been
d to go up to
e tate 21,000 ye ,"
ar not h p-
The conference Will be
hekl from 10 am. to
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employment
conferences eduled in
the Southwe t part of th
, The conference are
intended to h Ip citizens
better understand their law­
ful right in all conditio
of employment.'
Gue t er at the
Benton H rbor conference
ill be Carl Smith, OCR
estern divi 0 on director,
who will provide an er-
. w of civil rights in
ic 0 n. The agend so
features p ntatio from
dist ' George
Start
Church,
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Carnegie (Grand Rapid )�
and Carol 80 en (J c son).
Topics include
harassmen t, lawful and un­
lawful pre-employment
inquirie , S tate civil righ 1$
, and a brief . on
on property redlining.
Other conferences ill
be held in Vandalia, Thr
Rner and South Haven.
For dditional information,
Benton Harbor area citizens
can call Lawrence Cro ett:
925-7044.
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