The problem of getting
around Berrien County is
about to be ddressed -
. perhap.
County Commissioner
ro ed a contr t t 0
... ·-���e�er:=� ago 'th ranspor-
tation Management Inc, to
provide tr portation to
the county in pilot pro
ject.
According to county
planner Aaron Anthony, th
te will reimb the
county 100 percent for the
planned 4OOJ)OO per year
project over the ne t 0
year .
Anthony
b currently
by Gate y R
Center and vario nior
citizen centers will be used.
The ne program
"fold in tt the existing r
vices provided by tho
rvice ncie, ob ed
Frank DeRo � Administra
tor of the -B Transit pro
gram for the De
partment of Labor.
The purpo of the De
program . to con lidate
e . ing rvic avoid du
plication, and hopefully
provide rvic to the gener-
public not no being
rved.
Th general publi in
variou part of the coun
ty ill be ble to call in
d r I'¥ ride t lea t
d
BULK RATE us,
POSTAGE PAID
on H r, I 22
0.50
DDRESS CORRECTION
REQUESTED
BE 0 HARBOR - City Commis-
nen approved revised 704,000
Community De pment B c Grant
S�� plan that fts dollars to the
do· town area.
In special m eting h ld Th y,
Septernb r 8 t noon, commissioners
heard CD director illiam Lilly explain
the shift of 40 000 to do to
improvement .
y id the total allocation of
70000 for th blighted boarded-up
d mostly bandoned downto m.igh
help ure dditional fund from the
'dugan ain Street Program.
That Program will lect five 'chi
gao communi!' under 50,000 in popu
I tion ho e expected to exhibit rong
commitment for do nto n de loprnent
from both the public and private or ,
Lilly ,
If ected, the city ouid not receive
fund from th ichigan Main Street
Program, but r ther technical . tance,
Lilly told COrnrtlllSSlO
The ational Street .Center
ha fo point pproach to revivin
do ntown: o�n' de' pro-
mo 'on; and, economic restructiving. .
The city ould recei e help in tr . -
ing a project manager. The city ouId
also recei eo- ite e uation and archi
tectural and technical assistance.
The city's fmal HUD Bloc Grant
program for 1983' allocate funds for
the purpo :
-Code nforcement, 60 000 target
ing the BJUIlJOn Hill ea.
-Hou .» R bili tion 0 Brun n
Hill, 200 000.
- orth of 100,000 for in-
d
ye n
Anthony
th· project can
y by N01remlDer''''-1,
noted.
LS COU 'U OLDS
CQUITT L
wide transportation sy em. er ho
County planners hope the
public ill become so con-
vinced t they p-
pro t for continued
it operate
co ty pproved an
Council to ove
the tran it program. ern
ber are: Tho Harnen
representing the handicapp
ed; ay ansini, Berrien
General Hospital; Len
Abraham n, Gene
Philip illis, Tho a -
bin and Ruth Griffith, aD
nior citizen repr nta
tive; and Richard Camp
form r county commi 'on- ent.
por
Ma.l1aRc=ment Inc, the
bidder,