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,
