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AUGUST 24 - 30,1986 THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN
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tablishment of a downtown Ben­
ton Harbor community center
and neighborho d networ
moved closer to reality at a
meeting u. 12 of ichigan
State University aff and the
local Community Organization
and Particip tion orkshop.
ta force appointed I t
month by the or shop pre-
nted comprehensive propo s
for setting up the center and
developin the network.
Rev. Clari Blackamore,
member of the ta fore , \
pre nted the proposal, tating:
"It ems to us that the center
ould be founded squarely on
the conviction that if free citi­
zens of a democracy are pro­
vided with full information and
participation, they will act in
the be t intere t of the com­
munity. We do not anticipate
that the center will eng e in
any kind of political tivity.
It should be open to every citi­
zen of any color, creed our
political belief. The center we
envi 'on will exist to inform
all of the people of what is
available to them, wh t is bein
done to revitalize Benton Har-
bor and to provide networ
in hich cooperating re idents
or to ether to m e Benton
Harbor a better pl ce to live."
The group decided to locate
th center, during it devleop­
ment period, t 9
St. in quarter no
by the Expanded u trit ion
Program. Fir -hand inform at-
. on and counseling will be
vailable there on all programs
de' ed to help re 'dents of
Benton Harbor,
During it "incub tion
period" the center will be
taffed by volunteer trained
by SU staff.
Virgini iven Chair of the
ta force wor ing n tting
up the center and network
id larger quarters have een
made available as on a it
row out of the 89 W. ain
facility. " we develop into
respon ible neighborhood­
b d in titution, we can expect
to locate funding for a profes-
ional aff. In the meantime,
moderate expen will be
covered by contribution, mo t­
ly 'in-kind."
It as reed that eventu-
ally the center might provid
referrals to afe and sanitary
rental hou ing 'stance with
land I rd-tenant rel tion help
in eking employment, food
and nutrition dvic and train­
ing help in developing neigh­
b rhood recreation site and
program neighborhood clean­
up and tr sh removal and
directi n to source of health
neighborhood
the center, th
ed recruitin
ple Irom each of 21
logical neighborho d by the
ta force. Th wo shop
ccepted it wor able
arran ement.
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ith the help of com-
mittee of local people who
h ve wor ed in Benton Har­
bor neighborhood organizations
in the past Floren Rachuig
has developed a file of over
200 per ns in the 21 areas
who are thought to be interest­
ed in neighborhood impro e­
ment. The me is to be expand­
ed and turned over the work-
p recruiting by
September 16, -
To help gain Support for the
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near
center among official of the
city and church leader, the
ta force as a ed to develop
a "mission tatement" which
will explain ex ctly hat the
center is to be. The tatement
will be presented to the wor -
shop at its next meeting Tues­
day Sept. 16 7: 30 p.m. at the
Benton Harbor Library.
The wor shop group has
been meeting almost a year. Its
present tivity on the center
was sparked by attendance at
the two-day rninar on Ben­
ton Harbor held at S last
spring.
Parti ip ti n in the work op
by all interested pe pIe in the
Twin Cities area is welcomed,
Rex ore of S ggested
th the orksh p, with the
a sistance of S exp rti e
might work t ward a city­
wide community convention in
the fall. The convention could
consist of delegates from e ch
of the 21 neighborhoods and
c uld formulate a
for the center and net
embers of the ta e
are: Virgini Chair'
Rev. Clari amore
attie Rod-
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