FEBRUARY 15 - 21, 1,} THE ICHIGAN CITIZEN
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HIGHLAND PARK - Ap
proximately 30 repre ntative
of the Highland Park busines
community met Thursday, Feb.
5 to map goal for the Cham
ber of Commerce in 1987.
Chamber pre' dent Chris
Allen outlined tho goals:
- Recruitment of n w mem
ber
-lncre the number of
new busine $ through Enter
pri Zones.
-Create an attr ctive environ
ment in the city in order to
dra ne busine
-Upgrade the city' appear
ance 'by continuing to tear
down abandoned building;
renovating fre way rvice
driver ; and controlling crime.
- Loc te the Chamber in a
new location to pre nt a
more favorable impre 'on to
visitors and enhance visibility.
-Hire full-time executive
to implement Chamber policie .
c
a
er se
goals
Allen admitted the goal
ere "ideali ic" but added
to facilitate action, I propo
that each busine repre nted
here today make a tax-deduct
ible gift of 5,000 to the High
land Park Chamber of Com
merce."
To demonstr te my per
sonal commitment, Detroit
o teopathi Hospital will 'donate
the first 5,000", Allen dded.
Allen i administrator of
OOH.
Other Chamber of Commerce
officers are:A1 Chennault,
ichigan Bell Telephone, fir t
vice-president; Ri Regan,
Sear Roebue Company,
cond vice-pre ident: D vid
Weber, H lm, Incorpo
third vice-president; Bob B
Highland Par ater Dep
ment, treasurer and Pat Zo e
Executive Man er.
Board of member and m-
mittee include: Thorn B.
Ballard, Ballard Welding
Engineering Program' AUy
Kathl en Cop land, Legal Ad
vi r: Carrie Davis, H.P. Com
munity Development Publicity;
Darwin Heard, H.P. Community
Development Community Relat
ion' Clarence John n C.P.A.
Financial Advi r; Elmer eller
Manufacturer ational Bank,
Special Event . Alice Low, em
bership; Tremon McDermott
City Affair; Thoma etevier,
Chrysler Corporation, Special
Events' John Scott ichigan
Blind Sale Public Safety/
Traffic; Calvin White, .DBD,
Inc., Special Event ; Dave Zim
merman, Detroit Medical Art ,
Pa t President: and Robert A.
Zwolak, Highland Park Time
Publicity. ,
Highland Par Chamber of
Commerce i currently located
at 13700 Woodward Avenue,
Suite 306. Phone number i
(313) 868-6420.
ayor Rob ell:
h te of Highland Par
Part II
II
Continued from Feb. 8, 1987
issue of The Michigan Citizen
BU ESSDEVEW
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Several busine expansion
project came to fruition during
the year yor Blackwell not
ed.
der received 1.2
million fmancial p e of
public and pri te funding to
expand.
-Dic n Bibl Boo ore
opened in the remodeled
former furniture ith
private financin
b tement. It i the
lar e Chri ian Bibl
ore. D' sons h s a pro-
fe . nal recording tudio, 200-
at auditorium and 12,000
square feet. The expan 'on
added job - well ov r 20
orker are no employed.
-Bluebird B ery relocated
it corporate offices and baking
facilities to Highland Par .
-Sears Roebu completed
o r 80,000 in tore improve
ments.
-Bu . e s expandin in-
clude Good Printing, .Sam
hat Tire Sales, Bill SnethJcamp
Chry er-Plymouth, Le i Metal
Stamping.
-Detroit Osteopathic pro
ject quarter of a million
dollars worth of improvements.
- A new Buger Kin will
go up at ood ard and
LaBelle.
-Additional 200 unit of
nior citizen housing units.
"The rno valuable resource
of any community i it people,"
Highland Par
Robert Blac weD in his
of the city ddress.
"Highland Park' older citi
zens are special trea re,"
the ayor ob rved listipg the
pecial programs the city directs
to nior citizens.
"The city provides horn
repair program, transport tion
. ance (taxi and van rvice
to hospitals, grocery shopping,
ial curity office), we spon-
r nurn rous social events and
recret tionaI ctivites as well
pro 'de meals and educational
cl " the ayor noted.
ayor Bl weD reported
th t the Citizen Complaint Of
fice h dled 400 complaint in
1986 with 95% of the com
plaint re lved within 10 work
ing day
"The city' Office of Public
Careen provided training and
found employment for youth,
adult and nior dulls,"
Blackwell said. "Initiated ju
within the la two months,
the Community Youth De
v lopment Project teams up
parents, school and city to
motivate youth to improve their
educational performance. Se
lected youth receive individual
and/or family coun ling, assis.
tance with school work and
wor twelve hours per wee
in a supervised community r
vice job."
The Summer Youth Employ
ment and Training Program
put 100 youth to or ho
received a ard be f t ir
initiative, quality of or
dance and reliability,
Bl ckweD id.
"Public Careers provided _
tr ,. and employment
t ce to n or adults. In co
operation ith errill Palmer
I itute and Ferndale edical
Careers trainin curricul wer
de' ed con' ing of cl sworn
in truction and field pplication
that the omen becam
infuDy employed certifi d
child care eciali is Or medi
cal receptionist , the M yor id
of another job program.
ayor Bla well noted the
city p ticipated in a d y-lon
, Say to Drug" camp ,
involving all levels of the com
munity. A' Drug Ta Foree
was created to provide pecifi
recommendatio for a dru-
free city.
To he p re 'dent right hi
energy bill, five or op
were co-sponsored by the city'
to teach home eath riz �' n
and heat 10 opp Th
city received recognition fr m
the tate for the wor op.
Blackwell noted th t four
percent of the city bud t _.
or $665,322 is earm d for
community rvices,
more efficently,
ment a offered
of city afT.
One imrn late
carrier
proved
wor er
The
or
ea
Someone you should
know ...
Chris Allen
By SheneU Dante
HIGHLAND PARK
we move through Blac Hi tory
onth, let us not forget today's
movers and shakers who are
writing the history our chil
dren ill read.
One of the i Chi Allen,
A Detroit resident, ADen
ha served as vice pre 0 dent/
administrator of Detroit 0 teo
pathic Hospital (DOH) since
1984, re ponsible for daily
hospital operations covering
financial, ancilliary, gen ral and
medical service to all patients.
OOH i a 302-bed hospital and
employe nearly 900 individuals.
Previously, Allen wa a sis
tant admini trator at Hurley
edical Center in Flint and
. ant with the
o eopathi Hospital
E ier in hi
ational A ciation of Health
Sciences Executive 0 American
o eop thic Ho ital ci -
tion; Michigan Sesquicentennial
Committee; 1986-87 Pre 'dent
Highland Par Chamber of
Commerce; and entral Detroit
Optimi t Club.
Allen holds a rna er's degree
in health rvice admini tration
from the University of Michigan,
a bachelor's degree in journa
lism from ayne State Uni
ver ity and an a ciate's degree
from Highland Park Community
College.
He and his wife, Virginia,
have t 0 children.
in
te-
_ tre rer, city clerk, finance
per nnel and ta office of the
city.
in- S
t been all or
t year. eve h fun
There the Gre t
Bunny arshm 110
Drop, carnivals flre or
square dancing picnic Hal
loween Party and ichigan w k
ctiviti "the ayor id.
a received 'e than the hundred of
volunte r, city employee and
community re ident alike ho
generously donated their time
and effort to makin the
cce ul events,"
I call on your con
upport, idea and sug
ge tion to ccelerate the p e
city council, of rebuilding our city."
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