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Benton
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p rt of , To bip' on 0-
ing community and nei b
borbood improvement
pro ram. prim rily funded
throulh $400.000 in Com
munity Development Bloc
Or nt fund nd the
Michigan State Hou lng
Development Authority
fund. '.
The B nton Heigh im-
provement ork wa the
pecified project in
A in ale' gr nt, id Niel-
en.
"The Benton Height area
i on of the To n hip's
most fragile rcsidenti I
neighborhood where we
continue to truggle to im
prove the qu lily of life and
the qu lity of hou ing for
re ident in the area. "We
cannot allo our neighbor
hoods to dcicriorat • and we
continuc to be on guard
. g in t bli ht. he aid.
"We hope Improved road.
the and infra uructurc, in com-
bi nation - i lh our Rental
im- Reh ilit tion and Home
I ading pro rams. ill peed
r devel pment or the Benton
Hci hrs Hrc' by cncoura ing
..
good horneo ner nd
I ndlords to do cven more to
improve their 0 n 'proper
tie ."
The or ill begin on
the neighborboods in Benton
Height in the early pring,
aid iel en.
In 1989 community
development progr m year,
A if) le wrote and
received community dev-
Icopment grant request
totallinu more than S7( ),OOn
fur Benton Charter
To n. hlp. Projects Included
hou: 109 rc hablll u lion, road
. and trect improvement,
drain improvements. water
. nd e er c. tcns ro • nd
bu ine uevclopm nt and
job ere tion ctivities.
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