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Leola
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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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