Chry ler exec keynote
H-P Cham b ar induction
GHLAND - • Leadership
d cooperation are subjects
bout hich we all need to
speed more time thinking, talk
ing and sharing ide with
• . d CIuy lcr Vice Presi
dent aod Gc2Icral Co el Leroy
C. Richie told the Highland Park
C:uunber of Commerce mem
bers in his keynote addrra at the
annual . . on <tinDer.
• Pe busines es ant to
come to a oommunity arguing
ith itself. Th . _ P
d public cooperatioo are
essential to the growth of this
community,. Richie said
Saying investments are avail
le if the public and private
ectors et a "clear set of com
munity goals, suggest respon
sible guidelines for ction and
most important, show coopera
tion between the different levels
of government and within City
government itself,": Richie'
urged the Chamber to help that
process.
Richie, Who also serves as
Chairman of DEVCO, an
nounced that J onna Corp. is
"truly interested in providing a
shopping center at Manchester
and Woodward, by "coordinat
ing" the successful application
of a $S million UDAG and es
tablishment 'of a Tax Increment
Finance District for the
p-oposed center.
DEVCO is searcldng foe ad
tional funds to make the center
possible, he said .
Noting that more than 400-
businesses exist in Highland
Park, Richie said research
shows that it is the existing busi
oesses that serve as a base for
expansion.
He said DEVCO had made
five loans tota1nDg $400,000 to
city firms creatiDg 81 DCW jobs
and keqUg S7�<*.
Richie pledged DEVCO'
support for the Outmbcr in busi
ness outreach.
Both the Chamber and
DEVCO are working with
Mayor Martha Scott aod the city
to develop a Strategic Plan foe
the city, he reported.
In closing, he challenged the
Chamber suggesting, • we ac
cept responsibility for the suc
cess or for the failure of our
community. And it is in the ac
ceptance of responsibility for
failure that the real scope of our
challenge begins to take shape.
"Choice not chance, deter
mines destiny, .and as a com
munity, we needfor the choices
that our leaders make, and that's
us, to be affected by the sense of
personal accountability that ac
companies acceptance of
responsibility for the state of
Urban America"
AT INSTALLATION (I-r): Mark La ,
Cc-Ordlaater, H.P. Co mUDity Develop eat; Tho
Director, H.P. Co ity Develop ent; P ilip He
Information Oflker, City Public Relado
Keynoted Spe�ker �roy
Richie d former pre ide t
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'Highland Park mmunity College - Student Uteracy
Corp Program
Last week we rote thumb nail skeich of ho the
LITERACY NO ! prog; m began. The first cia in
Literacy for credit ill belin on May 29. 1990 and will end
June 7 from 8 a.m - 1 p.m. There ate over 25 tuclen
enrolled for thi S mer session. Then
practice leaching gins .
. This is a hi t ry making course
beca it i the fi t of its kind in the
State of Michigan r 3 hours ��di t and
cerunes eliaible st dents. $tlfOents
will have the ponunity t� practice
teachinl under the "falchful.
professional eye of experienced reading
&eac:hers. .,-rus course will give potential - �- ...
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teachers a serio samplin �hat it --
will be like actually teachin meone: indivicl .. lized, onc-
e . rili pia • ·Iizl i true-
lecturio e riaas to fit of the
&be se duJi
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lie U , (WOIIIMIw,
Fo Fi (P' en Street)
Ad t ·c Ed .. - 'I
Devenpon Cen r I
Rescue M' ion iN tric •. nd
other convenient places in lhe metropolitan area.
The Fan ion will begin me time in August. Thi
- col WM ill notify persons bout the date' and time for
enrollirpg in the second ion. For further inrorm.ation
regarding cl in literacy training, please call Ms. Hugbe
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CO", •• ocl.llz., h. , b"., or.' pr ••• n.tlon. f,oin •
cro •• - •• ctlon of HIghland Parle.r. , IncludIng:
ayor a,tha o. cott
Oreg Byndrlan. Highland Park School.
Claude Harvard, Inventor, Ford otor Company
R.fr •• hm.nt. will b ••• rv.d
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