OVEMBER 4-1 , 19 0 MICHIGAN CITfZ�' P GE t5
Benton Harbor
Ci Y as s for 9 an
i chen to Armory
By Bernke .Bro
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On Mond y, October 29, at
the Benton Harbor City Com-
. mis ion meeting, the com­
mission approved an
application to the Michigan
Department of Commerce
Michigan Equity Program for
a grant of $100,000 for im­
provements at the Benton
Harbor Community Center
(Armory) Building, 475 Cass
Stree t to add faei I i tie to
house the, City's Soup
Kitch n.
But moving the Soup
Kitchen as not without con­
trover y.
Last year the commission
approved the renovation of
the old Armory BUilding to
use as a Community Center to
hous 0 g' nizations like
NISE, B nton H rb r/Benton
Township Senior Citizen
Center and other non-profit
organizations
Comm i io n e r Char l c
Yarbrou r t Id th' com mis­
<ion. "I'm J1 I opr ed to the
Soup Ki c n n , - I'm o p-
po ed it b e i n g in
do nt n ent 1 Harbor.
It. J IJ • 0'0 tap 0 sit i ve
image."
He ug estcd that the Soup
Ki tehen b moved into S t.
Joseph, for awhile. He al 0
aid that he ha gotten a num-
LV
o
oup
ove
ber of complaints for months
from businesses in th-e area
and the Senior Center about
the loi teri ng and trash the
people were throwing on, the
ground in front of their place
of business ..
Yarbrough said if NISE or
any other organization was to
move into the Community
Center they might not ap­
prove of the Soup Kitchen
being in the same building
that they were.
He said someone' should
ask NISE as well as the resi­
dent in the area what do they
think about the Soup Kitchen
relocating there.
Mayor William Wolf said'
the Soup Ki tchen uld be
occupying the ba ement of
the Community Center total­
ly segregated from th 0 her
two floor.
"If ISE or ' ny other
, orgnaizauon doe not want to
be clo C lC I he Soup I i tch n.
the don. . \I 1 mo ,nlr,
the old Armor.', I ai all
If sal � It', (, mrnur.uy
enter WOUI a oeu t ne
for the SOUD nc.ien and (1
better facility an woulr' 'II.
well in m 'R i nth 'f:', n t l
int non-profit Communi.
Center.
"I don't believe it' a had
a the commi. loner indi­
cated," aid Wol r.
Commi sioner George to 1980. After the Seawood's
Wysinger aid he also had a paid $4.000 in back taxes
problem of relocating the they were allowed to repur­
Soup Kitchen in the old Ar- cha e the property, according
mory Building near a residen- to City Manager Steve Man-
tial area. ning.
"Leave the Soup Kitchen Manning aid the City has
where it's at - it only hap- been negotiating with
pens in the City of Benton Seawood for about a year.
Harbor, - we pick up all the while the Seawood's kept
undesireable garabage in the their bu iness open, but they
who I e co u n t y , tI sa i d we rei u e dan e v i.e t ion
Wysinger. . notice to come in by October
Commissioners Yarbrough 26, and pay the taxes in full.
and Wysinger tried to get the He said the Seawood's paid
postponment on submitting all but 400 'in Per onal
the ap lication, but failed. Properly Taxes, in which they
agreed to pay over th next
four months.
Commi . ioner Yarbrough
aid if vcrybody el e would
pay like th ca )od's di
the City would br "in prcu .
1 od 'help .'
If th. Sea o od ' let the
property CI e h nqu nt
it rai",. th properly ould
oacrv the ity.
TH TO'IAL co t of the
project is $135,000. With the
$100,000 from the State, lh
other 35,000 comin from
local f nd uch s � th Soup
Kitch n , Whirlpooi,
Michigan Youth Corp., and
In-kind c rv i c cr trom j h
City 0 Benton Harbor
All ommissir n rs
a lot of un atisfactory work
done by Patterson Construc­
tion Company nd until he'
ee be Her work do ne by
them he would vote no.
- An addendum to RAH
Development Company in
the amount of $9,766 for ad­
ditional work needed to bring
the three unit property up to
code at 686 'East Main
Sire t, owned by Lizzie Lee.
$4,883 of the add] ti ona I
fund will come from Com­
munity Development Block
Gr nt Fund and th remain­
ing ill come from Rent I
Rehabilitation Fund.
4-H Craft-A-Rama
Craft-A-Rama, ponsored
by Brien County 4-H
Program, will be held at B r­
rien SprIng Middle School
on S tu�day, November 17.
from :30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
There i $4.00 charge which
cover' the co t of the entire
event.
( I OTIII�R nusi � �ust be
It _ r omm. ion voted to ap- received bel ore November 9.
pro ., - - An addendum in the Make chc k payabl and
�rHOUI o( 27� with Palter- send rem tration to Bertha
no »: H. trucuon Company Kub s h, 6411 co u d a le
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oc Pee e. J 022 Hurd Street.
Co mm is io n e r Yarbrough On Th Bank or The Ole
voted no on the re otuuon be- St. Joe
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