BENTON HARBOR AREA
The Ben n Harbor City Com
mi ion ppro d Enterpri Zone
Spendin PI or the Fi I Y r
1 -92 by 6- vote, t their
A t2 meetin.
By t City of Benton Harbor
in d ig ted n Enterpri
Zone, it' required to file nnually
th the S te Enterpri Zone Board
a Spendin PI n which reflec ho
that reven increment, created a
ult 0 Enterpri e Zone d ignation
ill be pent.
The Enterp . e Zone· to provid
the opportunity for tax credi for
bu ine es, employment oppor-
Meet the challenge of child care :�i'::v!�� t�den!:nd:::��O�i�
development and infrastructure
People inter ted in providin more. . and .ctivitie that will encoura,e needs.
licensed family day car in th ir Th n xt e ion will b held ethnic cceptance and avotd Commi ioner Charle
hom c n ta dvant ge of a fre Thursd y, September 19, from 1:30 tereo�.. .' Y rbrough-whow a member
ion called Babe in Your Land: p.m. to 3: 0 p.m. atthe Southw tern Th tnurung will be held Satur- the Enterprise Zone Board- com-
The Challenge of Child Care. Michigan YWCA, 508 Plea ant day, September�, from � - 10:30 plained to the city commission-that
The e ion offered by Child Care Street, St. Jo eph. Child Care .. m. t the office of Child Care city residents did not receive their
Resource & Referral in conjunction R ource Referral i also offering R�ouJ1ceS & .Referral, 268-B E t fair hare of the jo .
ith Michigan Departmenrof Social pecial five-part training eri for Kilgore Ro d In �lamazoo. • According to Mayor William
Services, Babes In Your Land: The experi nc child care providers in Pie e call Child Re ource & Wol.f, 650 job were created, but
Challenge of Child Care will 100 at Southwe t Michig n. Refenalat 6161349-3296 or toll free only 51 city re idents got Jobs.
the impact of a day care busi� on Th fo�rth .e .ion �f th eri., at mG-324-3470 for more informa-
f mily and neighbors, public rela- Cultural Diversity In Child Care, WIll tion and to register.
tion and marketing, contract help child care providers create an
development, taxe f insurance and environment using toy , material
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and owner of
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Why only 7% of new
jobs for residents? _
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"WE ARE CRFA TING job op
portunitie , - the challenge lie
ahead of us to prepare our citizens 0
they can take tho e job ," Wolf said.
"Ourcitizens are not getting their fair
share of those jo ,but our ci tizens
aren't ready - and our challenge as
commis ion i to prepare our
citizens 0 they are ready to get into
jo ."
Y rbrou h 0 f
proo of t 51 city re d n
received job to th next m ins,
Commi ioner Ch rle .
Y rbrough, Geor in er nd
St ve Wooden voted g i t th
pendin pI n.
ceording to the R olu on,
. expected in ed reven for the
y r 1991, b ed on 100 per ee
collectio nd m ximum of
credi by exi ting b in
$823,866.
Ba ed on the umption th t
only 85 per cent would collected
during t . period, the mount avail
ble to be pent durin Fi I Ye
1991-92 i $700,286.
Of the $700,286, $210,499,' to
repl ce revenue 10 t th ult of
adjustments to revenue sharing di -
tribution, leaving an dj usted
balance of $489,787.
In the plan, of the $489,787,
$93,6 5 ill go to the City'S
Downtown Development Authority
(D 1\) and the Ta Increment
Finance Authority (fIFA) for ac
quisition, demolishing and clearing
for projects in the DDA/TIFA areas;
$26,000 for Administration and
operations of the City' B i
Growth Center; $48,979 t ide for
Revolving Loan ; $100,000 go
towards reconstruction of Riverview
Drive; $8,070 maintenance for the
Uberty Theater; $148,083 Filter Re
placement at the City's Water Plant;
$5,()()() for Capital Improvements for
the runways at the Ro Field Air
port; and $60,000 Enterprise Zone
Administration.
Housing hearing
Public asks. city for
better information
By BERNICE BROWN low-income, low-income, and
Two public hearing were held moderate-income housing needs. It
August 26, in the Lula Lee Commis- wi11look five years into the future, as
sion Chambers to obtain views and well talk about what will happen
input from citizens for the City's in the upcoming year. And, the law
Comprehensive Housing Affor- opens the door a little for citizens to
dability Strategy (CHAS) and the influence the CHAS.
spending of Community Develop- "The federal money tied to
ment Block. Grant monies. CHAS really belongs to low-income
Some of the citizens who at- people because mo t of it is dis
tended the meeting stated that they tributed to local and state govern
were not informed about the hear- ments by arithmetic formulas. The
ings in time for them to get informa- formulas are based on measures such
lion on what the public hearings .as very low-incomes and poor hous
were all about, so they could ask ing conditions. In other words, be
questions, especially details on what cause low-income citizens live with
CHAS was. poor housing conditions, their local
According to a CHAS Citizen's and state governments are getting
Action Guide, CHAS is short for federal assistance. The greater the
Comprehen ive Housing Affor- number of low-income people and
dability Strategy. the greater the housing problems, the
It is a 5-year housing plan that more money distributed by the for
must be updated every year. To get . mulas. So, low-income citizens have
money from some key programs of a right to claim that 'this is our
the Federal Department of Housing money.'"
and Urban Development (HUn), a In June a public hearing was held
state must have a CHAS. to give concerned citizens input on
the spending of Community
Development Block Grant Funds. At
that time citizens asked that the city
let them participate in how the funds
be spent.
Commissioner Steve Wooden
told the commission that they don't
make enough of an effort to get the
residents involved. "Anything con
cerning HUD, we should make an
extra effort to get fliers out. to the
citizens in the mailboxes."
"CHAS LOOKS at the housing
need of low-income people; the
condition of houses in the com
munity; and the money, materials,
and property available to provide'
decent and atIoroable housing. Also,
the CHAS must de cribe the
programs and policies that exist, or
tbat will be created, to provide hous
ing that meets peoples' needs.
"CHAS i upposed to cover very .
Mamas
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451 W. MAIN TREET
BENTON HARBOR. MI 41022
(811) 128-0070 OR (818) 128-00"
CATERING MEETING
MON. - THURS.
7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
FRt. .. SAT.
7 a.m. - 12 p.m.
SUN •• a.m. - 8 p.m.
UN. SMORGA BORD 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
ew Hope Bapti t Church, 560
Yuba Str t, Mu kegon will held
tbei Revival on August 21-23. Their
gu t peake w the Rev. I ha�
Levy, from Flint and Rev. Harry
Spigner from Illinoi .
To: Mother, Cherrilynn Bell,
Dad, James Anderson,
Relative and Friends
My Fir t Birthday
Prayer
A year ago, August 25, 1990
I came into thi life to be with you
At the time, we did not know
That God had need of me too.
So now, I'm in a special place,
With Jesus at my side.
If you could only see me now,
Your hearts would be full of
pride.
When you feel a warmth inside,
Or a smile across your face,
Just know I am waiting here for
you
To prepare-your heavenly place.
Someday my family and friends
shall see,
Just how wonderful life is here
with God,
Jesus and me.
Chantilia Jillene Louise Bell
Written by Rev Rile ..
Baldwin
Dont' be a Fool
By Mary Golliday
The Don't Be A Fool. .. DAP
(Drug Abuse Prevention) Program
Book is an original program written
and produced by Melvin Webster, a:
Muskegon 4-H volunteer and con
cern citizen.
Mr. Webster, a young Black malo
is' working with a team of talented
young people and adults, producing
a program of theater, dance an�
music with a drug abuse preventio�
message.
. The progam will be performed at
the Mu kegon Community,
College's Overbrook Theater on Oc:
toer 19, 1991.
The Program Book needs the sup
port in production of this program.
You may help by placing an ad in the
Program Book. The deadline for ad
vertisements is October 1. .
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Friendship Baptist Church Mis
sion No. 2 wit' have their Annual
Birthday Calendar Tea on Septem
ber 1, from 4-6 p.m. Rev. Richard
Hogue is the host pastor.
New Hope Bapti t Church will
have a Musical on Saturda y, Septem
ber 7, at 7 p.m: Everyone i welcome.
Rev. Gregory Kirksey is the host
pastor.