BENTON HARBOR
Who's using who?
commissioner asks
y
Harbor City Co
the rezonin of 40
I uth of
dj cent to Pa P
<!entia! 0 light ind tti .
Du ne O'neill, Pre ident of
Corner tone Alliance told the
commi ion th t the hirlpool
Corporation, ho 0 the property
plans to don te the property to
Cornerstone Alii
0' eill id Corne ne doesn't
need to be in residential ho in
marketin but, "we're in economic
development busine nd thi
eems to be consi tent with bat the
area needs and best developed into."
Commi ioner George Wysinger
questioned the contac Whirlpool
bad with Cornerstone Alliance.
kind of
thin in
hirlpool nd
Cornerstone get ther start
e ttin propertie in this city
rezoned, it me," 11 r
aid.
" 0 U I G 01
Whirlpool u ing Comer tone,
Cornerstone ing Whirlpool, or
bothoftbem in this aty and
commission?" be
"I think e've been bought," he
aid mentioning the $20,000
Corne tone' paying to the Part
Group, an lllino' based firm for the
e rch for a City m nager. "The
bottom line is who is going to choose
the manager," Wy inger aid.
"Cornerstone going to choose the
mana er or are we trying to fool the
public to think thi commis ion .
going to choose the manager."
ITT ing
Whirlpoo Cornerstone Alliance
doing something for the residential
area ell the busin district,
I'll be behind them 100 percent,"
Wysin er said.
Wy Inger h ve previously
question Cornerstone intere t in
paying for the commi loner to go to
. the Mayor' Convention recently.
The city al 0 recently deeded
over 70 properties to the Cornerstone
Alliance for $1 each, although city
residen bave never been offered the
amedeal.
r
y
WII P.arker
D nny Crew
Beverly Br w r
John Elliott Jr.
COMING EVENTS=======
Candidate'
O' bate·
A debate between
Republican candidates,
Robert E. Kimmerly and
Stephen H. Marschke, vying
for the Office of Sheriff, will
tate place on ThW'Sday, July
23, 7:30 p.m, at "University
Towel'l" (Burman Dormitory
audltorium), Andrews Univer
sity, Berrien Springs. Enter
Campua on Univel'lity Drive
(off Hwy 31) and look for
signs: "Burman-University
Towers," located the
equivalent of two blocks past
the church, on the left-hand
side.
The debate between
RepubUcan candidates Dennis
M. Wiley and Martin O. Kirk,
running for the po t of
Prosecuting Attorney, will
tate place on Tuesday, July
28, 7 p.m., at the St. Joseph
Library (Maude Preston
Palenske Memorial Library)
SOO Market St., Sl Joseph.
The Berrien-Cass County
Le gee of Women Voters will
ponsor these debates as a
public service for voter .
Qaestion for the office
seekers will be asked by the
League, and by members of
the audience. The candidates
will also question each other.
Each topiC will be addressed
by both candidates.
Corner tone
Alliance
eeklng
nomination
Cornerstone Alliance is
seeking nominations for busi
ness beautifica�on awards, ac
cording to Cornerstone
Alliance Vice President, Plan
ning and Development
Division, Anne Mulder, PI'C'4i
dent, Lake Michigan College.
Beautification projects that
improve the exterior ap
pearance of a business site are
eUgible to receive the awards
which will be presented during
a recognition reception in Oc
tober. "Only privately owned
busine sites are eligible,·
Mulder aid. "New construc
tion and public or government
projects are not eligible."
The winners will be
lectcd by a panel of judiea.
A peaal award will be given
in each category and each
nominee will be presented
with a certificate of recogni
tion.
Under the Cornerstone
recognition program, busi
DCIICI m\Bt be noQlinatcd to
be considered, however, self
nominations are acceptable.
Deadline for submission of
nominations i August 31,
1992.
o
h
Nomination forms have
been sent to Cornerstone Al
liance members, but anyone
interested in applying for or
nominating a business for the
honor may contact Beth Wolf
at 925-6100.
Commissioner Geor e
Wyain tioned hether
city ould y of
tbc jobl in building of new
DSS buildiD&.
"I like to know 0DCe •
(buikllD&) Is ina up, maDy
local people, Benton Harbor
den lie goiDg 10 get a piece
of !be actioD, " Wyslnger
TBEP OJECf, was biclded
out by the state of Mldlipn aDd
DOtbytbcCty,aotbcCty uld
not be the one to select the
developer or contractora,
accordlnl to Commissioner
Gr yhound
Bu, d pot
mov
The G1cyhoUDd Bus 1.JDe
has moved to their new
tclDliDal, located in Demon
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1 • ,:,1'r. " e . OfDllaat' ,., •
.... loc. t. e lDor.. ...)
M-139 aod N A�
north of IDlaltate 94.
Greyhound been at
tbd.r tamporary termiDal at
210 • Main St., Benton
Harbor for almo t three
yean, waitiq for the DeW
DDiDal' to be completed by
the Mldli Department of
TIIDIponatioD.
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