te.-
Ro rt Solow, n economi t at
M ch ens Institute of Technol-
ogy who won a Nobel Prize for hi
theory of economic growth ays that
preventing people from ing their
mind nd t lent cripple the
economy.
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MCIC Y THAT the deten­
tioncenter, which it estimates will be
comple din 1993, will provide the
city with enough of a profit to con-
truct a new Municipal Justice Cen­
ter, co isting of a new city hall,
district court house, police head­
qu rters and main fire ration on
Hamilton extending back to Lincoln
Street and Trumbull, between Wave­
ly and Bu III Vista by 1995.
Council Pr ident nwight
Downes states he is favorably dis­
posed toward the project, but he
wished further information before he
can completely support it.
Council President Pro Tern Chris­
tine Franklin said, "It is a good
proposal," She notes the present ci ty
HIll ami pottte fht !1 t
conformity with a la for in-
dividuals with handicaps, because of
the vast expense required to remodel
them.
With new money coming in from
the correctional facility, she believes
it will be possible to build a new city
ball and other buildings which live
up to the law.
Scotty Wainwright, assistant to
Highland Park Mayor Linsey Porter,
say that while the administration
suppor15 the project, it wished to
double check estimates of the profits,
noting that they are based on an­
ticipated federal funds which may
not come in.
. �IF THE C� is too optimistic,
It nught run into a deficit" he said.
MCIC estimates that the city will
get a $400,000 profit for the first year
and estimates more in the years to
come-over $1 million per year by
1994.
MCIC states that the city will cost
$8,500,000 to design and build. The
. plan adds that the city will furnish the
land and the state will contribute
towards the cost of the new in­
frastructure servicing the site.
The corporation says that the
State Department of Corrections will
pay the city for housing the "low risk
inmates" at a cost of $42 a day for
each one by 1994.
Saying it is basing its estimates on
the rental rates paid by the state and
o�er cities, MCIC says the facility
WIll gross $3,374,425 in its first year
of operation.
THE FACILITY WILL cost
$2,969,135 to operate each year, it
say .
MCIC says that the city will save
$200,000 it is spending now each
year on its prisoners at its current jail.
H the state deals with the expenses
for the new facility and pays rent. the
corporation says such money can be
spent on increased police protection
and city services.
MCIC added the city can pass a
law requiring all new employees of
the facility to live in the city. It es­
timates that the city would employ
43 corrections officers and three
clerical workers, while private con-
tractors working at the facility would
employ ten other people.
l.ocal businesses would benefit,
MCIC ya, because the city would
have to negotiate with a food service
company to operate a kitchen in the
facility, a medical clinic to deal with
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continu d from
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nd bre dth of Black-owned b i-
ne . Vibrant, if m Her versio •
of m jority enterprl e ,they r
cable televi ion and computer com­
p nie , defense contracto nd re
dealership , funeral home and in-
urance comp nie , gro erie nd
g tations, inv tment ho e nd
entertainment empire .pe on I re
product firms and oil refineries and
publishing companies.
. Black Enterprise magazine e -
tunates that the 100 biggest Black­
owned busine e in the country
brought in $7.9 billio in revenu in
1991.
country.
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But even pp rent ucce e are
hadowed by tho e invisible wall ,
confining growth.
Busine Editor Dan Davi con­
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