CCO DI G TO Elliott,the
freeze will be on until the City'
Asses or's Office finish assessing all
the properties. He went on to ay, he
didn't know how many properties the
city had because the assessor's office
is still going through evaluation of
properties, but 600 pieces of
properties from the State of Michigan
have been converted bac to the City
for delinquent ta es.
They seven ci ty-owned properties
approved to be old were:
- 1163 Colfax Avenue to Rick
James for $3,361.07;
- 717 Pavone Street to James
Tamplin for $3,008.35;
- 553 Broadway to John E.
Huddleston for the amount of
$2,995.60;
- 1033 Pearl Street to E r
Philips for the amount of $2,096.22;
Conference
toexainine
social
issues
Religion will confront social issues
Whe�'ght State University hosts
the . National Conference on the
futur Shape of Black Religion,
Friday, February 5, through Saturday, ,
February 6,1993.
The opening Of�' conference will
take place at Cor thian Baptist
Church, 700 S. James . McGee Blvd.
at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, while
Saturday's sessions will take place in
WSU's Medical Sciences Auditorium
on the main campus from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.
The theme for this year's con
ference, "Youth and Young Adults:
TIle Next Generation" will target a
number of iss from high school
drop outs to drugs to lack of self-es
teem, as well as the positive contribu
tions of African-American youth and
. young adults," said Paul Griffin,
Ph.D., conference organizer, Chair of
Wright State's religion department
and associate professor of religion.
Jame Cone, Ph.D., the Charles A.
Briggs Distinguished Profes or of
Systematic and Black Liberation
Theology at Union Theological Semi
nary (UTS), in New York City, will
deliver the keynote address. Other fea
tured speakers include Cheryl
Townsend-Gilkes, Ph.D., associate
professor qf sociology and Black
studies at Colby College in Maine and
Michael Williams, Ed. D., associate
professor of education and clinical
faculty in WSU's School of Profes
sional Psychology.
CONE IS RECOGNIZED as
"th father" of the Black Liberation
Theology Movement and has publish
ed nearly 100 articles and books on
Black religion.
The conference is sponsored by
Wright State University's Department
of Religion and College of Liberal
Arts and i funded, in part by a grant
from th Ohio Humanities Council.
For more information or to register
for the conference, contact Griffin,
513-873-2274. �
.
o items rm
familiar with and the teem to be
a li ttIe high in the term of hi
estim ted fi ," Elliott aid.
lOth city
commi sion approved to accept
in-kind contributions from three
busin se loc ted in the City'
Enterpri e Zon . They include: By BERNICE BROWN
- In-kind contri tions from
..
Whirlpool Corporation in (he mount BENTON HARBOR -1\vo Fortun
of$ ,62 .25. 32,206.75 achwent 500 companies, Ford Motor Company
for Main Street Inprovemen , Ro and Rockwell International have
Field/Twin Citi Airport and P blic signed a letter of intent to form a joint
Wor Equipment. venture to manufacture plastic com-
In-kind contributions fro ponents for the automotive industry in
ndiana & Michigan Power the Comerston Industrial Park, 10-
Company in the amount of $45,000. cated north on Crystal Aven , ac
$24,000 going toward Main Street cording to Cornerstone Alliance
Inprovements, $15,000 To Ros Chairman Merlin Hanson.
Field Airport and 6,000 to Public The company will occupy the
Safety/Police Department. facility vacated earlier this year by
- In-kind contributions from Dunlop Automotive Composites, a
Inter-City Bank in the amount of joint venture between Ford Motor
$13,500 to 'go toward the City's Company and British conglomerate
Public Safety Proj ect/Police BTR Group's Schlegel Corporation.
Department. Th company's name, which have
Another Enterprise Zone not yet been chosen for the joint ven
Credit/Buy Down from' Wolf's ture will start production in early 1994
. Marine, Inc., was pulled from the and sustain a work force of more than
agenda. 100 employees.
City Manager John Elliott aid the John Emmert, public affairs
-Item was ulled from the agenda manager, automotive component
because, tlie items Wolf's Marine group, of the Ford Motor Company
was offering for In-kind said of the 1� empl�yees the hiring
contributions in the amount 9k' percentage will be high for Benton
$1,302.90, to be used by the PuNk Hamor residents.
roperty taX or 10 years.
DU 0' LL, P ident of
Com rstone aid they would be help
ing }Vith training through th ir Com
munity Workforce Program, along
with Michigan Employment Security
Commission (MESC) and Lak
Michigan College.
Hanson said they have already dis-
cussed in their e ecutive gro ow
, they .were going to assist the Ford
'Motor Company in training
employees for their specific
"TIle Cornerstone . n is ready
to provide any kind of ervice we need
to make Ford and Rockwell success
ful," H.an!pn said.
Emmert said they had their eye of
this area for the plant because of the
previous joint venture with Dunlop.
He also said, 'The facility fit the
size for the new plant that we have in
mind an I us the enterprise zone
benefits for locating here. TI1is look
like a match that's going to work."
State Enterprise Zone ben fits con
sist of exen\ption for the Michigan
Single Business Tax for 10 years and
a reduction in real am! personal
,
man.
,
Area dining
gUide
published
BENTO HARBOR _! The
Lake Michigan Convention
and Vi itors Bureau has pub
lisheJ it first area dining
guide. The bureau is a divi ion
of Corner tone Alliance,
Council of Commerce and
Community Development.
. The comprehensive publi
cation 11 ts restaurants in the
- cities of Benton Harbor and St.
Joseph, th Charter Townships
of Benton, Lincoln, and St.
Jo eph and the Townships of
, Roy Iton.
Restaurants are listed under
one of the following
categories: Continental,
Cas Ethnic.. Pub Grub, Fast
, or Etc
Each entry lists the
restaurant' name, address,
telephone umber, hours,
average dinn r price, credit
cards accepte , meals avail
able, and loc tion which is
keyed to a map of the area.
The dining guide is being
distributed, free of cbarge to
hotels, restaurants, visi tor
centers, and other areas of dis
tribution for visitor informa
tion. It is also available at the
Lake Michigan Convention
and Visitors Bureau, 185 East
Main Street, Benton Harbor.
For further information,
please contact Paula Pfeifer at
the Bureau, 925-6100.
Cornerstone
holds logo
contest
BENTON HARBOR
Cornerstone Alliance, Council
of Commerce and Community
Development, has begun a
contest to develop a logo for
the Benton Harbor Ship
Canal/Main Street project.
The competition is open to
enior high school tudents,
grades 9 through 12, in the
Benton Harbor, St. Joseph,
Lakeshore, Coioma, Eau
Claire, Michigan Luthera ,
and Lake Michigan }¥>lic
school districts. J
Three semi-finalists will be
chosen. They wilt" each receive
Sloo·afld will work with area
graphic design firm to refine
their graphic representations
into inished logo de igns.
From the e three de igns, a
final logo will be chosen. The
grand prize winner's school
will receive a Heath Kit
Education System EC-5006
AutoCAD course, donated by
Heath Company.
Entrie are due at the
Cornerstone Allian e offices,
185 East Main Street, Benton
Harbor, by 9 a.m., January 5,
1993. Registration packets are
available from the art depart
ment of the- participating
chool.
For additional information,
plea e call Kim Puckett at
Corner tone Alliance, 925-
6100.
�,u�u£�T thbp��will
have a higher ratio of blue-collar to
white-collar, while Dunlop In- .
volved with a lot of high techn 01)'.
In the10int venture, Rockwell will
provide capital and so�, expertise, .
Emmert said.
Dunlop' decision to cl
based on technologicafproblems,not
on local' \IeS," Hanson said. -My
opinion th success of Ford will be
based on quality parts and cost effec
tive. And what mU that is the �
of people that go in there and do �
job and their attitudes and our attitudes ..
as a communi ty. " �
"I think it' going to be up to the
community to make Ford successful-
ly," Hanson dded. .
Benton Harbor Mayor Emma Hull
said the city officials are excited that a
compa ike Ford and Rockwell
would in and provide the city
with an rtunity and commitment
withjo
A final agreement is expected to be
signed in the first quarter of 1993.
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