The Benton Harbor Public Library is being named in honor of Berrien County Commissioner Mamie Yarbrough. During a Monday Benton Harbor City Commission meeting, Yarbrough’s service on the library board was praised as Commissioner Ron Singleton noted her role in the community.
“It definitely is well deserved,” Singleton said. “The commitment that Mrs. Yarbrough has shown over the years for not only just the library, but for this community in general. She served on school boards, different committees. So it’s just an honor.”
Mayor Marcus Muhammad called Yarbrough a trailblazer. She was given time to speak.
“I love the city of Benton Harbor, Michigan,” Yarbrough said. “I have lived here, and a little bit in the township, but the majority of my life has been in Benton Harbor. And I’m proud, and especially proud in the last couple of years of the progress I see.”
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February 23, 2021
Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad delivered his annual State of the City address Tuesday night, saying communities across the nation were greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and yet Benton Harbor continued to rise. Muhammad noted much progress has been made in the city when it comes to fixing streets, and that’s largely thanks to the city income tax.
“If you ride down Union, if you ride down Broadway, if you ride down one of the worst streets that we had in the city of Benton Harbor, which was Emory, it is fixed today,” Muhammad said.
Muhammad credited everyone who pays taxes in the city for fixing the streets. In a year that saw police violence and unrest dominate the national conversation, Muhammad noted the Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety has a program to hire local.
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