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The water system in Benton Harbor, Michigan, has tested for elevated levels of lead for three consecutive years

The project has an estimated total price tag of $30 million and is projected to be complete within 18 months.

July 1, 2021 The city of Benton Harbor will hire between 60 and 80 local young people this summer as part of its Summer Youth Employment program. The city is using $200,000 of federal Community Development Block Grant funds for the program intended to give local young people some work experience and something positive to do when school is out. City Manager Ellis Mitchell says in the next eight to ten days, the city will start to take applications for a variety of positions. The program will be open to those between the ages of 14 and 19. Only those who live in the city of Benton Harbor wi...

May 4, 2021 Benton Harbor City Manager Ellis Mitchell says he’s planning a Youth Summit to learn what improvements the community’s young people want to see. Mitchell told city commissioners on Monday he came to the idea after a planning session at Union Park last Friday. “We had a good number of people, but the missing link was the youth,” Mitchell said. “After the meeting, I went over and talked to Wilson Chandler, an he really brought it home to me that we are not paying enough attention to the youth.” Mitchell said he and Chandler, a former New York Knick and Denver Nugget,...

Benton Harbor City Commissioners have approved some minor changes for a couple of streets as part of ongoing planning. During a Monday meeting, the city commission approved a request to the Michigan Department of Transportation that East May Street from Colfax to Milton and Emery Avenue from Jennings to Union be reclassified as major streets. City Manager Ellis Mitchell explained. “What that means to the city is that these two streets are major thoroughfares, and if we add them to the major streets, it brings more money in to take care of those streets,” Mitchell said. Currently, those tw...