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SWM Planning Commission assessing next steps following cancelation of EPA grant for Benton Harbor

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Now that a $20 million EPA grant for community resiliency projects around Benton Harbor has been canceled by the Trump administration, what’s next? The Southwest Michigan Planning Commission’s Marcy Hamilton tells us alternatives will be sought for some of the things that were in motion as a result of the grant. Among other things, it would have been used for clean energy, workforce development, and the restoration of the Bobo Brazil Community C…

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EPA rescinding termination notice for $20 million grant for projects in Benton Harbor

The $20 million EPA grant to the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission for resiliency projects around the city of Benton Harbor that was announced last year by the Biden administration and then canceled by the Trump administration last week is now being reinstated. The commission got word from the EPA on Tuesday evening the termination notice it previously received for the grant was “accidentally sent.” The EPA wrote, “We are taking corrective …

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In today’s news: The $20 million EPA grant to the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission for resiliency projects around the city of Benton Harbor that was announced last year by the Biden administration and then canceled by the Trump administration last week is now being reinstated. Benton Township is getting its second marijuana-related business, just weeks after the board of trustees approved a permit for a marijuana retailer on Pipestone Road…

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