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Niles, Benton Harbor, city of St. Joseph and Berrien County business and government leaders are lobbying to preserve their urban character in the federal governmentâs eyes.
They want the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, which is part of the White House, to continue classifying the county as the Niles-Benton Harbor Metropolitan Statistical Area, rather than changing it to a âmicropolitanâ statistical area, as a federal committee has proposed for 144 areas around the country.
The change would affect areas whose core cities have fewer than 100,000 residents, instead of the current 50,000 population threshold.
Neither Niles (11,149 estimate in 2019) nor Benton Harbor (9,741) has 50,000 people within their city limits. But Berrien County has been classified as a metropolitan statistical area because the Census Bureau has determined that more than 50,000 people live in âurbanized areas,â based on their population density, and the county has a total populati
NILESÂ â Thereâs no doubt that Michiganâs burgeoning marijuana industry has drawn a considerable number of deep-pocket investors to the state.
Even a few million dollars might not be enough to open a dispensary, and itâs considerably more than that to develop facilities where marijuana is grown and processed. Costs can quickly add up because of the permitting process, required security and prices for sophisticated grow and processing equipment.
Though those costs havenât stopped would-be entrepreneurs from opening facilities throughout the state, consumers looking for a more boutique marijuana experience have had a harder time finding outlets, as micro-businesses have been slower to take off.