July 26, 2021
Governor Gretchen Whitmer will be in Benton Harbor next month to help Whirlpool celebrate the groundbreaking for its new housing development on Riverview Drive. The $22 million apartment complex will have 80 units with rents starting around $1,000 per month. Whirlpool proposed the development at 170 Riverview Drive earlier this year with Benton Harbor City Commissioners signaling their support. Governor Whitmer will join Mayor Marcus Muhammad and Whirlpool CEO Marc Bitzer on August 3 to mark the ceremonial groundbreaking. Whirlpool has been in contact with the governor’s office about the project. Also on hand for the groundbreaking will be representatives of Berrien County, Cornerstone Alliance, and the Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber.
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Benton Harbor City Commissioners have renamed the Britain Avenue bridge over Ox Creek in honor of a local girl who was killed at the age of 12 in 1996 when she fell into a sinkhole caused by heavy rain nearby. During a Monday meeting, commissioners remembered the tragedy that took Twijuana Floyd. Commissioner Mary Alice Adams and said it was appropriate that the bridge now be known as the “Twijuana Marie Floyd Memorial Bridge.”
“I’m hoping that we can do more in the days to come so that we can honor this baby, this young lady that lost her life in such an undeserving, tragic way, and I thank God for her sister that was saved in that same moment,” Adams said.
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