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Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce                                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

38 W. Wall Street                                                                                 2 Pages

Benton Harbor, MI 49022

Contact:                Jamie Balkin

Phone:                   (269) 757-0207

FAX:                      (269) 925-4471

Chamber Board Passes Resolution

 in Support of Lakeside Beach Club

Benton Harbor, MI —Tuesday, February 24, 2009—The Board of Directors of the Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce has adopted a resolution of support for the Lakeside Beach Club Development in Lincoln Charter Township and urges Township residents to support the project in the upcoming May 5, 2009 referendum.

The Chamber cited the nearly quarter-million dollar investment in Michigan’s Great Southwest as a major boost to the economic well-being of the entire community.

Board Chair Lynne Christiano said, “Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce has been an outspoken supporter of the Harbor Shores project, and we felt that the Lakeside Beach Club project can easily have great impact for the region as well.”  She added, “We are hopeful that the residents of Lincoln Charter Township will vote to exhibit their support of continuing growth and advancement of worthy projects such as Lakeside.”

Chamber Executive Vice President Pat Moody noted, “The size of this project has the potential to positively impact many of our Chamber Members when new homes go in, tourism increases, and local residents obtain new jobs as a result.”  He added, “To turn down such a project would send the wrong message to all other developers who are considering projects all along the Lake Michigan shoreline. That’s something we can’t afford to see as a community.”

Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce is a member-driven organization encouraging the growth of business through networking, advocacy, visibility and benefits for all of our members.

A copy of the resolution is shared below.

Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce

Resolution Supporting Lakeside Beach Club Development

WHEREAS, The proposed Lakeside Beach Club Project, which would replace the now demolished Snowflake Motel in Lincoln Charter Township, will result in the investment of more than 200-million dollars in the community of Michigan’s Great Southwest; and

WHEREAS, Anthony Perry Designs & Builds of Libertyville, Illinois, the party involved in creating this destination attraction, seeks to construct 19 single-family homes, five condominium buildings, and two upscale commercial buildings on the 32 acre site along Red Arrow Highway; and

WHEREAS, Lincoln Charter Township Board Members voted in November 2008 to approve the preliminary plans of developer Anthony Perry, allowing him to move forward with the development; and

WHEREAS, Lincoln Charter Township Residents successfully petitioned the Township Board to force a ballot question, thereby allowing residents of the community to have the final say on the Lakeside Beach Club Development; and

WHEREAS, Ballot language has been approved for the May 5, 2009 referendum on rezoning the site from commercial and high-density residential to a planned unit development district to allow for the Lakeside Beach Club project to proceed; and

WHEREAS, A number of the more than 700 members of the Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce could potentially benefit themselves when new homes go in, tourism increases, and local residents obtain new jobs;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, That the Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors goes on record in support of the Lakeside Beach Club development project,

AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this board also encourages the residents of Lincoln Charter Township to vote in the May 5, 2009 referendum to provide approval and full support of the project as submitted to the Township Board of Trustees.

Signed this ____________day of February, 2009.

Lynne Christiano, Chair of the Board