A resource fair will be held for Benton Harbor residents Thursday so they can learn about places to turn for help as the city’s water crisis continues. Benton Harbor Community Response Team Chair Princella Tobias tells WSJM News the fair will include information from the city of Benton Harbor, Berrien County Health Department, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and more.
“This is our first of many events that we will be having,” Tobias said. “There will be over a dozen different participants to help the residents to have a better understanding of what’s going on, to answer questions, and to listen.”
Tobias says people have a lot of questions and there’s plenty of confusion about the situation with lead in the water of some properties.
“Because this isn’t something that just happened yesterday, and it’s not something that we’re going to fix tomorrow. So there are questions. This is part of the process, the process of educating our residents, the process of listening to them and being able to answer their questions.”
Tobias says people will be able to get information on resources and also pick up bottled water at the fair. It will be held at the Benton Harbor Housing Commission building on Nate Wells Drive in Benton Harbor from 4 to 7 p.m. Tobias says she’s glad the state and local organizations are coming together to address the crisis.
