Harbor Shores Development

Benton Harbor, MI—The City of Benton Harbor is pleased to announce that the 2011 Beach Season at Jean Klock Park was a tremendous success. For the first time in a number of years, the entrance gate at the park was staffed and operational from May through September 2011.

Benton Harbor, MI — Friday, September 30, 2011 — The partners in Harbor Shores are very pleased to learn of the City of Benton Harbor's success in Jean Klock Park for the 2011 summer season.

The partners in Harbor Shores have long been supporters of youth programs in the Benton Harbor community, especially in the summer months. That is why, Harbor Shores and the City of Benton Harbor are proud to announce the return of a special partnership with Dial-A-Ride to provide citizens a free shuttle service to help connect the neighborhoods in Benton Harbor to Jean Klock Park.  The “Jean Klock Park Express” will run a continuous loop of 16 stops in the Benton Harbor community.  Service starts Friday, May 27, 2011 and will run seven days a week from 10 AM to 6 PM through Labor Day, September 5, 2011.  The shuttle service will adopt normal Dial-A-Ride rules, and all riders under the age of 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

BENTON HARBOR/ST. JOSEPH, Mich. -- Jack Nicklaus, whose accolades as a golf course designer parallel a legendary career that includes a record 18 professional major championships, will join friends and fellow greats Johnny Miller, Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson on Aug. 10, to celebrate the grand opening of The Golf Club at Harbor Shores, a new 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. The Harbor Shores Champions for Change Golf Challenge will feature the foursome competing in an 18-hole scramble skins format with rotating two-man teams.

JeanKlock/Silver Beach changes get good reviews on their first Memorial Day weekend

By EVAN GOODENOW - H-P Staff Writer

Changes at Jean Klock Park andSilver Beach drew good reviews Monday on the first Memorial Day weekend sincethe changes.

“They’ve really fixed it upnice,” said Bob Frost of St. Joseph as he walked around the Benton Harbor park.“The beach looks in pretty good shape. There seems to be quite a few peopleusing it now.”

Cleanup and renovation at thepark and its beach were done last year by Harbor Shores developers in exchangefor leasing 21 acres of park land to build three holes of the 18-hole JackNicklaus Signature Golf Course. Harbor Shores – a $500 million, 530-acreresidential and retail development in Benton Harbor, Benton Township and St.Joseph – will further build a walking trail on 38 acres of contaminated land bythe Paw Paw River.