City of Grand Rapids earns $75k grant for indigenous art along Grand River
City of Grand Rapids
and last updated 2021-05-13 13:28:35-04
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â The City of Grand Rapids has been awarded a $75,000 Our Town grant to research, plan and integrate wayfinding, historical markers and art of original indigenous people into the âRiver for Allâ Grand River trail and restoration project.
The grant â through the National Endowment for the Arts â will help fund a series of interpretive monuments along the Grand River trail and a feature sculpture of Anishinaabe art at Ah-Nab-Awen Park, according to a news release Thursday.
$110M residential, commercial project on Muskegon Lake wins city approval
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
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MUSKEGON, MI – Concepts for a $110 million residential and commercial development on Muskegon Lake have been approved by the Muskegon City Commission.
Commissioners were told construction could begin this summer on the site, which may require environmental remediation as it is the former location of a sprawling Teledyne Continental Motors manufacturing complex.
The plans for the long-vacant “Harbor 31” property across Shoreline Drive from downtown include single-family and duplex residences that developer Dan Henrickson said would be the first to be developed.
The 31-home Virdian Shores neighborhood will be adjacent to the Terrace Point subdivision that is nearing completion.
$110M Muskegon Lake development proposed for land that was eyed for casino near downtown
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
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MUSKEGON, MI – A $110 million residential and commercial development has been proposed for a prime piece of Muskegon Lake property that was being reserved for a casino that never materialized.
An updated “planned unit development” proposal for the “Harbor 31” property off Shoreline Drive near downtown recently was approved by the Muskegon Planning Commission. It includes single family homes, apartments/condos, a senior citizen living complex, boat sales and storage, marina, retail area, office building and a hotel.
“We believe that the market now is right,” Dan Henrickson of development group Harbor 31 LLC told planning commissioners at their December meeting. “I think it may not have been five years ago.