and last updated 2021-02-16 23:08:06-05
KENT COUNTY, Mich. â The Kent County Board of Commissioners are creating a new subcommittee focused on access to high-speed internet.
âWith so many people working from home, learning from home, doing all those kinds of things, it is not longer an option that people have access to this kind of high-speed internet,â said Ben Greene, Kent County Commissioner. âIt is becoming a necessity.â
Greene is chairing the 11-member broadband subcommittee. In addition to county commissioners, the panel includes stakeholders in the private and public sector.
âWeâre looking to identify the places in which those barriers exist and find solutions to address them,â said Greene.
Kent County can now host DeVos Place vaccine clinic ‘rent free’ following pushback over $12K daily fee
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
COVID-19 vaccination clinic, pictured through front windows, is shown when it opened in this file photo on Jan. 25, 2021. (MLive file photo)Cory Morse | MLive.com
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI Kent County can host its large-scale vaccine clinic at DeVos Place “rent free” now that it has renegotiated its lease for the convention center following public scrutiny over the original lease’s $12,000 daily rental fee.
The county, which is operating the clinic in partnership with Spectrum Health and Mercy Health Saint Mary’s, announced the revised contract Friday afternoon.
Kent County renegotiating DeVos Place vaccine clinic lease following public backlash
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
Posted Feb 11, 2021
The COVID-19 vaccination clinic at DeVos Place in shown in this file photo from Jan. 25. (MLive file photo)Cory Morse | MLive.com
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI Following public backlash, Kent County is renegotiating its $12,000 a day lease for DeVos Place convention center, the site of a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination clinic the county’s hosting with Spectrum Health and Mercy Health Saint Mary’s.
“Those numbers are going to come down,” said Kent County Administrator Wayman Britt, referencing the $12,000 daily fee which drew criticism from some members of the Kent County Board of Commissioners.
Plans to divert people suffering mental health crisis from jails, ER evolve in Kent County
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
A patient bed is shown inside the Jay and Betty Van Andel Center is shown in this 2019 file photo. Plans to bring a centrally located mental health crisis center to Kent County have evolved. (MLive file photo)
Cory Morse | MLive.com
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI The plan to divert people suffering mental health crises from jails and emergency rooms to a crisis center in Kent County has evolved to potentially include mobile crisis response units, a central behavioral health call center and two crisis campuses.
Kent County’s tax-funded early childhood program to help parents navigate foster care system
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
The West Michigan Partnership for Children aims to use $600,000 in early childhood millage dollars over the next two years to help parents with young children entering the foster care system in Kent County. In this 2015 file photo, a preschool student plays during a First Steps learning program.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI The West Michigan Partnership for Children (WMPC) aims to use $600,000 in early childhood millage dollars over the next two years to help parents with young children entering the foster care system in Kent County.