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Sentinel Staff ZEELAND City on a Hill, a nonprofit ministry center that houses 38 non-profits and ministries in the repurposed former Zeeland Community Hospital, is launching its first major capital campaign since 2006. The ministry center is seeking at least $300,000 in funds for a down payment on for a $1.2 million heating system replacement with a fundraising campaign called Burning Bright. In a press release from the organization, City on a Hill said the former hospital building s steam boilers, which heat 70 percent of the building, are outdated, require ongoing repairs and need to be replaced. “When we came here 15 years ago, we knew that the heating system that takes care of two-thirds of the building was an older system,” explained City on a Hill Director Gary Ellens in the release. ....
Grand Rapids Business Journal Two of the region’s economic development agencies awarded more than $6.8 million to a combined 613 small businesses in West Michigan through the Michigan Small Business Survival Grant Program. The Right Place and Lakeshore Advantage said Wednesday that in collaboration with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and regional partners, they awarded funding to eligible West Michigan small businesses that have been negatively impacted by the recent Michigan Department of Health and Human Services epidemic orders via the $55 million Michigan Small Business Survival Grant Program. The Right Place awarded $4.98 million in grant funding to 426 small businesses in Barry, Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Osceola counties, and Lakeshore Advantage awarded $1.8 million to 187 small businesses in Allegan and Ottawa counties. ....