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Jun 11, 2021
However, the parks are seeing changes this year due to COVID.
Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Director David Marquardt says while pools were shut down last year, kids that historically worked for them went and found other jobs.
Marquardt says this is a problem happening across the country at other parks and rec organizations as well.
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Free summer camp programs expand to better serve Grand Rapid s third ward
City expands free summer camp programs in third ward
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Free summer camp is back at parks across Grand Rapids for the first time in years.
Martin Luther King Park has had summer camps the last two years with about 200 kids.
This summer, the city is using $180,000 worth of CARES Act money to fund programs exclusively meant to serve the city s third ward.
âThese are areas in the city that have historically been under-invested in,â Parks and Recreation Director David Marquardt said.
May 6, 2021
Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids has seen better days.
Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Director David Marquardt says the city is at a point where restoration to the area can happen.
Almost 20 years ago, the space was dedicated.
Now the concrete steps are crumbling and the metal façade on the restroom building is dented.
Marquardt says the area originally called for more durable materials but more cost effective materials were used.
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