Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention/Arena Authority
Steve Heacock, board chair for the Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention/Arena Authority (CAA), announced he will resign from the board this summer.
Heacock, who already planned to make his current term on the CAA board his last, in a statement said he was encouraged by the county to consider stepping down sooner.
“As I understand it, they want the new member involved in the many current CAA issues that will define the future of the CAA, including COVID-related finances and the amphitheater,” he said. “They also would like someone on the CAA board who is more closely associated with the current commission.”
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Varnum
The Grand Rapids Public Museum named Varnum attorney Linsey Gleason the chair of the Grand Rapids Public Museum Foundation board of trustees.
Gleason has been serving as a trustee for the board of the foundation an organization that helps to fund the museum’s programs and exhibits through donations and contributions for more than five years.
“I’m humbled to be a part of this exceptional organization and look forward to continuing to serve the museum alongside the unparalleled and dedicated staff, trustees and volunteers,” she said. “Nowhere else do I feel as connected to our community’s history or as inspired about our future.”
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Populous
Grand Action 2.0 revealed a conceptual plan for riverfront development along a currently underutilized stretch of Market Avenue south of Fulton Street.
The business-based, private economic development nonprofit Grand Action 2.0 presented on Wednesday during the Economic Club of Grand Rapids program a conceptual plan that came out of a study commissioned by Grand Action 2.0 conducted by the international design and planning firm Populous, based in Kansas City, Missouri, in partnership with Grand Rapids-based architectural firm Progressive AE.
The Conceptual Planning for Riverfront Sites in Downtown Grand Rapids executive summary can be found at Grand Action’s website.
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