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The Convention/Arena Authority (which also owns the Stadium and Amphitheater) is moving forward with a $175,000 feasibility study to evaluate two possible downtown locations for a 400 - 600 room convention hotel. The study will be completed in 13 weeks; roughly Thanksgiving week. Conversations about a convention hotel have been going on for a decade.
The estimated cost based on a 2025 analysis is $354,900,000. #GrandRapidsMI
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2026/08/downtown-grand-rapids-convention-hotel-discussion-advances-with-new-feasibility-study.html -
The agenda for the Planning Commission / MobileGR joint meeting has been published. This meeting concerns the development of the Grand Rapids Mobility Blue Print (GRMB).
The GRMB is intended to be an amendment to the Master Plan, and thus a document with legal standing. It is vital that this document be good! Be prepared to engage. 🖖 The city could, finally, after decades of blither blather, have an organized approach to mobility.
#GrandRapidsMI #MobilityGR
https://grandrapidscitymi.iqm2.com//Citizens/detail_meeting.aspx?ID=7877 -
Are you a 1st Ward resident with a passion for mobility issues? The Vital Streets Commission is closing out the year with one (1) vacancy. Currently the commission has no representation from the 1st Ward; if you would be interested you should contact Commissioner Belchak to express your interest.
Note that the Vital Streets Commission is also, currently, entirely Caucasian. Additional representation on all axis would be a plus.
Maybe not you, but perhaps you know someone? #GrandRapidsMI
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Twister's Ice Cream (956 Fulton St W) - which 🔥exploded🔥 due to a gas leak on Monday, June 29th - to become four-story 52-unit senior residential "Alpine Apartments". Project has been in the works since February, months before the detonation. #GrandRapidsMI
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West side bar and music venue Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill (760 Butterworth St SW) is for sale. And its not just the venue, the sale is for the bar and two adjacent parcels.totaling 0.273 acres, two corners, and a mix of commercial and residential zoning. Price ~$1.75M.
#GrandRapidsMI
https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/grand-rapids-tip-top-deluxe-bar-grill-for-sale/ -
The Iron Well bar and music venue (741 Leonard St. NW) near the intersection of Leonard and Alpine is for sale; could be yours for a little less than $2M. #GrandRapidsMI
https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/leonard-street-bar-music-venue-for-sale/ -
Foxtail Coffee to open its ninth Michigan location in the new Adobe West Fulton (617 W. Fulton St). Opening is planned for mid-to-late 2027.
#GrandRapidsMI
https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/restaurants/cgr-foxtail-grand-rapids-abode-west-fulton-cafe-20260817/?utm_id=gfta-ur-260821&share-code=3CILZEL7HVFBJCR4ZKG4TZOGVA&user_id=4488858&customer_secondary_source=cgr_articleGifting. -
StrongtownsGR meeting this week Wednesday at the Broadleaf Brewing on Bridge St. 2026-08-19 at 6:30pm. Let's talk about the future of downtown (GR Forward), transit & mobility (The MobileGR Blueprint), and organizing. #GrandRapidsMI #Strongtowns #StrongtownsGR #CorePrioritiesGR
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Roskam Foods moving all cereal and granola production from San Dimas, CA to Grand Rapids, MI (2600 29th St. SE). #GrandRapidsMI https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/consumer-products/cgr-roskam-foods-relocates-cereal-granola-production-to-grand-rapids-20260818/?utm_id=gfta-ur-260818&share-code=7CGUQDSLMZBUNHATBCUZPI65QA&user_id=4488858&customer_secondary_source=cgr_articleGifting
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New restaurant coming to the currently vacant 428 Bridge St. NW in the Spring. This fall the location will serve as the ArtPrize clubhouse. #GrandRapidsMI
https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/restaurants/cgr-james-beard-nominee-plans-new-bridge-street-restaurant-cattail-20260813/?utm_id=gfta-ur-260814&share-code=M7BYGAMPSFHZZHQAWNIEN3XSFU&user_id=4488858&customer_secondary_source=cgr_articleGifting -
Talk by Nolan Gray, author of "Arbitrary Lines" and leaning national expert on the Housing Crisis. Followed by a panel discussion with Mr. Gray, Representative Stephen Wooden, and Joshua Lunger (Senior Vice President of Advocacy for the Grand Rapids Chamber).
Event was hosted by Abundant Housing Michigan and Strongtowns Grand Rapids.
#Housing #Zoning #UrbanPlanning #GrandRapidsMI
https://youtu.be/XYS8HkpyfLU?si=vYqffPh-6dCs3TYc -
Books & Mortar (966 Cherry St. SE), the book store in Center of the Universe / East Hills, which opened in 2016 announced they were closing on July 12th (2026). And now the shop, with new owners, will be reopening this fall. #GrandRapidsMI
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2026/08/shuttered-grand-rapids-bookstore-set-to-reopen-after-outpouring-of-community-support.html -
The GR Forward plan was adopted in 2015, after engagement with over 4,000 residents, to steer the development of downtown and downtown's interfacing with the neighborhoods. It's been ten years! An amazing amount has been accomplished. Now it is time to update GR Forward, many things have changed, you can learn more and participate in the guiding survey @ https://www.corepriorities.org/ #GRForward #CorePrioritiesGR #GrandRapidsMI #GRForward2026
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Picnic on Wealthy (734 Wealthy St. SE) food truck garden is now open adjacent to the new location of Our Brewing Company - Grand Rapids' newest brewery. #GrandRapidsMI https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2026/08/picnic-on-wealthy-inside-the-new-food-truck-garden-in-grand-rapids.html
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"""The numbers are in for Grand Rapids' World of Winter festival, and the economic impact is hot. The annual event drew 3.9 million visitors and generated an estimated $38 million economic impact for the Grand Rapids region, with 335 jobs supported by the festival."""
#GrandRapidsMI
https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/world-of-winter-drew-3-9-million-visitors-generated-38-million-economic-impact-for-grand-rapids-region -
Fuel for the thought furnace about mobility, and how the city could move forward on its stated goal(s) of supporting public transportation: The Cardinal Plan
#GrandRapidsMI #publictransportation #CardinalPlanGR
https://urbangr.org/TheCardinalPlan -
Planning Commission Agenda, 2026-07-23
- 1000 Fulton St. W : Alcohol sales for new neighborhood grocery, non-conforming parking
- 1415 Plainfield Ave NE : Alcohol sales for new cafe/bar, parking waiver
- 2211 East Beltline NE: PRD amendment for medical use in a shopping center
- 3503 28th St SE : Drive-thru restaurant and excess parking
- 528 & 532 Bridge St NW : Parking lot as secondary primary use and excess parking -
#GrandRapidsMI - Heavy equipment hits the #GrandRiver as historic #DamRemoval begins
Story by Brian McVicar, July 1, 2026
"Heavy equipment rolled into the Grand River Wednesday as crews installed a temporary barrier downstream of Gillett Bridge to catch sediment and debris, the first step in a long-planned effort to remove four aging low-head dams.
"The floating yellow barrier, known as a turbidity curtain, is designed to contain clouds of sediment stirred up during construction and prevent it from drifting downstream, said Mike Staal, river restoration project manager for the City of Grand Rapids.
" 'If there’s turbidity in the water, it impacts the aquatic habitat,' he said. 'So what we want to do is just minimize any of the impact, keep the sediment where it is.'
"The turbidity curtain is just the beginning of a carefully choreographed, two-year construction effort to remove four, century-old low-head dams along a half-mile stretch of the Grand River between Fulton Street and I-196. The result, officials say, will be a more natural waterway—safer for recreation, better for fish passage and more closely resembling the rapids that gave Grand Rapids its name."
#SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat
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Rent growth has continued to decelerate from the pandemic era levels; growth was a modest 4% from May 2025 to May 2026. Overall Grand Rapids' rents have increased 74% from May 2015, or +$688/mo. Across the sample cities that is ~9% above average. #GrandRapidsMI
https://urbangr.org/zORI202605 -
Where did the public transportation riders go? And will they be returning?
https://urbangr.org/WhereDidTheRidersGo2026 #UrbanGR #GrandRapidsMI #publictransportation #publictransport -
The Grand Rapids Whitewater [river restoration] project has begun - for reals! After decades of meetings and paperwork. #GrandRapidsMI #GRWhiteWater #GrandRiverMI
https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/cgr-grand-rapids-removes-four-dams-restores-grand-river-20260701/?utm_id=gfta-ur-260702&share-code=GGYXU63KLNAC3GP4GCRF5JYULI&user_id=4488858&customer_secondary_source=cgr_articleGifting -
The old One Trick Pony (136 E. Fulton St) building has finally - for real! - reopened as Los Potrillos Mexican Bar & Grill. #GrandRapidsMI
https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/restaurants/cgr-los-potrillos-downtown-grand-rapids-mexican-restaurant-20260629/?utm_id=gfta-ur-260701&share-code=RC6BCH5TCNBPHOQGEPFC3JI2TY&user_id=4488858&customer_secondary_source=cgr_articleGifting -
Possible futures for passenger rail in Grand Rapids, MI. #GrandRapidsMI #Amtrak #PassengerRail
https://urbangr.org/PassengerRailFutures2026