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UP NEXT, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW YOU
AWRGD
A GROUP IS ASKING FOR YOUR
HELP IN GRAND RAPIDS.
ORGANIZERS CALL IT HOLISTIC
ERBIN PLANNING.
THE IDEA IS NOT TO JUST GET
DEVELOPERS INVOLVED BUT ALSO THE
INPUT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
LIVE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
HOW DO WE GET THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO
DESIGN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
THAT'S WHAT LINK IS ALL ABOUT.
LINK IS A NEIGHBORHOOD
REVITALIZATION NOT-FOR-PROFIT
AND SET ITS SIGHTS ON THE FUTURE
OF TWO AREAS OF GRAND RAPIDS
SOUTH TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, EASTERN
WEALTHY.
THE ORGANIZATION SET UP A SERIES
OF MEETINGS FOR NEIGHBORS,
DEVELOPERS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ATTEND.
THEY WANT TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE AREAS
LOOK LIKE, THEN THE GROUP WOULD
SEEK TO GET CITY LEADERS ON
BOARD.
IN A PERFECT WORLD, WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN IS, AFTER THIS, IT
WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION AND ADOPTED INTO THE
MUNICIPALITIES, WHAT'S CALLED
THE MASTER PLAN.
WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS ANY
DEVELOPER WHO COMES IN OR ANY
PROGRAMS THAT COME IN, THEY WILL
HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS ROAD MAP
THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE
SOLIDIFIED AND DRAWN.
THE AREA IS DOWNTRODDEN.
IT NEEDS SOME TYPE OF UPLIFTING.
JOHN ROSSER ATTENDED ONE OF
TODAY'S MEETINGS.
HE SAYS HE HAS SEEN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE OVER THE
YEARS AND HE THINKS IT'S TIME TO
WORK TOGETHER.
I THINK WE SHOULD GRAB THIS,
MAP THIS AREA AND MAKE IT DO
WHAT IT DO SO WE CAN ALSO SET A
TONE FOR OTHER SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
IN GRAND RAPIDS, STEVE CELSO, 24
NEWS 8.
YOU CAN ATTEND A MEETING
TOMORROW BETWEEN NOON AND
2:00 AND FROM 6:00 TO 8:00 AT
REAGAN MARKETING ON WEALTHY