Local coverage
Project conversations across Kent County and the Grand Rapids Metro.
Coverage depends on independent provider availability. Each page below explains useful housing and site context for that community.
Wyoming
Wyoming incorporated as its own city in 1959 out of the old Wyoming Township, filling in with the maple-lined streets of Godwin Heights, Home Acres, and Rogers Heights...
Local planning notes →Kentwood
Kentwood grew out of Paris Township farmland into a city incorporated in 1967, named for the district's own public schools after a water and sewer dispute with Grand Rapids...
Local planning notes →Walker
Walker traces to an 1837 township organized north of the Grand River, incorporating as its own city in 1962 after renewed annexation pressure on its industrial land...
Local planning notes →Grandville
Grandville's river-bend site predates Grand Rapids itself, settled in 1832 and shaped by plaster mining before its 1933 city incorporation...
Local planning notes →East Grand Rapids
East Grand Rapids grew up around Reeds Lake, a resort destination since the 1870s, before becoming a home-rule city in 1926...
Local planning notes →Rockford
Rockford grew from Smith Lapham's 1844 sawmill on the Rogue River into a railroad village by 1865...
Local planning notes →Cedar Springs
Cedar Springs grew from an 1851 sawmill settlement into the nationally known home of the Red Flannel Festival...
Local planning notes →Comstock Park
Comstock Park grew out of two overlapping 19th-century townships, taking its current name in 1906 to honor a former congressman...
Local planning notes →