Roosevelt Park
Catalyst Radio: A conversation with neighborhood executive directors in Creston and Roosevelt Park
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 04-06-2018 under NONPROFITS
Hosts Kiran Sood Patel and Elizabeth Rogers Drouillard with The Rapidian welcome Megan Kruis, Executive Director of Creston Neighborhood Association and Amy Brower, Executive Director of Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association. We ask what each...
Cultura Collective commemorates Roosevelt Park neighborhood at ArtPrize Nine
by (nathanslauer)
Submitted 10-09-2017 under NEWS
An old church, an industrial warehouse, and a white clapboard house. These buildings, located on a vacant stretch of 333 Rumsey St. SW, formed a venue for ArtPrize Nine. Since ArtPrize officially ended on October 8, a bulldozer will soon tear them...
Housing + school + healthcare, all in one place
by (Charguitar)
Submitted 12-19-2016 under NEWS
By Charles Honey, School News Network Carmen Fernandez warmly remembers growing up in the Roosevelt Park neighborhood in Southwest Grand Rapids. Families of different races, ethnicities and languages got along, parents looked out for each other...
Community partners announce Plaza Roosevelt development plans
by (habitatkent)
Submitted 11-21-2016 under NONPROFITS
At a news conference Monday, November 21, eight partners announced an agreement to begin site planning work on the proposed Plaza Roosevelt development - a unique mix of education, healthcare, affordable housing and more. Plaza Roosevelt is proposed...
Lowe's teams with Habitat Kent to help Roosevelt Park reach neighborhood goals
by (habitatkent)
Submitted 07-26-2016 under NONPROFITS
Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers have joined forces with Habitat for Humanity of Kent County to contribute to the revitalization of the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood. Lowe’s awarded Habitat Kent a $70,000 grant to help reach the...
A big move in preparation for ArtPrize 2016
by (SiTE-LAB)
Submitted 07-05-2016 under NONPROFITS
For SiTE:LAB, a Grand Rapids-based arts non-profit, and Julie Schenkelberg, a Brooklyn- and Grand Rapids-based artist, “moving house” recently meant raising a house on Franklin Street SW off its foundation, rotating it and moving across...
Organizations partner with community to vitalize Roosevelt Park
by (WMEAC)
Submitted 06-07-2016 under NONPROFITS
What started out as a dream for a park with public art turned into a reality on May 21st when Friends of Grand Rapids Parks installed a vibrant mural in Roosevelt Park, an urban green space near the intersection of Clyde Park and Granville Avenue....
New banners for Grandville business corridor
by (habitatkent)
Submitted 04-28-2016 under NONPROFITS
Grandville Avenue will be showcasing a bright new symbol this summer as the Grandville Avenue Business Association has developed light post banners to hang along a 1.5-mile stretch of the business corridor. The banners were created in partnership...
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County announces $20+ million Plaza Roosevelt Redevelopment Project
by (habitatkent)
Submitted 09-01-2015 under NONPROFITS
Habitat Kent’s most ambitious project to date, Plaza Roosevelt is a comprehensive redevelopment project that will invest more than $20 million to reinvigorate one square block bounded by Rumsey Street, Grandville Avenue, Graham Street and...
Habitat Kent and Lowe's Partner to Revitalize Roosevelt Park
by (habitatkent)
Submitted 06-08-2015 under
25 volunteers from Lowe's and the Roosevelt Park community will join forces with Habitat for Humanity of Kent County on June 10 to revitalize a Roosevelt Park neighborhood. Lowe’s awarded Habitat Kent a $35,500 grant to help complete the...