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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden, art museum, [3] and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1995, Meijer Gardens quickly established itself in the Midwest as a major cultural attraction jointly focused on horticulture and sculpture.
Following a period of teaching at Ohio University as a sabbatical replacement, Becherer moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. During the 1991–1992 academic year he developed an art history program for Grand Rapids Community College, and successively served as department chair, Assistant Dean and then Dean of Arts, Liberal Arts and Social Sciences leading more than 120 faculty.
Grand Rapids Public Schools Superintendent Arthur W. Krause closed Davis Technical High School to save costs and gave the building to Grand Rapids Junior College. The Main Building was renamed the Raleigh J. Finkelstein Hall in March 2019. [7] In 1990, Grand Rapids residents voted to separate the Junior College from the public school system and ...
Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park is a 92-mile (148 km) long linear state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. The trail extends from northern Grand Rapids to Cadillac , and it lies on the path graded for the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad (later absorbed by the Pennsylvania Railroad ).
They had three sons, Doug, Hank and Mark Meijer. [4] His grandson Peter was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 3rd congressional district from 2021 to 2023. [5] Meijer died on November 25, 2011, at the Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after suffering a stroke in his Grand Rapids home. [6]
Statue of John Ball in Grand Rapids. The original 40 acres (16 ha) was donated to the city by noted pioneer and explorer John Ball upon his death in 1884. Shortly after, another 100 acres (40 ha) was added and this marked the beginning of additional amenities, including ponds, a theater, a band shell, playgrounds, ball fields, trails, and the zoo.
Meijer Inc. (/ ˈ m aɪ. ər /, MY-ər; stylized as meijer) is an American supercenter chain that primarily operates throughout the Midwestern United States.Its corporate headquarters are in Walker, Michigan, which is a part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area.
The Laker Line is a 13.1-mile (21.1 km) BRT line connecting downtown Grand Rapids with the main campus of Grand Valley State University in Allendale. The line, which primarily runs along Lake Michigan Drive, has 12 stops in Grand Rapids and Walker and two at GVSU; no stops are made between GVSU's campus and the Kent-Ottawa county line.