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In 1944, the Grand Rapids City Commission authorized fluoridation of the city's water supply, the first city in the United States to do so. Actual application to the water began in early 1945. In 1961, Grand Rapids constructed a large regional filtration plant using water from Lake Michigan , relegating the Monroe Avenue plant to use as a ...
Cascade Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 19,667 at the 2020 census. [4] The township is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is located just east of the city of Grand Rapids. The township is the location of Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
Michigan's first commercial airport, Packard Field, opened at Gratiot Avenue and Frazho Road in 1919. It was renamed Gratiot Airport in 1929, and later Hartung Field. The Eastgate Shopping Center was constructed on the site in the 1950s. [5] The Erin-Roseville Library was established in 1936 in one room of the municipal building. The library ...
Grand Rapids is home to the Secchia Center medical education building, a $90 million, seven-story, 180,000-square-foot (17,000 m 2) facility, at Michigan Street and Division Avenue, part of the Grand Rapids Medical Mile. The building is home to the Grand Rapids Campus of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. This campus ...
DeVos Place Convention Center, erected on the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a multi-purpose convention center. It is named for Richard DeVos, who donated $20 million towards its construction. The convention center contains a large, 162,000 square foot exhibit hall and an additional 40,000 square foot ballroom. [1]
Detectives on Tuesday were investigating two armed robberies this week at Roseville’s Westfield Galleria mall that targeted victims with “high-value items” in the parking lot.
Grand Rapids Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 18,905 at the 2020 census. [2] The township is bordered by Grand Rapids to the west and East Grand Rapids to the southwest, but the township is administered autonomously.
Mochi Munch, a pastry shop serving up Japanese and American food (in 2024) Share Tea, a Taiwanese-style boba tea shop (in 2024) Rothy’s , a shoes and accessories store (in 2024)