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[Sold] 3287 34th St – 1900 sqft Grandville ranch, $169,900

This lovely Grandville, MI 4 bedroom 1,980 sqft ranch-style home is tastefully updated, affordable, and conveniently located. Owners enjoy the restored oak floors, memory foam carpet, fresh paint, new appliances, and peaceful fenced yard with patio. Buck Creek Trail at the end of the street is plowed year round and connects with downtown Grandville, Kent Trails, and Wedgwood Park. To the east, a short walk to the Calvin campus, and a 5 minute drive south to Rivertown Mall. With low property taxes, maintenance-free features and numerous updates, future owners will enjoy their new home for its convenience, affordability and charm.

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Interview with Grand Rapids Superintendent Shows Optimism for Future of Education

Great article today in Rapid Growth. I’d urge you to subscribe if you haven’t already.

Call it a comeback: Grand Rapids Public Schools on the upswing, poised to thrive

Excerpt:

Under Weatherall Neal’s leadership, her team sifted out three goals for the Transformation Plan:

  • Ensuring children reach their academic potential with equal access to high quality schools and the most talented principals and teachers
  • Replicating and expanding what’s working and stopping what’s not
  • Offering quality choices that are academically and financially sustainable

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What’s Your Neighborhood Score? New GVSU Data Released

A long term project of GVSU, overseen by Jeremy Pyne, geographic information systems manager at the Johnson Center, has just released new data on neighborhoods in West Michigan.

You can compare your neighborhood score to others in town, even output a custom report based on a specific home’s location.

TRY IT HERE

profiles

The first phase of the CRI Community Profiles 2.0 aims to build upon CRI’s existing work in housing and economics within the City of Grand Rapids and to further the development and use of neighborhood information and data systems in local policymaking and community building.

This tool allows you to:

  • Map housing and economic patterns within a community or neighborhood
  • Compare multiple neighborhoods and indicators simultaneously
  • Trend information over time and across geographies
  • Score neighborhoods based on multiple indicators
  • Generate profile reports for your defined or customized geographic areas; and
  • Save all of your work through a registered account for future access.
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