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Local News
- Lighthouse Communities and Urban Pizza
Uptown Incubator, Urban Pizza to open April 1. - Madison Square Business Incubator
Madison Square business incubator has community backing for $1.7m project. - Flips Foreclosed Homes
Lighthouse Communities has several homes throughout Kent County that they are revitalizing. The positive investment and development of these properties will likely stabilize property values of the entire block, bringing vitality and prosperity to our communities. - Bringing in NSP funds to address foreclosures and blight in southeast Grand Rapids
Garfield Park and Madison Square neighborhood will benefit from an $820,000 investment in NSP funds allocated by the State of Michigan. Watch the video online. - Countrywide Settlement Funds allocated to housing agencies
Lighthouse Communities and other local housing agencies will receive funds to continue to stabilize the neighborhoods hardest hit by foreclosures in Grand Rapids. - Fighting foreclosures with Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds
Read about the effects of foreclosure in our communities and how Lighthouse will help tackle this issue through the NSP program by making improvements to foreclosed properties and returning them to homeownership. - Madison Square business district
Madison Square business district another step closer to becoming Grand Rapids' second CID
Thank you all for your faith and partnership... We could not do it without you.
- David Allen
Resources and tools for businesses
Businesses create jobs, attract investments and add to the vitality of a neighborhood or community. Supporting businesses and our commercial corridors is a priority for Lighthouse to help create sustainable communities. We partner with several organizations to provide training and technical assistance to businesses, specifically located or looking to locate in the Southtown area. As we streamline our job creation and retention strategies, the level of technical assistance/training will be expanded in 2010 to include other businesses besides microenterprises. Individuals with business ideas (and preferably a business plan) are strongly encouraged to contact us and to participate in our business trainings. A list of available trainings or workshops and applicable fees would be updated on our web calendar . Contact us if you have questions about this program or would like to receive TA/training. Visit our Commercial Services page for information on the various tools and services offered.
TA/training is available to address several business issues such as business registration, accounting, taxes, workforce development, and marketing.
More Commercial Services News
Lighthouse Communities supports microenterprise businesses in Southtown