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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
Businesses are a driving force in promoting a vibrant community. Neighborhood Ventures is delighted to work with Lighthouse Communities in this innovative community-driven partnership to revitalize Southtown.
- Kimberly Van Dyk, Neighborhood Ventures Executive Director
Creating commercial space
Posted: 06-04-2009
Creating adequate commercial space for our businesses is just as important to Lighthouse as it is to develop business capacity. Over the last three years, Lighthouse completed two major mixed-used developments that offered an additional 9,200 sq. ft. of commercial space.
Uptown Village, 950 Wealthy Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Uptown Village is a 46,000 sq. ft., mixed-use development located in uptown Grand Rapids - corners of Wealthy, Diamond and Sigsbee Streets. Uptown Village features 24 residential units, including 6 townhomes, and 7,200 sq. ft. of retail and office space.
Roosevelt Park Lofts, 1363 Grandville Avenue SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
The Roosevelt Park Lofts is a 35,000 sq. ft., 21 apartment units, mixed-use development that also offers 2,400 sq. ft. of commercial space.
Have questions about the Business Incubator or would like to enquire about commercial space available please contact us by phone at (616) 451-9140 or via email .
More Commercial Services News
Lighthouse Communities supports microenterprise businesses in Southtown