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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
First NSP Open Houses in Grand Rapids & Kentwood
On December 9, 2009, Lighthouse Communities hosted its first NSP open houses at 2291 Embro Drive SE, Kentwood, MI and 1727 Giddings SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507.
Lighthouse Communities Executive Director Jeremy DeRoo said “We’re excited about giving the community an opportunity to see the growth and modernization that we’ve been talking about for the past year,”. “Our visitors will surely have high expectations for our projects, and they are not going to be disappointed.”
The NSP or neighborhood stabilization program was created to allow communities the opportunity to transform foreclosed vacant properties into renovated, occupied homes. Projects are supported with funds from the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The program is available to families and individuals with incomes of up to 120% AMI in eligible areas throughout Kent County.
If you’re interested in any of our homes for sale, please contact someone in our Housing Services Department.