We Will Rise This is our home. No challenge is too big for us. We don’t – we won’t – back down. We will recover from this disruption. Need proof? Check out this video produced by Sirena Johnson of our Office of Communications. #WeWillRise
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Roundup: City Commission approves budget, zones for restaurants & bars The Grand Rapids City Commission on Thursday unanimously approved the fiscal year 2021 fiscal plan and established social zones to help restaurants and bars in their COVID-19 resiliency and recovery efforts.
Roundup: COVID-19, economic resiliency, FY2021 budget, housing & more The commission held its bimonthly meetings online Tuesday per Gov. Whitmer’s executive order. It heard an update on the City’s COVID-19 response and recovery efforts, proposed fiscal year budget and housing supply and affordability. It held two public hearings and took action on economic resiliency investments, service provision fees, a downtown special assessment and park & street improvements.
Environmental groups, City, songwriter partner on stormwater education The West Michigan Environmental Action Council announced the release of a new educational music video, “Stormwater Rock: Watersheds,” and accompanying coloring book during the May 12 City Commission budget workshop. The promotional materials are designed to increase public awareness of what watersheds are, how daily practices impact them and what communities can do to care for them.