“Probably about a year ago, we started planning the 175th celebration for all of 2025.”
JD Waldvogel is Strategic Marketing Specialist for the city of Grand Rapids.
“At first, we were kind of thinking, ‘Well, maybe we’ll just do something during Festival of the Arts,’ and then when that kind of was cancelled for this year and they already had the park reserved and we’re like, ‘Well, that’s a perfect weekend for us to throw our birthday party.’”…