GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The city of Grand Rapids is committing $20,000 to a new art installation with the goal of honoring and memorializing victims of gun violence.
Last summer, after the city received some requests to rename city streets after victims of violence, it proposed a communitywide memorial to honor everyone.
“We had a very robust conversation on the dais some time ago, when there were a couple of requests to rename streets after victims of gun violence,” Grand Rapids City Manager Mark Washington said during the city’s Public Safety Committee meeting Tuesday.
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A team from the city’s Office of Public Accountability presented its plan for the project and projected timeline. Latesha Lipscomb, a civilian violence prevention and intervention manager with the city, told News 8 that since the idea first came up, she has sought community feedback…