Michigan Street in Grand Rapids is at a crossroads. After years of growth that brought new businesses, a hotel and hundreds of new homes to the corridor, the Michigan Street Corridor Improvement Authority is now working to shape what comes next — and the businesses that line the street have ideas.
WATCH: Michigan Street shops welcome growth as corridor authority plans next chapter
Michigan Street businesses welcome growth as corridor authority plans next chapter
“More building, more apartments, we’d love to see it all,” said Bob Quay, the owner of Bob’s Bar.
Quay has owned the bar on the corner of Michigan Street and Harlan Avenue for 13 years and said the growth in recent years has been good for business, but development surrounding the business has leveled off…