Grand Rapids sends $76K in city grants to neighborhood groups

The city of Grand Rapids is sending more than $76,000 to neighborhood organizations — including a program that sends volunteers to help residents with mobility issues clear snow and ice from their driveways and sidewalks.

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Grand Rapids sends $76K to neighborhood groups

The Eastown Community Association received funding through the city’s Neighborhood Match Fund (NMF) to support its Snow Angel Project, a relatively new initiative that launched last year.

“A lot of our older neighbors and mobility-need neighbors had a difficult time clearing their sidewalks, walkways, and driveways of snow and ice. So, they came up with this brilliant idea: let’s start a snow angel project,” Eastown Community Association Executive Director Steve Staggs said…

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