GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sandbags line the Grand River as the water is expected to reach levels it has not reached in years.
Some of those sandbags are protecting a brand-new riverfront expansion project at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. City and museum leaders, the community and partners celebrated the opening of that project Thursday.
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“The whole outside is totally different from what it used to be,” said President & CEO of the Museum Dale Robertson. “It’s going to allow a connection to the river that was impossible before this expansion.”
For years, the museum lacked access to the river, which is something Robertson said needed to change. That sparked the inspiration for this project. He said it has been nearly a decade in the making…