Planning Commission Reports

Each year, or at least most years, the Planning Department creates a report summarizing the activity and highlights of the year, including zoning text amendments, in-progress plan development, and related information. Provided here is an index of the recent Planning Department reports, starting in 2019 so as to have a pre-pandemic baseline. No report for 2020 is available. Below are tables to easily see the years in comparison.

Strongtowns' Housing Policy

Strongtowns' finally has guidance on housing policy in the form of "The Housing Ready City toolkit (PDF)". It is six simple land-use reforms:

New County Population Estimates

County level population estimates for 2024 are now available. All three counties which contain any part of the Grand Rapids UrbaniZed Area [the UZA] grew. Municipal population estimates have not been released. Will they be? Who knows.

A North End Bicycle Network Blooming?

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Planning Commission Agenda, 2025-03-13

The municipal agenda for the Planning Commission meeting on 2025-03-13 is ๐Ÿ‘‰here๐Ÿ‘ˆ


Welcome to Parking Palooza 2025!

Planning Commission Agenda, 2025-02-13

The municipal agenda for the Planning Commission meeting on 2025-02-13 is ๐Ÿ‘‰here๐Ÿ‘ˆ


2160 Celebration Dr NE

UPDATE 2025-03-13: This development is dead, the developer has listed the property for sale.

Data Point: zORI In 2024 (Midwest)

2015 - 2024

How as Grand Rapids' rent changed in the last ten years?

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