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The municipal agenda for the Planning Commission meeting on 2024-01-25 is 👉here👈

The municipal agenda for the Planning Commission meeting on 2024-01-11 is 👉here👈

201 Fulton W

This is a Special Land Use (SLU) request to operate a cocktail lounge on the main floor of the Plaza Towers building which will be open until 1:00am on Fridays and Saturdays. Mondays through Thursday the establishment will close at midnight. No exterior modifications beyond signage will be made to the site. 1,008sq/ft of internal space will be dedicated to the lounge.

UPDATE 2024-01-30: There is a Crains article concerning the 916 Benjamin Ave project, and its potential demise due to costs and financing, 👉here👈.

UPDATE 2023-12-15: All items on the agenda were approved. Stream can be found 👉here👈.

UPDATE 2023-12-07: The development at 916 Benjamin Ave was pulled from the agenda.

On November 6th the community access show "City Connection" hosted Kyle Van Strien, current chair of the Grand Rapids Planning Commission, and City Commissioner Melinda Ysasi (2nd Ward). In the show's traditional format the host interviews the Commissioner Ysasis, then Planning Commissioner Van Strien, and then the two together.

UPDATE 2023-11-10: The stream is available on Youtube 👉here👈. The public comment for the 959 Bristol Ave NW development is 🔥lit🔥! 😑 The discussion at the end of the meeting related to the topic of reducing or eliminating residential parking minimums starts 👉here👈.

UPDATE 2023-10-27: Due to the length of the meeting the discussion of the potential zoning reforms was postponed. What that means for any possibility of reforms which could assist the 2024 building season is not yet known.

UPDATE 2023-11-01: The discussion of the potential zoning reforms was moved from the end of this meeting to the beginning of 👉the 2023-11-09 meeting👈.

The Planning Commission's agenda for 2023-10-12 is 👉here👈.