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Tag Archives: the fight for Heartside Park
Grand Rapids Heartside Park threatened by off ramp -1996
The linked article on the Heartside Park is re-published by the FUNdamentalist newspaper, which was published from 1991 – 1998 in Grand Rapids. The Heartside Park almost didn’t happen. As the linked article suggests, there were lots of political and … Continue reading
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