Viva La Avenida Area Specific Plan

City of Grand Rapids, Williams & Works, Aligned Planning, and Nederveld

Since its adoption, the Area Specific Plan has resulted in a wide range of implementation efforts, including updates to the city’s zoning Oordinance to protect existing homes and encourage redevelopment with missing middle housing at key transit nodes, the transition of Cesar E. Chavez Avenue from a MDOT business route to a city street, and major multi-modal road reconstructions with enhanced streetscapes. Jurors said, "The best part of the plan was that the encroaching development pressure was recognized in time to proactively ensure that the future investment reflected the needs and wishes of the community members already in the neighborhood; this allowed the implementation to occur in a way that is equitable and desired by the community."  Congratulations to the City of Grand Rapids, Williams & Works, Aligned Planning, and Nederveld!