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Lansing-Based Company Announces Grand Rapids Satellite

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Lansing-based Clark Construction Company announced this week that it will open a Grand Rapids office in McKay Tower. The office will house the company’s West Michigan outpost. The company has done more than $500 million of work in the Grand Rapids area in the past ten years. The outpost is expected to open in the next 1 to 2 months. The company’s Vice President Dan Korte will lead almost 30 West Michigan employees at the new site. Currently, the company is in the middle of the Gun Lake Casino’s Phase Five project.

 

West Michigan Projects Receive Rehabilitation Grants

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Multiple projects in West Michigan have received almost $19 million in placemaking and real estate rehab grants from the state. The Right Place, the city of Grand Rapids and city of Muskegon were awarded $18,991,166. Twenty-two grants totaling $83.8 million were approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund board. The grants are part of the Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) incentive program created to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan. The program grants up to $5 million per project for real estate rehabilitation and development and up to $1 million per project for public space improvements.  Up to $20 million can go to local or regional partners who develop a coordinated subgrant program.