Grading Plan Design for Barrier-Free Winter Routes
West Michigan winters don’t play nice. Grand Rapids gets more than 70 inches of snow in a normal year, much of it lake-effect off Lake Michigan. Snow falls, melts a little, then refreezes into ice. That cycle turns a simple walkway into a hazard. A smart grading plan is your first line of defense. It […]
How Urban Planning Supports Mixed-Use Development
A block where you can live, work and grab coffee does not happen by luck. It takes a plan. Urban planning sets the rules and framework that let homes, shops and offices share one place, and it is what makes mixed-use development possible. In Grand Rapids, where downtown and its neighborhoods keep drawing people, that […]