But it’s also these business that have been here decades, a hundred years,” he said. Places like Rockford Construction and the Mitten Brewing Company - they are great additions to the west side. “Part of it is a lot of investment from outside groups or new business in the neighborhood. He said he couldn’t imagine opening the distillery anywhere else.
Van Strien and his co-owner have lived on the West Side for the past decade. “For us, it’s really exciting to invest money and our heart and soul into this neighborhood now,” Kyle Van Strien, co-owner of Long Road Distillers, said. One of the new businesses is Long Road Distillers, which is going in along Leonard Street. We have to give this all to the youth we have to give this all to the next generation that is coming though.” “But everybody realizes that we have to shake it off and go to the next level, and the next level would be all the new things that are happening. “There was a tad bit of hesitation at first,” Steketee said. The transformation has been years in the making. Now, she says, they get three to four per month. Steketee said the area from Bridge Street to Leonard Street used to get only three or four businesses per year looking to move into the area. Thursday, the Grand Rapids Planning Commission approved plans for the latest development: A new brewery along Alpine Avenue called Grey Line Brewing Co. “I’m really, really excited about all the new things that are happening the new developments that are going on, this is just wonderful,” said Nola Steketee, the executive director of the West Grand Neighborhood Organization. The West Side of Grand Rapids is undergoing a transformation.įor a long time, the saying among West Siders has been “The West Side is the best side,” and now it seems others outside the area are taking notice.
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