Gaslight Village

Great opportunity to enhance community but must retain natural beauty!

I am very supportive of the development but want to ensure it maintains a high quality of natural spaces, trees, grass, perhaps small park/flower spaces for community enjoyment. Gaslight would benefit from a breakfast restaurant – and ideally a donut shop too! We’d love to see places for families and children. A bike shop would

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Unrealized Potential

Gaslight would benefit from increased restaurants (breakfast, lunch, family friendly dining, deli, etc.). Every time we want to go to lunch we head out of the area. We definitely need a new pharmacy too – D&W doesn’t cut it. And how about a bookstore? I’d also love to see the area developed into family friendly

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Future land use

Recently I read the proposal to add hundreds of new rental units and condos into this undeveloped space in EGR. Over the past several years, every open parcel of land has been, or is being developed into more housing, and we’re losing the last reminents of natural beauty outside of Reeds and FIsk Lake. Adding

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Ms

East Grand Rapids’ housing has become ridiculously unaffordable. Any plan for infill Must include affordable housing options, We cannot keep adding million dollar single family homes. It keeps younger families out of the community, which adversely impacts our schools. Rental properties must be able to house a variety of family types, from families with young

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Walkability & Community

I moved close to Gaslight Village for walkability, and I enjoy seeing diverse people of all generations out and about, especially near the lake. Centralized free parking would help accommodate visitors driving from distances. Housing options with all or mostly one-level living would be great for the many grandparents who move here. More restaurants with

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