White, Dean Have Creative City-School Plan
Published: December 20, 2004
City commissioners James White and Robert Dean offered the city commission a truly innovative idea last week to assist the Grand Rapids Public Schools, a path by which the schools might actually benefit from their urban setting, rather than suffer from the severe disadvantages Superintendent Bert Bleke has discovered. The commissioners have proposed the city use its ability to apply the frequently used Brownfield Act for functionally obsolete school property. Such a move also might create a revenue stream for new and upgraded school facilities.

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