Talk Over; City Acts For Schools
Published: April 26, 2004
What a difference a mayor makes. Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell made the quality of public schools his No. 1 agenda item even before his election last year. True to his word, his latest initiative is one which Grand Rapids Business Journal has hammered for nearly a decade: Downtown Development Authority’s capture of property tax dedicated to schools.

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