🌱 Garfield Park Condo Approved + Waste Drop-Off Open All Winter

Rise and shine, Grand Rapids! Let's get you started this Monday with everything you need to know going on in Grand Rapids today.

First, today's weather:

Mild with plenty of sunshine. High: 48 Low: 30.

Here are the top 5 stories in Grand Rapids today:

1. The Grand Rapids Planning Commission has approved rezoning for a 42-unit condominium development in the Garfield Park neighborhood, as well as the construction of a four-story office building. Nonprofit housing developer Dwelling Place decreased its originally proposed 47 condo units to 42 after neighborhood concerns about the density of the project, which would be located at 2080 Union Ave. SE. The condominium development is planned on a block of land adjacent to a Samaritas housing development. (MiBiz: West Michigan Business News)
2. The city of Grand Rapids is making it easier for people who are picking up leaves and tree branches that were left behind from this weekend's wind storms. The hours at the yard waste drop-off site in Grand Rapids have been extended and will remain open throughout this winter, instead of closing this past Saturday as originally planned. Starting today, hours of operation are 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. (WOODTV.com)
3. Police found a man with a gunshot wound to the leg early Sunday morning walking on S Division Avenue near Hall Street. Officers found the wounded man walking with another individual, but the victim was uncooperative, according to a statement from the Grand Rapids Police Department. (MLive.com)
4. Grand Rapids residents are in for a windy week, with gusts from 15 to 25 mph over the next several days. Temperatures are expected to be in the 30s and 40s earlier in the week before warming up to highs in the 50s on Wednesday and Thursday. (Grand Rapids Patch)
5. The Grand Rapids Children's Museum is hosting Winter Wonder, eight days worth of fun activities for local kids to stay active during their winter break. Activities include an Obstacle Course, a musical performance, and a painting performance, plus some special holiday crafts (Dec. 17 to 21) and New Year's crafts (Dec. 27 to 30). (Fox17)

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Today in Grand Rapids:

• Ask a Realtor Event At Plainfield Senior Center (9:30 AM)
• Parks And Recreation Commission Meeting At East Grand Rapids Community Center (6:00 PM)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.