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Entrepreneur seeks city support for esports regional finals; city highlights summer youth jobs program
Summary
An entrepreneur asked the commission to support a planned three-day esports regional final at DeVos Place and partnerships with local schools and colleges. City staff also announced a summer youth employment program offering $13 per hour for eligible youth.
Dee Jones, an entrepreneur and local esports advocate, asked the Grand Rapids City Commission during public comment on March 25 to support a planned three-day regional esports finals event at DeVos Place during November’s Comic Con and to help develop local esports lab partnerships for high schools.
Jones said she has helped establish esports labs at several local schools, is collaborating with Ferris State University and Kent ISD, and sought city support for a regional finals event that she said would draw students from across Michigan and beyond. “I’m helping…
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