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Resident praises county support for youth esports league and requests continued investment
Summary
A resident and program developer told the Finance Committee that the county has supported an Esports league for youth; he thanked the county for funding equipment and urged continued investment in youth services.
During public comment, Dee Jones described the Youth Justice Influence Esports League he established and thanked county staff and commissioners for recent support that helped sustain the program.
Jones said he has run the league for more than a year, has taken youths to Grand Rapids Gold games and to the Detroit Lions facility, and will restart the league next week. He said the county purchased video games and is contributing equipment: Jones said an outside funder offered $10,000 to the county and the county will use $3,000 of that to buy televisions and PlayStation 5 consoles for the program. Jones also told the committee he had advocated for repairs to the juvenile services center basement to create an esports lab and thanked staff and officials for that work.
Jones framed the program as a youth‑engagement and violence‑prevention initiative and described planned partnerships and training opportunities tied to colleges and industry. His comments were delivered as public comment; no county action on the subject was before the committee at this meeting.
