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Walker hears Kent County corridor housing strategy calling for infill, corridor prioritization
Summary
Housing Next presented a Kent County corridor strategy and urged Walker to prioritize underused corridors — Lake Michigan Drive, Leonard, Remembrance and possibly Wilson — to accommodate demand for 35,000 near-term and 70,000 long-term housing units while preserving greenfield land.
Ryan Kilpatrick, executive director of Housing Next, told the Walker City Commission on Aug. 11 that Kent County needs "about 35,000 additional housing units in Kent County over the next 5 years" and nearly "70,000 additional housing units by 2050." He said Housing Next and partner organizations, including the Grand Rapids Chamber, advocate using underutilized corridors and infill to meet that demand rather than expanding development onto farms and forests.
Kilpatrick said the group's analysis shows 98% of vacant, residentially zoned land in Kent County is restricted to single-family lots with average minimum lot sizes of about "1 and a half…
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