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Planning commission approves Grand Rapids Christian Schools site changes to expand preschool and add a campus drive

Grand Rapids Planning Commission · November 14, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission approved Grand Rapids Christian Schools’ site-plan changes to expand preschool capacity at the Evergreen campus, including a new one-way campus drive and increased on-site parking, with conditions on lighting, drive widths, landscape buffering, and stormwater controls.

The Grand Rapids Planning Commission approved Nov. 13 a site-plan review request from Grand Rapids Christian Schools to expand preschool programming at the Evergreen campus (1630 Griggs/1875 Rosewood) and to add an internal one-way campus drive, a second preschool entrance, and expanded parking.

Superintendent Aaron Winkle (speaker 19) told commissioners the change is part of a multi-campus master plan to realign grades and add preschool capacity across the district. Todd Palmer of MDG Architects (speaker 20) and civil engineer Jeff Vanlar (speaker 7) said the proposal keeps work within the existing building footprint, modernizes classrooms for…

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