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Commission approves childcare and youth center at MLK with opaque playground fence condition
Summary
The commission approved a special land use and site plan to convert two commercial buildings at 1014/1024 Martin Luther King Jr. St SE into a childcare center and youth center, requiring the playground be enclosed with a minimum 6‑foot opaque fence and continuing neighborhood engagement.
On Dec. 11 the Grand Rapids Planning Commission approved a request to establish a childcare center and an after‑school youth center in a combined commercial building at 1014 and 1024 Martin Luther King Jr. Street SE, with conditions including a minimum 6‑foot opaque fence around the proposed playground.
Avery (planning staff) said the site combines two properties into an internally connected facility totaling just under 6,000 square feet. The west portion will house a childcare center with two classrooms and the east portion will operate as a youth center. Staff reported a required…
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