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Board members praise sidewalks, library improvements and downtown lighting; updates on local projects

TIFA Regular Board · January 16, 2026

Summary

During board comments, members praised new sidewalks on Mundy Ave. and Brooks St., highlighted a completed library circulation desk (funded by TIFA, FACF and Great Lakes Energy), reported a planned Gerber Federal Credit Union building purchase in Fremont, and noted the interview process for Newaygo County's Economic Development Director.

Several board members used the comments section to report local updates. Committee member Chad Miller commended recently completed sidewalks along Mundy Ave. and Brooks St. Committee member Mary Franklin provided updates on the library exterior book drop and summer reading program and said the circulation desk was funded by TIFA, FACF and Great Lakes Energy.

John Buckley Jr. reported that Gerber Federal Credit Union plans to purchase a building in Fremont. Chris Wren updated the board on the interview process for the Newaygo County Economic Development Director position. Tom Postma complimented downtown holiday lighting; City Manager Jon Schneider credited the PSD Board and DPW for adding lights to poles. Ben Gilpin thanked the City for providing pine trees that elementary students decorated for the Christmas season. Chair Morgan Heinzman thanked Ed Fedell and former Mayor Armstrong for their work on the Muskegon River Holdings property.

These remarks were informational; no board action was taken in the comments section.

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