Grand Rapids Bike Week receives city commission’s blessing, plans move ahead

It’s been an uphill ride, but WOOD-TV8 reports that the proposed motorcycle bike week will take place this summer thanks to a compromise between the organizers and the Grand Rapids city commission. According to excerpts from the story:Grand Rapids city commissioners have given their own version of the Blessing of the Bikes. After two months of debate and a week’s worth of talk and compromise between promoters and commissioners with concerns, the full commission allowed the city manager’s office to move forward with lining up the needed approvals for Bike Week to come to the city. Promoters brought a number of concessions to commissioners to sell the plan.Read the complete story here.