A proposed health center will focus on providing medical, mental health care, and other services to low-income residents in the heart of Grand Rapids. The development involves the removal of four low-income apartment buildings, which has generated some concern among residents wishing to keep the structures intact.
According to excerpts from the story:
A planned $24 million health center geared to low-income residents could be funded primarily with federal, state and local tax dollars. Heart of the City Health Services -- formerly called TCP Integrated Health Center -- will be built on Cherry Street SE between Sheldon and LaGrave avenues. Up to $705,000 of the funding will come from the city's Downtown Development Authority, which approved the tax reimbursement request Wednesday. The DDA portion will come through tax-increment financing, which allows money that would have gone for property taxes to pay for improvements such as landscaping, street lighting and accessibility. The project also is seeking other tax credits and federal stimulus money. Developers hope to raise $3 million in private donations and will launch a campaign next month, said Gregory Dziadosz, executive director of Touchstone Innovare.
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