For about the same money it cost to build the Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids could develop a streetcar system that would return billions of dollars to the local economy, just like the streetcar system in places like Portland, OR has brought some $3 billion to that city in less than a decade. A feasibility study is underway and the results should be ready by summer 2008.
According to excerpts from the story:
The city of San Francisco has them, so does Portland, Oregon, but how about Grand Rapids?
We're talking about streetcars and thanks to the Rapid, it's becoming a real possibility to have them here in West Michigan.
Right now, It's just an idea, but one that is becoming more and more realistic. The Rapid has hired a company to look at how it would benefit the city.
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