At Amplify GR, we believe neighborhoods should have the resources and amenities needed to support its neighbors.
Thanks to all the people and partners who worked to strengthen and support Southeast Grand Rapids in 2024! Check out the 2024 Impact Report, which highlights a few of the ways we are preserving and widening pathways to opportunity together in the Boston Square and Madison Square neighborhoods of Grand Rapids.
In 2024, together we uplifted community priorities and assets in economic opportunity, mixed-income housing, birth-to-career education, and community wellness. Here are a few ways we created impact together:
- Corewell Health opened the Boston Square Center for Wellness, seeing nearly 200 patients in the first four weeks! This is the first space to open in the new 45,000 square foot HUB 07, which will soon be home to up to 16 partners providing multi-generational programming to the community.
- AGR’s home repair grant program, Neighborhood Strong, has helped more than 200 neighbors increase the wealth in their homes by an estimated $17 million since 2018. This program is one of many through which AGR leverages partnerships.
- Neighbors awarded $32,000 in Amp the Good grants to bring their community-building ideas to life – funding events and initiatives that deepen social connections and contribute to a thriving neighborhood.
We look forward to more great work together this year – when we’ll open HUB 07 (the neighborhood’s living room and front porch) and break ground on the second phase of mixed-income, mixed-use housing and entrepreneurial spaces.