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Scope and Contents From the Series: The Madison Area Neighborhood Association, like Neighbors of Belknap Lookout, was formed by the national organization ACORN. The Madison Neighborhood broke free from the ACORN organization so that the association would be under the control of people of the Madison area.In 1979, free from the ACORN organization, the Madison area neighbors formed their independent neighborhood association named in honor of the father of Civil Rights in Grand Rapids, Paul I. Phillips.The...

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Interfacing with the Kent County community on the northeast of Grand Rapids, this area is bordered on the west by N. Fuller and on the south by I-96, with busy Leonard St. cutting through the center west to east. It includes a mix of residential, including apartments, industrial, and Kent County offices, such as the Kent County Corrections Facility and the Kent Education Center at opposite corners of the area.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Previously Coll. 252 was called the Ottawa Hills Neighborhood Association Records. In the Spring of 2006 it was decided to broaden the scope of Coll. 252, to create a home for materials received in the department from the various neighborhood associations. At the same time, staff were aware that informative materials on the neighborhoods were not being received in the department, and should be sought from the various area organizations. Calvin College student intern Emily Hamstra took on the...

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This small southeast area was an early Dutch neighborhood. It sits between Eastern Ave. and Kalamazoo north of Griggs.

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Ottawa Hills Neighborhood Association formed in 1974 in response to the “white flight” and increase in “for sale” signs throughout the neighborhood. This association helped to stabilize and unify the racially diverse residents of the neighborhood.

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Ottawa Hills Neighborhood Association formed in 1974 in response to the “white flight” and increase in “for sale” signs throughout the neighborhood. This association helped to stabilize and unify the racially diverse residents of the neighborhood.

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Ottawa Hills Neighborhood Association formed in 1974 in response to the “white flight” and increase in “for sale” signs throughout the neighborhood. This association helped to stabilize and unify the racially diverse residents of the neighborhood.

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Ottawa Hills Neighborhood Association formed in 1974 in response to the “white flight” and increase in “for sale” signs throughout the neighborhood. This association helped to stabilize and unify the racially diverse residents of the neighborhood.

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Ottawa Hills Neighborhood Association formed in 1974 in response to the “white flight” and increase in “for sale” signs throughout the neighborhood. This association helped to stabilize and unify the racially diverse residents of the neighborhood.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Ottawa Hills Neighborhood Association formed in 1974 in response to the “white flight” and increase in “for sale” signs throughout the neighborhood. This association helped to stabilize and unify the racially diverse residents of the neighborhood.