Dec 11, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
By Tribune Editorial Board, December 3, 2019 “The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has given environmentalists and everyone who enjoys the Grand River in its natural state an early Christmas present. The DNR has stopped the controversial proposal to... Dec 10, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
By Ehren Wynder, December 6, 2019 “The Grand River Waterway project has lost crucial support in its effort to dredge the Grand River and make it navigable for powerboats. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently announced it will not pursue the... Dec 2, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
By Becky Vargo, November 27, 2019 “A dredging project that would have opened up 23 miles of the Grand River to larger boats is back on the shelf after the Michigan Department of Natural Resources declined to do additional testing for it and decided to return a... Dec 2, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
By Dustin Dwyer, November 26, 2019 “The state has rejected a proposal to dredge 22.5 miles of the Grand River in West Michigan to open it up to power boating. The proposal came from a group led by West Michigan developer Dan Hibma. The group, called Grand River... Nov 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
By 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff, November 26, 2019 “A proposal that would dredge nearly 23 miles of the Grand River between Grand Rapids and the Bass River Inlet near Eastmanville is not moving forward, according to the Department of Natural Resources. ‘After a... Nov 5, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
By Sean Cauvet, November 4, 2019 “On Nov. 8, Grand Valley State University officials will face a big decision: to either support or oppose the Grand River Waterway Project. The project was proposed by West Michigan developer Dan Hibma nearly a decade ago. The... Oct 28, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
By Lanthorn Editorial Board, October 28, 2019 “This week, the Student Senate passed a motion asking the university to oppose the Grand River Waterway Project. This plan would use state funding to channelize 22.5 miles of the Grand River, and proponents of the... Oct 28, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
By Noah Fromson, October 4, 2019 “Leaders in Ottawa County continue to fight a proposal that would dredge nearly 23 miles of the Grand River between Grand Rapids and the Bass River Inlet near Eastmanville. ‘If we have to sue, we may sue because we’re... Aug 23, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
By Andrew Blok, Aug 20, 2019 “…the Grand River Waterway, would make 22.5 unmaintained miles of the Grand River navigable to boaters, opening access to Grand Rapids from Lake Michigan. Proponents say buoys and dredging parts of the river would make it safer... Jul 24, 2019 | Grand River Waterway, News
By Brian McVicar, July 24, 2019 “Dan Hibma, a prominent West Michigan developer, is the lead supporter of the Grand River Waterway project, a controversial push to open the river to larger powerboats by dredging a stretch between Grand Rapids and Lake Michigan....