City of Grand Rapids Office of Equity and Engagement

🎉 Celebrating Neighborhood Match Fund Recipients! 🎉

We’re proud to highlight the amazing community leaders and organizations making a difference across Grand Rapids through the Neighborhood Match Fund. Their projects are helping bring neighbors together, build connections, and strengthen our communities. 💪🏽🏙️

✨ Today’s Highlight: Houseman Playground Recreation Community Celebration, hosted by Midtown Neighborhood Association

Check out the photo to learn more about their project and the impact they are making in the community.

📣 Have an idea to help bring people together in your neighborhood? The next round of Neighborhood Match Fund applications is open now — but don’t wait! Applications are due June 30.

💡 The Neighborhood Match Fund supports resident-led projects that create positive change and strengthen community connections.

👉 Learn more and apply here: grandrapidsmi.gov/nmf

Community Voices Wanted!

The CRC is a City board that connects community concerns to action! We make recommendations to City Leadership about policy, ordinances, and community education that is responsive and reflective of the community’s needs. Everyone is welcome, please come be part of the conversation!

🎉 Celebrating Neighborhood Match Fund Recipients! 🎉

We’re proud to highlight the amazing community leaders and organizations making a difference across Grand Rapids through the Neighborhood Match Fund. Their projects are helping bring neighbors together, build connections, and strengthen our communities. 💪🏽🏙️

✨ Today’s Highlight: School Support for Success, hosted by Positive Impact for Life

Check out the photo to learn more about their project and the impact they are making in the community.

📣 Have an idea to help bring people together in your neighborhood? The next round of Neighborhood Match Fund applications is open now — but don’t wait! Applications are due June 30.

💡 The Neighborhood Match Fund supports resident-led projects that create positive change and strengthen community connections.

👉 Learn more and apply here: grandrapidsmi.gov/nmf

❤️💛💚 Celebrating the Power of Love, Freedom & Heritage This June 💚💛❤️


June is a month overflowing with history, courage, and culture. We honor the communities whose stories shape our nation and remind us of what resilience, unity, and love look like.

✨ Pride Month uplifts 2-SLGBTQ+ voices. This year's Pride theme, "For All of Us," reminds us that thriving communities are built through unity, visibility, and collective care.

✨ Juneteenth honors freedom, resilience, and the end of slavery in the United States. It is a day to both reflect on and celebrate the past, present, and future of African American communities.

✨ Loving Day commemorates the Supreme Court decision Loving v Virginia (1967) that ended all state laws against in*******al marriage.

✨ National Immigrant Heritage Month recognizes the strength, diversity, and contributions of immigrants who enrich our communities.

✨ Caribbean American Heritage Month celebrates the vibrant culture, history, and achievements of Caribbean Americans nationwide. We celebrate in June because June was chosen to commemorate the arrival of the first Caribbean immigrants at Ellis Island in 1898!


Together, these observances highlight the beauty of our shared humanity. This month — and every month — we commit to learning, honoring, and serving the communities that make our world brighter.

May brings several opportunities to recognize and celebrate the diverse communities, cultures, and experiences that shape Grand Rapids.

This month, we acknowledge:
• Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Mental Health Awareness Month
• Jewish American Heritage Month
• National Mobility Awareness Month

We encourage community members to take time to learn, reflect, support local organizations, and engage with the many events and resources happening throughout our city this month.

Local resources to explore include the Grand Rapids Asian-Pacific Foundation, NAMI West Michigan, the Jewish Federation of Grand Rapids, and Disability Advocates of Kent County.

Together, we continue building a more connected and equitable community for all.

Thank you for all who attended the 12th annual Grand Rapids Neighborhood Summit! We are thankful for your commitment and care for our Grand Rapids Community! 💕

We'll be posting pictures soon, so stay tuned.

See you soon at the Grand Rapids Neighborhood Summit! 💖

We will be at GRPS University and check-in will begin at 8:00am. Didn’t get a chance to register online? No worries, walk ins are always welcome!

📍The GRPS University address is 1400 Fuller Ave NE Grand Rapids, MI 49505

🕗Summit will be from 8:00am - 6:00pm