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Once a major lumbering and furniture manufacturing center, home to Dutch immigrants who were skilled makers of fine furniture, Grand Rapids now produces mostly office furniture. Amway headquarters are located there, and the Mackinac Bridge, opened in 1957, is a tourist attraction in its own right.
If you are looking to move to Grand Rapid, this city is a great place to live. Grand Rapids apartments are conveniently located throughout the city. Many apartment rentals are nestled in beautifully landscaped environments.
Downtown, Riverwalk follows the Grand Rapids River and crosses it at one point by way of a railroad trestle, now converted to a pedestrian walkway. In adjacent Heritage Hill, 1300 homes dating to the mid-nineteenth century are on a self-guided walking tour, including the Meyer May house, a restored Frank Lloyd Wright prairie-style design. Boutiques, restaurants and galleries line the streets in East Hills, including the quaint red-brick Wealthy Street.
In nearby Holland, Dutch Village, a 10-acre theme park, features a replica of a 19th century Dutch village and a wooden shoe factory, and Windmill Island has a 240-year-old working Dutch windmill.
Michigan claims more lighthouses than any other state, including three near Grand Rapids, the Grand Haven, the Holland Harbor and the Muskegon South Pier.
Grand Rapids’ average summer high temperature is 83, and its average winter low is 14. Yearly precipitation, at 36 inches, is slightly lower than the national average of 38.7.
Grand Rapids has 10 golf courses, Higher Ground rock-climbing center, the Soccer Spot, an indoor sports complex, the Soccer Zone for indoor hockey and inline skating, the Grand Rapids Rampage, an arena football team, Griffins hockey, and the West Michigan Whitecaps, a Class A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. These amenities alone are enough to convince someone to rent apartments in this historic city.
The Coopersville Farm Museum features agricultural, rural and farm life exhibits. The Blandford Nature Center offers nature trails and animal exhibits. Engine House Number Five is an antique fire station. Grand Rapids is also home to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, the Holland Museum with historical exhibits of Dutch settlers, the Van Andel Museum and Planetarium, and the Voigt House Victorian Museum, a preserved 1895 home.
Performing arts venues include the Wealthy Theater, the Spectrum Theatre, the Community Circle Theatre, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, the Jewish Theater and the Broadway Theatre Guild, which features touring Broadway productions. Fine arts are on view at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, and the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. One can easily walk to most of these entertainment centers from apartment rental complexes located in the downtown area.
A studio apartment rental in the Forest Hills area of Grand Rapids starts at $460. A one-bedroom apartment in East Grand Rapids rents for $615. A two-bedroom apartment in the Cascade section of Grand Rapids rents for $720, and a three-bedroom rental apartment in Ada starts at $850.