YES!  Do you love to garden and do not have the space?  Well here is a GREAT solution.  The new salvation army KROC community center in Garfield Park on 2500 Division is now taking reservations for your garden plot.  For $10.00 bucks they give you a 4ft by 12ft garden plot!  A great time for you to be part of the KROC community garden!  You do not have to live in Garfield park area to have a plot, anyone can sign up. They offer raised beds, blending planting soil and automatic irrigation system!    They were giving away free tomato plants as well, I am not sure if there are any left, but you can get more info here. May I just add, this is another reason for buying a home in this area, I tell you once this KROC community center is up and running I feel this is going to be a very desirabl... 07/18/2008

Well, on my previous blog, I had said I would not blog about this again till we have closed on the home, but I lied!  We were out there again today taking measurements, going over design idea's and HECK we are all just too excited to stay away! So here are some pictures of the home before we start work................ The Garfield staff standing in the dinning room, those hardwood floors are going to be beautiful when the are done refinishing them! Woman in pink; the very soon happy home owner with one of her girls, Brendan O'Driscoll the lender.   The 2 girls standing in what is going to be their play room.           Home owner standing in the kitchen, this is going to be one of the area's we will make a big change! Bath room........we are going to tile this room!   Entryway to home, d... 07/17/2008

Yes!  You could own this 4 bedroom 2.5 bath English Tudor home for as little as $500.00 down and a mortgage payment of $1,189.23, by qualifying for a FHA loan and using the AmeriDream Down payment assistance.   Example/Estimate:   Purchase price  $144,900.00 Loan Amount    $140,533.00  (142,661 w/MI**) Closing Cost      $4,132.00 Closing Cost AmeriDream     -$3,632.00 (paid out of AmeriDream program)   Downpayment Asst -$4,367.00 (paid out of AmeriDream program) Borrower Deposit    $500.00   Monthy Payment      $925.00 Principal and Interest*                                 $69.11 Mortgage Insurance                                 $40.00 Estimated Home Owners Insurance                               $154.82 Estimated Property Taxes Total Monthly Payment - $1,189.23              _________... 06/12/2008

 Recently, I sat down for lunch with an engaging, young mortgage professional, Hillary Kooy, to talk about her involvement with the Garfield Park Development Corporation. The Garfield Park Neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan is  roughly bounded by Cottage Grove Street to the north, 28th Street to the south, Division and Century Streets to the west, and Eastern Avenue to the east.Garfield Park is an eclectic and diversified neighborhood which is anchored by the historic neighborhood park by the same name.  It's a neighborhood which also supports a number of ethnic and minority communities and businesses.  The Garfield Neighborhood Association is one of Grand Rapids best known and established community organizations. In 1992, concerned residents within the Garfield Park neighborhood fo... 02/12/2008

Garfield Park Development Corp is offering this totally gutted and redone home! There are 5 more GDC homes on the way! Steve Volkers | Exit Success Realty | 616-534-4480 ext 262 1910 Stafford, Grand Rapids, MI Remolded Home By Garfield Dev. Corp. 3 Bdrm Single Family House offered at $94,900 Year Built 1920 Sq Footage 1,346 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 1 full, 0 partial Floors 2 Parking Unspecified Lot Size Unspecified HOA/Maint $0 per month DESCRIPTION Beautiful round columns are the first things that catch your eye at this elegantly restore Garfield Development Home. Great open floor plan welcomes you and those great family gatherings. Wonderful den or study gives you a space for quiet time while the kitchen lets you look out at the fenced backyard with an above ground pool. Estimated complet... 06/06/2007