Emily Brieve News Today

The Kent County Board of Commissioners on Thursday voted to adopt parameters for an affordable housing revolving loan fund that will launch with an initial $58 million to support rental and for-sale housing development in the county.

Michigan Advance's Allison Donahue talks with Cheyna Roth about the status of sex education in the state and what exactly the group opposes.

Michigan Advance's Allison Donahue talks with Cheyna Roth about the status of sex education in the state and what exactly the group opposes.

Kent County received a $333,000 Refugee Resettlement Food Assistance Grant from the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services and a $180,000 Refugee Screening Grant from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity to provide critical services to Afghan refugees.

The Kent County Board of Public Works approved a project development agreement (PDA) with Kent County Bioenergy Facility to build an approximately $280 million Material Recovery Facility.

The company recently announced its fifth and sixth acquisitions in the state.

Two new board members were appointed at a Jan. 3 Kent County Board of Commissioners meeting.

Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority named Kent County Commissioner Emily Brieve to its board of directors. She will serve a three-year term in the general oversight of the airport alongside six other board members, including board chair Dan Koorndyk and vice chair Floyd Wilson Jr., who were reelected to their roles. Birgit Klohs was newly elected as board secretary. “I’m honored to join the boar...