I'm pretty excited today, there's good news in Grand Rapids, MI.  According to the Today show,  Best Life Magazine has issued their Top 100 best places to raise a family and Grand Rapids is #35!  The only Michigan city ranked higher is Ann Arbor at #30.

Best Life is confirming what we knew in 1989 when we selected Grand Rapids as our new home town.  At the time, I was in the restaurant business in Bay City (a place where at least at that time, quantity was more important than quality).  We were in GR for a food show and as we sat at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel looking out over the Grand River at the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum we thought... wow, this would be a great place to live and raise the family.

A little over a year later, I started in Real Estate in Grand Rapids, and our belief turned out to be 100% accurate. 

It doesn't matter what you are looking for, West Michigan/Grand Rapids has it.  Art, Culture, Sports, great public and private schools, Lakes, Bike Trails, Restaurants, short commutes without gridlock, less than 1-hour to several State Parks on Lake Michigan, lots of colleges and universities, outstanding health care, and an economy that has certainly taken some hits, but given the number of cranes in the air downtown, is going to come out just fine in the end.

For a look at the wide range of activities available in this TOP 100 town, click here for my link list.  We also have a community calendar so you can pick what you want to do when you come here to check out your new home town.

If you'd like the Grand Tour, let me know. I've provided it to many transferees over the last 19-years, and would be happy to show you around.

When you're ready to move up to a Top 100 city, I'd be happy to help you find your perfect new home in your exciting new hometown.