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NEIGHBORHOOD
PROFILE
Rapid Growth Media
offers an accurate and well-written profile of the Belknap
Lookout/Monroe North neighborhood, including information about the
parks, school, businesses and community members. The profile also
includes historical information and neighborhood photos. To read the
profile,
click here.
NEIGHBORHOOD FEATURES:
• Growing urban
neighborhood, economically & racially diverse, with a unique history
(historical
profile).
• Within walking
distance to the "Medical Mile" (Spectrum Health, GVSU Cook/DeVos
Center, Van Andel
Research
Institute, MSU Medical School) and downtown.
• The local public
elementary school, Coit Creative Arts Academy, is just 1˝ blocks
away.
• Parks and recreation -
more than 5 area parks with tennis, basketball, hockey, and baseball
fields.
Coit Park
is directly across the street from Newberry Place and has basketball
courts, a playground, and
a huge
grassy field perfect for soccer, baseball, football, etc.
• Close to major bus
routes, and convenient access to US-131 and I-196.
• Within walking
distance to Creston Corridor and North Monroe Business District (art
galleries,
restaurants
& bars, shopping, salons, and more!)
NEIGHBORS OF
BELKNAP LOOKOUT (NOBL) NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
Address: 1042 Lafayette
Avenue NE
Phone: 616-454-8413
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nobl@choiceonemail.com
Executive Director:
Kristi DeKraker
MOBL NOBL
MOBL NOBL is an initiative to restore our neighborhood’s rich
tradition as a live-work community, encourage healthy lifestyles,
and enhance neighborhood connections to adjacent jobs,
entertainment, and commercial centers. Visit their website for more
information:
www.moblconnects.com
Photos of the Coit Park
playground, directly across the street from Newberry Place to the
south.
Left: One of Coit Park's
basketball courts (looking south from the Newberry Place site)
Right: View of the park
at Newberry Street & Fairview Avenue, one block west of Newberry
Place.
Left: Another view of
the park at Newberry & Fairview, looking east from the bluff.
Right: Looking south at
the park at Newberry & Fairview. You can see Bridgewater Place in
the distance.
Left: Looking southwest from the bluff
on Fairview at Newberry. In the center of the photo, in the
distance, is the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel and the unfinished J.W. Marriott
just to the left of it. On the far right is Bridgewater Place.
Right: Belknap Park
baseball field, view from Lookout Park. (photo: Brian Kelly)
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