GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cesar E Chavez Ave is not a new road, but for businesses who call the stretch between Roosevelt and Cordella home; it may as well be for all the headache this year's construction project has caused.
The avenue has been under construction and closed since March and it was a long detour to get around.
The original plan had it re-opening in August, but (in case you haven’t checked your calendar in a bit) that’s not what happened.
The end of this project has been so highly-anticipated that on Thursday at 11 a.m., the City of Grand Rapids will hold a ribbon cutting commemorating the reopening of the road and businesses along that section are offering special deals and sales.
According to the Southwest Business Association, your participation in the celebration could get you $50! You can submit your receipt for entry in a raffle just for buying from businesses there during the sales.
Drive on down and enjoy the new roadway and landscaping, which lends visibility to all the infrastructure work hiding below the pavement.
The full celebration is from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
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