Walkable community. Hospitals, Medical Mile, Restaurants, Bars, Museums, Groceries, Delis, pickleball, etc only a mile from the house.
My family did the outside Escape Room the RUSE. We enjoyed it and learned about Grand Rapids Michigan.
The Ruse Escape Rooms https://g.co/kgs/uygvZZS
We love going to Gerald R Ford Museum. Takes about 2-3 hours to walk thru. They are always changing up displays The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
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Grand Rapids Museum also always has displays and a planetarium which has 40 min shows . Recently we went to a 40 minute planetarium show featuring 10 Queen Songs we enjoyed it.
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Meyer May Frank Lloyd Wright House Tour. Less than a mile from the house
Meyer May House https://g.co/kgs/mZFB1FS
The tours are free. Last about an hour. Tours get booked out fast. But they always seem to add times Tour the Meyer May House – Meyer May House
We always like walking the Grand River.
We like Pickleball at Belknap Park about 1.3 miles from the house.
Restaurants etc that we like and frequent
Breakfast
Omelette Shoppe about 0.3 miles
Sundance about 0.9 miles
Nantucket Bakery about 0.2 miles but no sit down spaces inside, outside they have tables. Coffee shop next door to the Nantucket Bakery has inside seating
Lunch or dinner
Sundance,
HopCat
Zs Bar
Founders Brewing Co
More formal
Leo's (surf and turf)
Butcher's Union (Steak)
Real Fish Co
Palio good Italian food moderately priced 0.3 miles from house
Friesan is a bar about 0.7 mile from the house with always different food
If you want to drive further Meijer Garden is a great place to casually walk, look at many sculptures, gardens, plants, etc.went to their butterfly display in April (1000s of butterflies around you). In December went to their Holiday lights festival at night (cold but beautiful). Always something different. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park https://g.co/kgs/e8yXuCu