• Flowers Crossing,grandrapids-realestate

    Flowers Crossing

    Flowers Crossing was the second neighborhood in my investigation adventure. I randomly selected a house whose owners appeared to be home and knocked on the door. To my surprise, the door opened to a familiar face. Happenstance meetings—that’s Grand Rapids for ya. My acquaintance invited me in, (the insides of these big beautiful homes are […]

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  • Flowers Mill,grandrapids-realestate

    Flowers Mill

    Moments after driving through the entrances gates to Flowers Mill, I spotted a Lemonade stand at the end of a driveway, or rather, the neighborhood entrepreneurs—four kids under the age of 9—spotted me. Since it was 90 bazillion degrees on this day, I decided to stop. (Even though it was my first stop and I […]

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  • Cielo,grandrapids-realestate

    Cielo

    Cielo in Spanish can either mean sky or heaven. I’m not sure which one the neighborhood developers were going for, but maybe both—named after the arrow-straight pines that scrape the sky and point to the heavens.  According to one home owner in Cielo, (who moved there from a nearby development called Catamount), Cielo is a great neighborhood for people […]

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