Neighborhood Madness 2026
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Eastown won the most votes and advanced to the Final 4.

33neighbors have voted in this matchup

Every vote for Heritage Hill counts ×1.21 · Eastown ×1.03 — sized so small and large neighborhoods fight fair.

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Spirit-weighted scoring

Heritage Hill

Votes13
Handicap ×1.21= 16
Side-quest pts—
Spirit score16
43%

Eastown

Votes20
Handicap ×1.03= 21
Side-quest pts—
Spirit score21
57%
How scoring works — why votes are weighted

Bigger neighborhoods have more residents, so they'd rack up more raw votes no matter what. To keep this a fair fight, every neighborhood gets a handicap — like in golf — based on its size. Smaller neighborhoods get a boost; larger ones are scaled down. The winner is whoever rallies the biggest share of their community, not whoever simply has the most people.

score = round(votes × handicap) + side-quest points

  • Heritage Hill: ×1.21 · 951 residential parcels
  • Eastown: ×1.03 · 1,295 residential parcels

The handicap is set from neighborhood size (home count) only — never from who lives there. It's locked in when the bracket starts and is the same for every matchup.

Who's backing them

Eastown12 businesses

Local businesses rally their neighborhood — free to join, just hometown pride.

Side quests this matchup

Heritage Hill
No side quests yet. Champion is still cooking up wildcards for this matchup.
Eastown
No side quests yet. Champion is still cooking up wildcards for this matchup.

Side quests are 100-pt boosts on top of the vote. Each side gets up to 3 — different kinds, same ceiling.

Champions

Heritage Hill
Champion
Jade Poortenga
Eastown
Champion
Manuel Avila

Vital stats

Heritage Hill
vs
Eastown
6.3
Walkability (0–10)
8.6
$445K
Median home price
$424K
160
Parks within 1mi
60
35
Rated schools
30
Grand Rapids Public Schools
School district
Grand Rapids Public Schools

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