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

20neighbors have voted in this matchup

Every vote for Creston counts ×0.70 · Belknap Lookout ×1.05 — sized so small and large neighborhoods fight fair.

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Spirit-weighted scoring

Creston

Votes16
Handicap ×0.70= 11
Side-quest pts—
Spirit score11
73%

Belknap Lookout

Votes4
Handicap ×1.05= 4
Side-quest pts—
Spirit score4
27%
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

  • Creston: ×0.70 · 4,910 residential parcels
  • Belknap Lookout: ×1.05 · 1,266 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

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

Side quests this matchup

Creston
No side quests yet. Champion is still cooking up wildcards for this matchup.
Belknap Lookout
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

Creston
Champion
Jon Hazeltine
Belknap Lookout
Champion
Jon Hazeltine

Vital stats

Creston
vs
Belknap Lookout
7.1
Walkability (0–10)
5
$277K
Median home price
$272K
25
Parks within 1mi
95
22
Rated schools
29
Grand Rapids Public Schools
School district
Grand Rapids Public Schools

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