Barton'S Clearing

If someone asks what Barton's Clearing is really about, the first thing you'd say is that it's nineteen acres of breathing room in a spot that doesn't make you choose between land and convenience. The condo community sits on an average lot of about 1.28 acres per unit—enough space that you're not counting your neighbors' windows—and homes here run around $960K. You're close enough to downtown Grand Rapids that it's a fourteen-minute drive, and the Gerald R. Ford airport sits another twenty-three minutes out, so logistics don't tug at you. Two parks within a mile, including Knapp Valley Forest Park just a ten-minute walk, mean there's actual green to step into without ceremony. A coffee shop is less than a mile away, and there are 119 restaurants within a mile radius, so the ordinary errands of living—dinner, groceries, morning coffee—don't require a pilgrimage. The grocery stores are there too, a fifteen-minute walk or a shorter drive depending on which direction you go. If water calls to you, John Ball Lake is just over half a mile away, and the Knapp Street Bridge Launch sits 1.6 miles out for anyone thinking about boats. The schools here fall under Forest Hills Public Schools, and the whole thing sits within the 3 Mile Rd & Knapp St Area, which means you're in a part of the region where space and access actually coexist without apology.