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HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 5, 2026) – An effort to revive a dormant retail site highlighted Wednesday night’s Holland City Council business meeting agenda.
The governing panel unanimously supported the submission of a Michigan Brownfield Redevelopment Program Grant by Sarah Boetsma, who wants to move her Picket Fence Floral & Design business from its current location on Washington Avenue to the vacant former Maplewood Dry Cleaners property off of East 32nd Street. That building has been vacant for nearly five years since that business went out of business following 70 years of operation, and the use of chlorinated solvents there will require a vapor mitigation system to address environmental concerns, at a cost of around $200,000.
It’s a no-brainer, according to Mayor Pro Tem Scott Corbin, in whose Fifth Ward the site is located, and who presided over the session in the absence of Mayor Nathan Bocks.
The city won’t be on the hook financially by supporting the grant submission, but would function as an intermediary between the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and Boetsma, with a portion of funds coming to city hall to offset administrative costs.
The Holland City Council’s business meeting was in Chambers at Holland City Hall (270 S. River Ave.). An online link to the agenda and supporting documents is here.
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