🌱 How could JR Automation’s brownfield plan reshape Zeeland’s roads and taxes?

Good day Zeeland! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How could JR Automation’s brownfield plan reshape Zeeland’s roads and taxes?

Also on today's calendar: Paddle & Play Open Swim in Zeeland and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Very warm, with a high of 82 and low of 48 degrees.
• Saturday: Rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 53, low: 35.
• Sunday: Sunshine, a shower; chilly, with a high of 46 and low of 26 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• City Sets Hearing on JR Automation Brownfield Redevelopment Plan (legalnews.com) — Zeeland is weighing whether to add JR Automation’s new $72.8 million headquarters site on Riley Street to its brownfield redevelopment plan, with a key public hearing set for May 18. The move would use future tax growth to reimburse both the company and the city for site work and major infrastructure upgrades, including road reconstruction, bike paths, and a possible roundabout affecting local traffic.
   

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📸 Around Zeeland

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Zeeland

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday April 21

• Indigenous Footprints: A Journey with American Indians in Michigan
  New Groningen Schoolhouse, 10537 Paw Paw Dr, Zeeland
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday April 20

• CTY 5/6 Transition Night
  Cityside Middle School Zeeland, MI 49464
  6:00 pm
• ZHP Fresh/Soph Show
  Zeeland East/West High Schools Zeeland, MI 49464
  6:30 pm

Tuesday April 21

• ZHP Fresh/Soph Show
  Zeeland East/West High Schools Zeeland, MI 49464
  6:30 pm

Wednesday April 22

• ZHP Jr/Sr Show
  Zeeland East/West High Schools Zeeland, MI 49464
  6:30 pm

Friday April 24

• Paddle & Play Open Swim in Zeeland
  Zeeland Recreation , 320 E Main Ave , Zeeland
  9:30 am
• ZHP Jr/Sr Show
  Zeeland East/West High Schools Zeeland, MI 49464
  6:30 pm

Friday May 1

• Zeeland Invite
  Zeeland Natatorium , 3390 100th Ave , Zeeland
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Prism Spring 2026 Focus Exhibition
  Kruizenga Art Museum
  10:00 am
• Menagerie: Animals in Art from the KAM Collection
  Kruizenga Art Museum
  10:00 am
• Exhibition: Modern Pioneers: The Artistic Collaboration of Martha G
  Kruizenga Art Museum
  10:00 am
• Exhibition: STEP What I Was Wearing Exhibition
  Kruizenga Art Museum
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Adecco US, Inc. posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Zeeland. Apply here.
• Workbox Staffing posted a job opening for Janitorial in Holland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Zeeland here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Holland

• UPDATE: Holland City Council Approves New Garbage Deal; Plans to Continue Budget Reviews Tonight (whtc.com)
• Best of the Midwest: Summer getaway in Holland, Michigan (wgnradio.com)
• Holland Twp. Board Tonight to Consider Placing Higher Public Safety Millage Ballot Proposal (whtc.com)

Hudsonville

• New Hope Engineering Student Helping To Bring Clean Water To African Hospital (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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