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RELOCATION GUIDE NORTHWEST OTTAWA COUNTY, MICHIGAN Covering: City of Ferrysburg City of Grand Haven Grand Haven Township Nunica & Crockery Township Robinson Township Spring Lake Township Village of Spring Lake Revised & Published: February 2021 INDEX Accountants....................................................................................................... ....... Page 8 Attorneys .................................................................................................................. Page 8 Attractions Info and Outdoor Recreation Map .......................................... Page 24 ~ 26 Banks and Credit Unions......................................................................................... Page 9 Child Care Services .................................................................................................. Page 9 Churches and Other Places of Worship ...................................................... Page 30 ~32 Computer Support: Computer Sales & Support, Internet/Web Services .......... Page 10 Contractors/Property Improvement Appraisal Services, Architects, Builders/Remodeling ................................. Page 10 Civil Engineering/Surveying, Concrete, Electrical, Exterior ......................... Page 11 General Contractors, Glass & Mirror, Heating & Cooling ............................ Page 11 Home Inspections, Interior Improvements .................................................. Page 12 Landscape, Snow, Irrigation Services, Plumbing......................................... Page 12 Demographic and Statistical Information ............................................................. Page 3 Employment Services.................................................................................. Page 12 ~ 13 Drivers License, Car Registration, Voter Registration ........................................ Page 13 Dry Cleaning and/or Laundry .............................................................................. Page 13 Fishing and Boat Launch Sites ............................................................................ Page 28 Fitness and Recreation ........................................................................................ Page 13 General Information & Community Services Phone Numbers ...................... Page 5 ~7 Golf Courses: Public & Private ............................................................................. Page 30 Government Offices and Officials .............................................................. Page 13 ~ 14 Grocery/Convenient Stores ................................................................................. Page 14 Historical Outline ..................................................................................................... Page 4 Housing and Real Estate Apartment Complexes, Condominiums........................................................ Page 15 Elderly Housing .................................................................................... Page 15 ~ 16 Manufactured Housing Communities .......................................................... Page 16 Real Estate Agencies ........................................................................... Page 16 ~ 17 Insurance Agencies ..................................................................................... Page 17 ~ 18 Investment Brokers and Financial Services .............................................. Page 18 ~ 19 Libraries ................................................................................................................ Page 19 Lumber/Hardware ................................................................................................ Page 19 Maps: Grand Haven and Spring Lake area ................................................. Page34 ~ 35 Media: Newspapers, Radio Stations, TV Stations ............................................... Page 19 Medical Services Dental Services ............................................................................................. Page 19 Hospitals, Emergency Clinics, Physicians .................................................... Page 20 Mental Health, Optometrists ........................................................................ Page 20 Mortgage Companies ........................................................................................... Page 20 Moving/Equipment Rental/Storage ................................................................... Page 20 Parks ................................................................................................... Page 28 ~ Page 30 Pets: Grooming, Pet Supply, Veterinarians .......................................................... Page 21 Postal/Mail Services ............................................................................................ Page 21 Schools/Colleges Charter Schools, Colleges & Universities ..................................................... Page 21 Public Schools ...................................................................................... Page 21 ~ 22 Private Schools.............................................................................................. Page 22 Tree Services ......................................................................................................... Page 22 Transportation Airports, Local Transportation, Car Rentals, Cross-Lake Ferry ................... Page 22 Train ............................................................................................................... Page 23 Utilities: Cable, Satellite, Telephone, Electricity, Garbage Removal, Water....... Page 23 Page 2 Thank you for your interest in the Grand Haven, Spring Lake and Ferrysburg area! The basic information included in this booklet should be used to create a general feeling of what Grand Haven, Spring Lake and Ferrysburg have to offer new residents. The businesses and facilities listed in this booklet are not necessarily endorsed by The Chamber of Commerce. If there are any questions or concerns about our area, please feel free to contact The Chamber office at 616.842.4910 or [email protected]. DEMOGRAPHIC AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION Page 3 NORTHWEST OTTAWA COUNTY HISTORICAL OUTLINE Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Ferrysburg, from the trading post, in downtown Grand and the surrounding townships, with nearly Haven, the present site of The Kirby House 40,000 residents today, had their beginning formerly Lord Peppermill). with a handful of settlers in 1834. The Ferry family found the Indians Grand Haven began as a fur trading friendly and would often invite them to post. The area’s first permanent settler was spend the night. the Reverend William M. Ferry who had Reverend Ferry had planned to name previously organized a mission at Mackinac the town Stuart, but Robinson was first in in 1822. having the original plat recorded as the Arriving at the mouth of the Grand Village of Grand Haven, April 15, 1835. River, they found the only touch of The first lumber rafts started coming civilization to be a depot of the American Fur down the Grand River in 1838 and this Co. which was established at the foot of industry remained profitable in the area for what is now Washington Avenue in 50 years. downtown Grand Haven, in an unplanted, In the year 1850, Grand Haven area’s wooded harbor area on Lake Michigan. six saw miles were producing 60,000 feet of Rix Robinson had the U.S. patent rights lumber a day. In 1858 the mills cut over 50 to Grand Haven area lands, dated from million board feet of lumber. December 2, 1833. That was the year Spring Lake was first platted as Mill Reverend Ferry, in failing health, made a Point Village on December 10, 1849. canoe trip along both shores of Lake Ferrysburg was platted on January 26, Michigan with a friend, Robert Stuart, a man 1857. It was first known as Ottawa Point. he had converted to Christianity. The coming of the railroad marked the Liking what he saw of the virgin country end of the frontier era for Grand Haven. The beauty and lumber possibilities, Revered new depot of the Detroit and Milwaukee Ferry first made the 16 day canoe trip on the Railroad opened on the Dewey Hill side of Grand River and then returned to Mackinac the Grand River in 1859. Ottawa County for his family in 1834. was organized in 1837 with the first He chartered the schooner “Supply” commission meeting held in Grand Haven and brought Mrs. Ferry, their three sons, his on April 12, 1838. good friend Pierre C. Duvernay, his wife and The population of Grand Haven was four children, laborers, and workmen. The 3,140 in 1870. Immense quantities of grain party of settlers numbered 21 persons on and freight were shipped out of the port in arrival November 2, 1834. the 1870's and Highland Park was The Grand Haven Company was developed as a summer resort. organized before the arrival of the families. In 1872, the discovery of “magnetic Equal partners in the venture to buy lands, mineral waters with strange healing powers” erect mills and establish communities were was discovered in the city (site of the Rix Robinson, Reverend Ferry, Robert Stuart present post office) and started Grand and Nathan H. White, a brother-in-law of Haven’s tourist industry. The mineral waters Ferry. have long since ceased to be popular but Grand Haven then had pine trees 100 tourism continues to be an important part of to 150 feet tall. They were three to five feet this area’s economy. in diameter and had been standing 250 to More than a million people visit the Tri- 300 years. Cities annually. There