Editing Wyoming, Michigan (section)

===City of Wyoming (1959–present)===

==== Entertainment and retail destination ====
[[File:Beltline Drive-In, Grand Rapids, Michigan LCCN2017708175.tif|thumb|Photograph of the Beltline Drive-In in 1982, by [[John Margolies]] |left]]In the 1960s, the city was able to launch several projects. The first was a sewage plant to take care of issues from the state in regards to dumping it in the Buck Creek and [[Grand River (Michigan)|Grand River]]. The next was the completion of the Water Plant in [[Holland, Michigan|Holland]] with a pipeline to the city.

New developments occurred over the decade on 28th Street, with free vehicle parking drawing some shoppers away from Grand Rapids.<ref name="NLbusinesses" /> One major project was [[Rogers Plaza]], which opened in August 1961 as the first indoor [[shopping mall]] in Michigan and one of the first in the United States, including stores such as [[S. S. Kresge Corporation|S. S. Kresge]], [[W. T. Grant]], [[Kroger]], [[The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company|A&P]], [[Cunningham Drug (U.S.)|Cunningham Drug]], and [[Montgomery Ward]].<ref name="CVDS77" /><ref name="NLbusinesses" /><ref>{{cite journal|year=1960|title=Michigan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a0RPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22rogers+plaza%22+%22montgomery+ward%22|journal=CSA Super Markets|publisher=Lebhar-Friedman|volume=36|page=49}}</ref> The neighboring Wyoming Village Mall opened later in 1961 and was anchored by Wurzburg's.<ref name="NLbusinesses" /> Fruitbasket Flowerland also opened in 1961 providing lawn care tools, flowers, and outdoor furniture for the developing suburban homes.<ref name="NLbusinesses">{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=Norma|title=Wyoming|last2=de Vries|first2=Jay|date=December 13, 2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439641064|pages=22–59}}</ref> [[Gordon Food Service]] moved from Grand Rapids to Wyoming in 1962.<ref name="NLbusinesses" /> Three annexation attempts by Grand Rapids were also defeated in that year: the [[Kent County Airport]], the Blackburn neighborhood, and the Buchanan neighborhood.<ref name="CVDS77" />

[[Studio 28]] opened on the 28th Street corridor in 1965 and expanded in size over decades into the world's first [[Multiplex (movie theater)|multiplex]] and the largest multiplex in the world in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celebrationcinema.com/?pid=30616 |title=Studio 28 History Timeline |publisher=Celebrationcinema.com |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> In July 1966, the Lake Michigan pipeline to Wyoming began to supply water to the city, a major accomplishment after years of difficulties with low-quality wells.<ref name="CVDS77" /> By the end of the decade, the city faced fund shortages and multiple income tax proposals were turned down.<ref name="CVDS77" /> Wyoming began to establish many municipal facilities in the 1970s, including a public works building, a centralized fire station, a combined police-justice building, and a new public library.<ref name="CVDS77" /> By the 1980s, the city became concerned about the quality of developments, with adult bookstores and [[massage parlors]] appearing.<ref name="CVDS77" /> In 1990, Reynolds Metals closed their operations in the city.<ref name="CVDS22-333" />

==== Great Recession and redevelopment ====
After over a decade of negotiations with the City of Grandville, including a promise by the developer to not build into Wyoming,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Radigan |first1=Mary |last2=Heibel |first2=Lawrence R. |date=September 5, 1996 |title=3 anchor stores set for mall Sears, Dayton-Hudson and Younkers will join two others as major retailers at the new mall. |work=[[The Grand Rapids Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=October 1996 |title=General Growth starts work on Michigan regional mall |journal=National Real Estate Investor |volume=38 |issue=11 |page=8}}</ref> [[Rivertown Crossings Mall]] opened in 1999 near the southwest border of Wyoming, causing many commercial tenants to leave the 28th Street corridor.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Daly|first1=Pete|date=November 15, 2010|title=Wyoming to focus on look at 28th Street|agency=The Grand Rapids Business Journal}}</ref> In response, Wyoming unveiled a redevelopment plan for their city center that they hoped would revitalize businesses on the 28th Street corridor.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Czurak |first=David |date=April 16, 2002 |title=A Brand New Downtown For Wyoming |url=https://grbj.com/uncategorized/a-brand-new-downtown-for-wyoming/ |website=[[Grand Rapids Business Journal]]}}</ref> For Rogers Plaza, the exterior was remodel and the former Montgomery Ward anchor store was demolished and replaced with a [[Family Fare]] supermarket.<ref name=":1" /> A street was also planned to stretch from Rogers Plaza across Michael Avenue to Wyoming Village Mall and further down to Studio 28, with commercial and apartment developments anticipated.<ref name=":1" /> The owners of Wyoming Village Mall ultimately disagreed with plans to tear down a portion of their building to develop the street.<ref name=":1" />

In October 2003, the Delphi Automotive plant on Burlingame Avenue and Burton Street notified neighbors in the area that [[vinyl chloride]] had spread to the groundwater about {{Convert|0.5|mi|km}} to the north following the plant's use of [[trichloroethylene]] as a degreaser, with traces of the chemical detected since the 1980s.<ref name=":2" /> The once-popular Rogers Department Store closed in 2003.<ref name="NLbusinesses" /> More business was lost in the late-2000s into the 2010s during [[the great recession]], with the GM Fisher Body Plant closing in 2009 due to budget cuts by [[General Motors]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 14, 2008 |title=GM to close Wyoming stamping plant in 2009 |url=https://www.mlive.com/grpress/business/2008/10/gm_to_close_wyoming_stamping_p.html |access-date=October 27, 2022 |website=[[The Grand Rapids Press]] |language=en}}</ref> Much of the commercial atmosphere of 28th Street also dwindled, with Studio 28 closing in 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=4197 |title=Cinemas Around the World - Studio 28 Theatre, Wyoming MI |publisher=CinemaTour |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> and vacancy rates up to nearly 40% in 2011.<ref name="2011TURN">{{cite web|title=TURN ON 28TH STREET|url=http://www.wyomingmi.gov/About/Public%20Input%20Report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826200449/http://www.wyomingmi.gov/About/Public%20Input%20Report.pdf |archive-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live|website=City of Wyoming|access-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>

In the mid-2010s, development spread to southern Wyoming. [[Gordon Food Service|Gordon Foods]] expanded its headquarters in 2012<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shandra Martinez {{!}} smartinez@mlive. com|date=November 8, 2012|title=How Gordon Food Service's new 'breathtaking' headquarters makes a statement|url=https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/2012/11/gordon_food_services_new_breat.html|access-date=July 11, 2020|website=[[MLive]]|language=en}}</ref> and development occurred near the recently built Metro Health Hospital. The 28 West plan was also initiated to make 28th Street a more pedestrian-friendly corridor while also centralizing the development of food, retail, and entertainment projects in the city's center, effectively creating a downtown area.<ref name="WOOD28" /><ref name="NLforward">{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=Norma|title=Wyoming|last2=de Vries|first2=Jay|date=December 13, 2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439641064|pages=132–143}}</ref> 28 West Place Street, a street similar to Wyoming's 2002 proposal, was approved by the City and Wyoming Mall's owners in 2016, opening to the public in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2016 |title=28 West project in Wyoming moving forward |url=https://www.woodtv.com/news/28-west-project-in-wyoming-moving-forward/ |access-date=October 29, 2022 |website=[[WOODTV]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2017 |title=City of Wyoming and Meyer C. Weiner Company Celebrate Redevelopment of 28 West Place, Former Wyoming Village Mall |url=https://www.wyomingmi.gov/%20/%3E |access-date=October 29, 2022 |website=City of Wyoming, MI |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, Magnus Capital Partners was approved to construct apartments, named HōM Flats at 28 West, with the first residents moving into their homes in early 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McVicar |first=Brian |date=November 14, 2019 |title=Large 'workforce housing' development to occupy former Studio 28 property |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/11/large-workforce-housing-development-to-occupy-former-studio-28-property.html |access-date=October 29, 2022 |website=[[MLive]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 27, 2020 |title=Developers Close on Financing for Mixed-Income Development in Michigan |url=https://www.housingfinance.com/developments/developers-close-on-financing-for-mixed-income-development-in-michigan_o |access-date=October 29, 2022 |website=[[Affordable Housing Finance]]}}</ref>

In 2022, Franklin Partners purchased the former land of the General Motors plant, known as Site 36, from the City of Wyoming for $5.25 million and started development discussions with four local companies and a few entities based outside of Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Kate |title='LONG TIME COMING': Franklin Partners purchases 74-acre Site 36 in Wyoming for future industrial redevelopment |url=https://mibiz.com/sections/real-estate-development/long-time-coming-franklin-partners-purchases-74-acre-site-36-in-wyoming-for-future-industrial-redevelopment |access-date=October 27, 2022 |website=mibiz.com |date=March 10, 2022 |language=en-GB}}</ref>