Editing Wyoming, Michigan (section)

==== 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" />