GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — During a series of public hearings at Thursday’s Planning Commission meeting, commissioners approved two new outdoor bar spaces, a new medical facility, and housing units in Grand Rapids.
OUTDOOR BARS
Sip Shine, located at the former Harmony Brewing building on Stocking, will have a rooftop outdoor bar on their third floor after getting a special use permit to do so.
Multiple neighborhood associations signed on in favor of Sip Shine getting permission from the commission.
Sip Shine will have guided moonshine tasting, as well as a restaurant on the second floor, and a third-floor rooftop bar. Sip Shine also will host live music, with the Planning Commission’s permission, indoors until 2 a.m.
Social House, another business, got permission to construct an outdoor deck. Multiple residents of the Plaza Tower apartment and condominium building spoke during the…