“We’ll have to do a feasibility study and then a capital campaign,” said founder, Rachel Dody. “So, hopefully we’ll be ready to open by 2024 or 2025.”
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — A children’s museum is coming to the lakeshore. Plans for the Grand Haven Children’s Museum are still in their infancy, but the board of directors met for the first time Monday night to get the ball rolling.
The idea all started with mother-of-three Rachel Dody, who lives in Spring Lake. She’s spent the last few years at home with her kids, who are three, five, and seven years old. Dody says she always felt like distance was an obstacle to get to a fun learning environment with her family.
“It felt to me that anytime we wanted to go someplace indoors that was educational and enriching…