Neighborhood Business Associations
The twenty neighborhood business districts that make up the City of Grand Rapids are as diverse and unique as the individual businesses that call each of them home. From the far corner of the John Ball Zoo on West Side to the eclectic restaurants and shops in Eastown Grand Rapids business districts are alive and well. If your organization is actively meeting click on their link to find out the latest contact and meeting times. If your organization is not meeting at this time the NBA is here to help you collaborate with neighboring businesses to grow your communities and business associations. Need your Neighborhood Business Association listed or updated? Contact us >

Alger Heights is a quaint family friendly Grand Rapids neighborhood that boasts an appealing variety of small businesses from breakfast to hardware, banking to fresh market, deli to public library, and many professional services in between. Known for charming homes, lush parks, and a number of special annual events; Alger Heights is a picture perfect neighborhood. It’s simply a wonderful place to live and visit.
Alger Heights
Boston Square
Boston Square is a neighborhood hub for commerce in southeast Grand Rapids conveniently located on a main city connector corridor. A vital resource for consumer goods and wholesale supplies; longstanding fixtures such as lumber, hardware and home decor, automotive services, and pharmacy each compliment unique retail shops and food options. Discover Boston Square and you might just add it to your regular errands routine once you realize how convenient it is.
Boston Square

Burton Heights
Once a small hamlet just south of downtown, Burton Heights boasts long-standing family-owned businesses mixed with new shops in a traditional mixed-use neighborhood. As a connector from Grand Rapids into Kentwood and Wyoming, this lively district serves the surrounding neighborhood as well as commuters with automotive and consumer services, restaurants, small ethnic grocers and bakeries, and neighborhood social services.
Burton Heights

Cheshire Village
A charming area on the city’s most northern end, Cheshire Village is a delightful business district nestled between appealing postwar residential homes and the Grand River. Host to a specialty food market, pharmacy, bowling alley, and full-service and take out dining options; unique retail shops are joining the business mix. Access couldn’t be any more convenient as free parking and quaint design characteristics allow you to explore all of Cheshire Village by foot.
Cheshire Village

Creston
Serving as the gateway into downtown from the north, Creston is a perfect balance of work, life, and play. On any given day visitors will find a public library, home goods, automotive services, and professional offices supporting finance and real estate or telecommunications. Nights are best experienced in an authentic Iris pub, lounges highlighting regional beer, and restaurants with outdoor seating. This thriving district balances the nine to five of the daytime with an energetic nightlife in a quaint walkable neighborhood.
Creston

E. Fulton
Located less than one mile east of downtown East Fulton Street hosts an eclectic mix of businesses. Find your own personal treasure from an array of shops featuring antiques and found items. Taste a variety of foods from ethnic restaurants, a full service grocery store, the city’s oldest farmers market and classic neighborhood bakeries. From bike shop to auto service centers, East Fulton will keep you moving in style.
E. Fulton

East Hills
The brick streets of East Hills offer a wide selection of eateries, salons, boutique shops, and galleries. The flavor and character of the district is perhaps best experienced by simply strolling while taking in historic building styles creative elements. Self-proclaimed as the “Center of the Universe”; East Hills is a worthy discovery for a traditional neighborhood shopping experience.
East Hills

Estern-Franklin
Small in scale, Franklin & Eastern proudly supports the surrounding neighborhood and community with a variety of social services. Anchored by a bank and service station, small convenience retailers are complimented by take-out restaurant options including BBQ and soul food. A strong faith-based presence remains committed to the neighborhood as new business ideas and redevelopment projects realize the true potential of the district.
Estern-Franklin

It's Grand Rapids' hippest neighborhood. A little but edgy, immensely diverse; the bricks pavers of the street are uneven in places and people like it that way. Experience the cities best mix of ethnic restaurants, pubs featuring live music, unique retail finds, and many community based services. Host to two of the longest running street celebrations every summer, this district is also the go to for a late night craving or early morning breakfast joint. Only in Eastown!

Heartside
The literal “heart of the city” - Heartside is the place where art, entertainment, social services, and good food converge. In this walkable historic neighborhood, old meets new with some of Grand Rapids' most popular destinations like the Van Andel Arena, Downtown Market and the events packed Avenue for the Arts and Arena District. Heartside offers an authentic neighborhood feel to the adjacent Center City.
Heartside

West Leonard
As the longest corridor in our traditional neighborhood business districts, West Leonard offers visitors multiple stopping points by car or transit in which to explore. Capitalizing on the historic pride of the west side, this neighborhood plays host to fun second hand shops, pharmacy and consumer services, shoes, home furnishings, and numerous eating and drinking establishments. Day to day essentials are complimented with entertainment and evening activities as West Leonard successfully achieves the greatest diversity of business types in the city.
West Leonard

Madison
Madison Square is a reinvestment in itself. Anchored by a full service grocery store, clinic, and public library, you will also find many wonderful lifestyle businesses and restaurants that cater to the needs of residents and visitors alike. A true “can do” entrepreneurial spirit in an attractive streetscape exists at the corner of Madison and Hall with new retail and service businesses coming together as “community”.
Madison