New Hispanic Chamber HQ plans aim to exemplify vibrancy of community [Video]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — With construction set to begin in just a few months on the new headquarters for the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, fresh design plans were released Tuesday morning showing what the new home for the Latino business community will look like.

Early next year, crews will tear down an old manufacturing building on Godfrey Avenue near Hall Street in Grand Rapids. Construction is expected to last between 10 and 12 months. The new 12,000-square-foot center is aimed to serve as a hub for Latino economic and talent development, giving Hispanic business owners the support to thrive.

It will be called the Center for Latino Economic and Talent Advancement, powered by the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

“It’s an amazing opportunity the Latino community will have to provide the infrastructure that we have been waiting for really the last 100 years we’ve been here as Latinos,” Guillermo Cisneros, the chamber’s …