Welcome to Jamestown Charter Township!
We are delighted to be a community which revels in its past, plans for the future, and loves to call Jamestown ‘home.’
– Ken Bergwerff, Township Supervisor
Jamestown is a charter township of Ottawa County in the U.S. State of Michigan. The population was 7,034 at the 2010 census.
News & Public Notices
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Jamestown Memorial Day Parade Information
Visit: Jamestown Memorial Day Parade Facebook Page
JAMESTOWN’s 71st MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Monday, May 27, 2019 – Parade starts at 10 AM
Lineup begins @ 8:45 AM at
Jamestown Baptist Church, 2472 Quincy St.
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Awards will be given (9:15-9:30AM) for the Most Creative and Most Patriotic in the following categories: bikes/walkers, skateboards/inline skates, walking floats, motorized floats, and horses.
Also welcome to participate: dogs and other animals, tractors, antique cars, semi trucks, military vehicles, and motorcycles.
Other Jamestown Community Events on Memorial Day:
- Pie contest @ Patmos Library – Pie sale by slice or whole pie after parade.
- Visit the Jamestown Fire Station before, during, and after the parade for cookies & coffee.
- Celebrate! Community following the parade @ Jamestown Reformed Church immediately following the parade for 2 hrs. Pizza lunch, ice cream, kids games and prizes, kid’s and adult raffles, all community water balloon toss.
2019 Construction Projects and Timelines
2019 Construction Projects
April 15 – August 1: MDOT closure – EB I-196 at M-6, Ottawa County
Eastbound I-196 will close at M-6 starting 9 a.m. this Monday through August. Eastbound I-196 traffic will exit to eastbound M-6 and can take northbound US-131 to eastbound I-196. During this time, the ramp from westbound M-6 to eastbound I-196 will also be closed.
Project info: https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,4616,7-151-9621_11008-494718–,00.html
Project map: https://tinyurl.com/yxda5498
The work is weather dependent.
April 15 – July 4: Sidewalks
Both sides of Riley Street between 24th Avenue and Cobblestone Lane
April 22 – April 29: Permitted Sanitary Crossing and Widening Work
22nd Avenue between Jackson Street and Quincy Street
Mid Spring – Summer: Subdivision Repaving
Floyd Drive
Happy Hollow Drive
Highland Court
James Drive
Jamieson Drive
Sun Chase Avenue
Sunbrook Court
Sunbrook Drive
Sundance Lane
Sundial Drive
Suntree Avenue
Mid June – End of August: Center turn lane construction & then repaving
32nd Ave & Riley: 32nd Ave & Greenly (center turn lanes)
32nd Ave from Byron Rd to the city limit (repaving)
April – September: I-196 Reconstruction Grandville/Hudsonville, Kent & Ottawa Counties
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is reconstructing approximately 5 miles of westbound I-196 from Kenowa Avenue to 32nd Avenue in the city of Hudsonville. The project also includes new drainage, signs, traffic signals and bridge improvements at 22nd and 32nd avenues.
Westbound I-196 traffic will be shifted to the eastbound side of the roadway at Kenowa Avenue. Westbound I-196 through-traffic will not have access to 32nd Avenue. The westbound I-196 ramp to eastbound M-6 will remain open. All eastbound I-196 traffic will have to exit to eastbound M-6.
Westbound M-6 traffic will have access to 32nd Avenue and will also be able to continue west on I-196. The westbound M-6 ramp to eastbound I-196 will be closed.
May 7, 2019 Special School Election Results
2019-2020 Adopted Budget
Jamestown Charter Township Master Plan
The following page serves as the public hub for information throughout the master planning process for Jamestown Charter Township. Here you’ll find meeting dates and results, public workshop details, documents, and more!
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING NOTICE for June 4, 2019
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF JAMESTOWN
COUNTY OF OTTAWA, MICHIGAN
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township Board of the Charter Township of Jamestown (the “Township”) will hold a special meeting of the Township Board on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., local time, at the Jamestown Township Hall, located at 2380 Riley St., within the Township, regarding the use, development and possible sale of all or some of the Township-owned real property commonly known as 3801 24th Avenue, 3765 24th Avenue, and 2783 Greenly Street, and, if necessary, to meet in closed session with the Township Attorney to consider material exempt from disclosure under Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act. The Township Board may make decisions with respect to the all or some of the property at the special meeting.
All interested persons may attend the special meeting. Proposed minutes of the special meeting of the Township Board will be available for public inspection not more than eight business days after the special meeting. Approved minutes of the Township Board meeting will be available for public inspection at the Township Hall not later than five business days after the meeting at which the minutes are approved by the Township Board.
The address of the Jamestown Charter Township Hall, at which the meeting will be held, is 2380 Riley St., Hudsonville, MI 49426. The telephone number of the Jamestown Charter Township Hall is (616) 896-8376.
This Open Meetings Act notice was posted at the Jamestown Charter Township Hall on May 23, 2019, at 5 p.m. This notice was posted on the Township’s website (www. www.twp.jamestown.mi.us) on May 23, 2019, at 5 p.m.
Dated: May 23, 2019 TOWNSHIP BOARD OF THE
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF JAMESTOWN
Contact Us
Jamestown Charter Township
2380 Riley St.
Hudsonville, MI 49426
Phone: 616-896-8376
Fax: 616-896-7271
Office Hours:
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
