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Mayweather to announce city plans
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GRAND RAPIDS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. is expected to officially announce Monday he will build a community center in his hometown.
The boxing champion, considered to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world today, previously said he is ready to give back to Grand Rapids. If plans go accordingly, construction on a community center is expected to start in 18 months.
Organizers say they already have a location in mind.
Mayweather wants to build several community centers, including one in Las Vegas where he lives. The idea behind these centers is to put them in key areas of the city, then clean up the neighborhoods around them by adding businesses.
A special VIP event is taking place inside the community complex at Martin Luther King Park in anticipation of Mayweather's big announcement at 6:15 p.m.
A rally was held earlier in the afternoon for neighborhood children, which included free food, games, and face painting. Organizers say this is another example of Mayweather's generosity of giving back to his hometown.
Grand Rapids Public School officials say Mayweather has donated more than $50,000 to athletic programs in recent years, as well as his time.
One of the boxer's initiatives, through his foundation, is helping to stop the violence in the community - a subject high on the agenda of many of the community leaders in attendance Monday.
"With the recent violence that's been happening throughout our city, I think it's positive that Floyd is doing this. He's reaching out to the people and to the community, to GRPS and the greater Grand Rapids area. I truly believe this will be a win-win situation for everyone," Harry Campbell, a GRPS board member told 24 Hour News 8.
24 Hour News 8 will have more details as they develop.
woodtv.com
GRAND RAPIDS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. is expected to officially announce Monday he will build a community center in his hometown.
The boxing champion, considered to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world today, previously said he is ready to give back to Grand Rapids. If plans go accordingly, construction on a community center is expected to start in 18 months.
Organizers say they already have a location in mind.
Mayweather wants to build several community centers, including one in Las Vegas where he lives. The idea behind these centers is to put them in key areas of the city, then clean up the neighborhoods around them by adding businesses.
A special VIP event is taking place inside the community complex at Martin Luther King Park in anticipation of Mayweather's big announcement at 6:15 p.m.
A rally was held earlier in the afternoon for neighborhood children, which included free food, games, and face painting. Organizers say this is another example of Mayweather's generosity of giving back to his hometown.
Grand Rapids Public School officials say Mayweather has donated more than $50,000 to athletic programs in recent years, as well as his time.
One of the boxer's initiatives, through his foundation, is helping to stop the violence in the community - a subject high on the agenda of many of the community leaders in attendance Monday.
"With the recent violence that's been happening throughout our city, I think it's positive that Floyd is doing this. He's reaching out to the people and to the community, to GRPS and the greater Grand Rapids area. I truly believe this will be a win-win situation for everyone," Harry Campbell, a GRPS board member told 24 Hour News 8.
24 Hour News 8 will have more details as they develop.
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