The Grand Agricultural Center of West Michigan

06/17/2026

Come on out!

We are open! Huge Booksale 9am-8pm at the Kent County Youth Fair Grounds. 25k books. Great selection.

06/07/2026

To our friends at Simply Unique Market, we APPRECIATE you! We do what we do because of relationships and people - without that, we are nothing.

06/06/2026

Come join us tomorrow!

06/01/2026

ATTENTION: if you attended the Sullivan‘s Cattle Clinic this weekend and these are your chairs, you may want to claim them before our rowdy MSU Spartan fans find something to do with them! Please contact [email protected] if they are yours. 

05/30/2026

We are ready to kick off our Stock Show University® Grad Program this weekend in Lowell, Michigan at the Michigan 2-Day Cattle Stock Show University Grad Program®! Participants are ready to go this morning with Stock Show U® Professors Aaron Boyce, Gerald Green, Jason Bennett, Bradley McNary, Kendra VanOrder, and Rhonda Gottschalk Smith.

05/19/2026

Reserve your spot today😎

05/06/2026

A simple sign with a bigger message.

At The Grand and The Fairway we’re striving to reflect and serve the full diversity of our community. We know we don’t always say it enough, but we truly mean it: everyone is welcome here.

We’re committed to growing youth in agriculture and connecting individuals across a diversity of backgrounds and experiences through our event venues.

05/03/2026

I smiled today as I gathered these golf balls from a deck we are removing - it reminded me of the history of the land and the looks I get when I share the starting point of our facility. Golf course to agriculture and event venue?! We must be crazy. Just a few short years ago, the Kent County Youth Agricultural Association didn’t have state of the art buildings or a fairground facility. Just open space, big ideas, and a community willing to believe in something more.

From those humble beginnings on the old golf course, something incredible grew. Step by step, season by season, that vision transformed into The Grand Agricultural Center and The Fairway we know today - a place filled with life, learning, laughter, and tradition.

Every barn built, every event hosted, every young person given a chance to learn and grow - it all traces back to those early days. It’s a reminder that even the smallest starting point can lead to something truly meaningful when people come together with purpose.

Today, as I looked across the grounds, it’s hard not to feel a sense of pride. Not just in how far we’ve come, but in the generations who made it possible and those who will carry it forward.

From a golf course to a cornerstone of our community… the journey is as inspiring as the destination.

05/03/2026

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