Welcome to Downtown Whitehall: At the Water's Edge

A picturesque setting, overlooking White Lake, makes downtown Whitehall the hometown downtown to patronize. A wide variety of goods, services, entertainment, and recreation await you in downtown Whitehall. Browse around and embrace the charm.  Downtown Whitehall is located in Muskegon County Michigan, where the White River meets White Lake. The commercial heart of Whitehall is surrounded by a pleasant residential neighborhood with historic homes well as White Lake to make downtown Whitehall a great neighborhood to live in.

Some other websites and organizations that can help you learn more about the community are:

White Lake Area Chamber of Commerce - For information about the greater White Lake area.
Muskegon Convention and Visitor's Bureau - For visitor information about the greater Muskegon area.
Arts Council of White Lake - the Arts Council of White Lake serves to encourage, initiate and facilitate an enriched cultural and creative environment throughout the White Lake Community.

Downtown Whitehall - Incentives 

Downtown Whitehall - Starting a Business

Downtown Whitehall is a great place to start a business with a variety of spaces available. If you are interested in starting a business in Downtown Whitehall we recommend that you meet with the Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE) chapter of Muskegon county.

Facade Grant Program

In an effort to support investors looking to improve downtown Whitehall, the TIFA board has put in place a facade grant program that provides matching funds, up to $5000, for facade improvements approved through the grant process.

Downtown Whitehall Facade Grant Program packet

Commercial Rehabilitation District

The district, which mainly covers the central business area in Whitehall, will allow business owners to apply for tax exemptions on structural and aesthetic improvements that exceed 10 percent of the value of the building. The taxes, except for local school operating taxes and the state education tax, are exempt for the improvement only. The county is eligible to opt out of having its taxes being captured. Contact Scott Huebler at 231-894-4048 for more information.

State of Michigan Facade and Signature Building

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority, with CDBG money, makes available grants for specific projects in non-entitlement communites, like Whitehall, that create jobs. Contact Scott Huebler at 231-894-4048 for more information.

The Downtown Whitehall 2009 Implementation Report is now available (PDF - 3 MB).

Please see the draft Downtown Whitehall 2010 Workplan.