Muskegon County wins scholarship ‘Promise Zone’ funds

Muskegon County has been designated as one of the state’s 10 Promise Zones, which will provide matching scholarship money to local students for a two-year college education.Promise Zones will be set up to capture one-half of the growth in education funds statewide. After two years, those funds, collected through property taxes and kept in an account similar to an escrow, will be distributed to the 10 qualifying communities to match private donations for college tuition. Click here to read the Muskegon Chronicle Article.