The Highland Park Neighborhood Association is beginning 2025 with a series of introduction posts of our board members. Now you’ll be able to recognize them on the street; please say “hi!”.
Scott Rider
Board Role: Vice-Chair, board member for four (4) years.
Personally I have been living in the neighborhood since 2010 on Grand Ave near the NE corner of Highland Park. My wife actually purchased our home in 2004, so typically I just saw I have been in the neighborhood since then as we were dating at the time. She purchased the home from the original owners who built the home in the 1920s. For 100 years our home has only been owned by 2 families.
After a career change I knew I had an opportunity to get more involved with my immediate community and wanted to be connected to my neighborhood. I attended a virtual meeting (covid time) for the neighborhood association and a few months later was added to the board as an at-large member. I now hold the Vice Chair role on the board and also head the Parks Subcommittee which schedules park cleanups, maintains the pollinator garden in Highland Park and helps to be a bridge between government departments, organizations that regularly use the park and neighbors.
Professionally I am a realtor with a small locally owned brokerage called Grand River Realty mainly focusing on residential real estate. I also play drums for a local band called VALENTIGER and still enjoy playing flag football and basketball. My wife Rebecca and I plan to stay in the neighborhood with our two cats Vinny and Barb for as long as we're allowed.
If you would like to support the Highland Park Neighborhood Association you can make donations at our donations page. The association is entirely funded by community support.
