Golf in Ada

Ada is a prosperous Kent County township community east of Grand Rapids in the Thornapple River valley, a place that combines the rural character of river-valley farmland and wooded residential estates with the wealth of one of western Michigan's most desirable addresses. The Amway Corporation's world headquarters is located in Ada Township, and the community's association with the DeVos and Van Andel families who built Amway has given Ada a particular kind of affluence—landscaped corporate campuses, equestrian properties, and the quietly expensive residential character of a community that has attracted the Amway leadership's neighbors and business partners over the decades. Golf in Ada reflects a community that takes its recreational amenities seriously, with the Thornapple River valley providing the natural setting that western Michigan's wealthiest communities have long exploited for quality outdoor recreation.