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Congrats to our community for making the Rapidian possible.

- Laurie Cirivello

Thanks for the opportunity to support The Rapidian.

- Mark Shirey

Love the local content! I've been reading the rapidian since I was a high school senior getting ready for the big move to grand rapids.

- Christian Vigrass

Happy to support local media!

- Megan Myers

Request by my friend Tommy Allen

- Anonymous

Good cause, Keep up the work!

- Kerrie Van Weelden

You rock! Love you, Rapidian.

- Chris Kotcher

I love The Rapidian!

- Roberta King

Great cause!

- Cindy Storer

LOVE

- Steve and Nora Faber

We are happy to support The Rapidian! Thank you for all you do for Grand Rapids. - Dance In The Annex

- Dance In The Annex

I love the coverage of my city. The personal voices and viewpoints of those from our neighborhoods fills my news jones. Great Job, The Rapidian!

- Tommy Allen

With all the news option available, it's nice to have one that focuses on Local / Urban.

- Jeff Mox

The future of news. On GR!

- Andy Guy

We appreciate all of your hard work..... keep it up!

- Sight Optical Boutique

The Rapidian is building local community from the ground up again.

- Eric C Bouwens Eric C Bouwens

The Rapidian is in it's infancy and I'm excited to be a part of it's growth. I can't wait to see what develops as The Rapidian moves forward!

- Steffanie Rosalez

love you guys.

- taylor

I was involved in the focus groups when The Rapidian was still an idea. I'm impressed by how far it has come in such a short time.

- Julie Link

Because DIrk would have loved it.

- Pamela Patton

Love The Rapidian!

- Jim Talen

I love the Rapidian, you should too! Now send in a donation...please stop saying www before every website on the air...wait is for WYCE?

- Michael Pfleghaar

Good content, relevant content. Please keep it up.

- Amanda VanHaitsma

I appreciate the Rapidian's contributions to our community, and its help in making Grand Rapids a more interesting place to live.

- Lori Slager

MLive.com and The Grand Rapids Press are pleased to support The Rapidian and our region's vibrant ecosystem of citizen engagement.

- MLive and The Grand Rapids Press

I was told there would be free tacos.

- Kevin Murphy

We know organizations like yours don't sustain themselves, and it's very important to us that people have access to local stories that matter most.

- Community Automotive Repair

Your friends at Stellafly love the work that you're doing. Keep on giving the people of our community a voice! xxo

- Stellafly Social Media

I donated because Roberta F. King is a Citizen Journalist. Plus, I would like to be invited to a party with Rapid Ian.

- Captain Arthur Walker

Our Works of Justice fund decided to help with this drive because we see giving a voice to nonprofits as a justice issue.

- Dominican Sisters - Grand Rapids

This is given to recognize the many people who chipped in to bring the Rapidian to life. So honored to be part of this amazing community project.

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Thank you for the service, compassion and community.

- noknow

Not only is The Rapidian a valuable resource for our community, but it provides a place for new writers (like me) to get professional experience too.

- Heidi

small contribution in tribute to our friend, Steve Applegate (Borneo) --

- Helen and Glenn

I'm currently in Chicago but my heart is in GR. Thank you for keeping me connected to my hometown and know I appreciate your great work.

- Deb Bacon

I'm still kind of new to town and don't know The Rapidian well yet, but multiple friends approached me and encouraged me to support The Rapdian.

- Mark Holzbach

Thanks for all you do! You serve our community is such an important way.

- Anonymous

This is an important part of free speech.

- Anonymous

Keep up the good work!

- Ryan deRoche

The Rapidian is an amazingly professional resource for the entire community that tried to understand our city and encourage new writers.

- Steven de Polo

From a contributors standpoint, you've created a very user-friendly and inviting platform. Thank you for all your hard work! I love The Rapidian!

- Amanda St. Pierre

We are so grateful to have a resource like The Rapidian in our community, to reflect the voices of the people, by the people, for the people!

- Erica and Brian VanEe

Hyperlocal news is crucial, but it's tough to sustain unless people care enough to support it financially, in addition to their emotional commitment.

- Meegan Holland

The Rapidian is my source of local news, and one of my own outlets for writing. I believe in supporting the organizations I care about!

- Anonymous

The Rapidian is as local as it gets, and to me, local news is what counts. Thank you all for creating a wonderful community resource!

- Jes Kramer

A good organization filled with talented people. Keep up the great work!

- Becker Capital Management

I support the Rapidian in honor of Drew Storey. He believed in the value and strength of our local CMC and the Rapidian. We love the Rapidian!

- Danielle Storey

I appreciate The Rapidian's coverage of local writers and artists.

- Tanya Eby

The Rapidian is hyperlocal. I feel my contributions help strengthen our greater Grand Rapids community, which is important to me.

- Calvin Webb

The Rapidian is the best thing to happen to media in West Michigan in years. These are stories worth reading!

- Pam Ralston Hunt, Ralston Hunt Marketing Communications, LLC

Great source of news that you do not hear or read anywhere else. Best way to keep current on what is going on in our community.

- Sally Schaafsma

I just simply think it's so important to have an independent minded news source - and I feel extremely lucky to have one in my own neighborhood.

- Heather Bryant

Best local stories about West Michigan out there.

- Anonymous

Thanks for offering such a wonderful source of community activity/interests!

- Kissing Rock Kitchens

Support The Rapidian. It is the voice for the people of Grand Rapids.

- Lisa Rose Starner

The Rapidian is a valuable community forum for discussion, education, and information.

- Eric Tank

I love THE RAPIDIAN. LOCAL stories written, photographed and video taped by people who are talented and care about their city. Thank you and I wish a long life for THE RAPIDIAN.

- maggie annerino

Citizen powered, including citizens of the GR diaspora!

- Denise Cheng

The Rapidian has a unique role to provide exceptionalreporting at the grass roots level. It is a great service to our community!

- Diana Sieger

This is for the CMC board's donation toward the Rapidian's fundraiser. The board recognizes the importance of this important community resource

- Anonymous

Thank you for all that you do! The Rapidian is breaking the mold on citizen-driven, independent and local media! - Jeremy and Lorelei Moore

- Jeremy Moore

I'm proud to support The Rapidian, giving a voice to people and causes in the community is important to me.

- Roberta King