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[AUDIO] City Commission considers plans from Uptown and Madison...

NEWS: The Grand Rapids City Commission reviewed proposals from the city's two corridor improvement...

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[AUDIO] Interview with Kym Spring on Housing Policy in Grand...

NEWS: This audio file is an interview with Kym Spring about Strategies to Address Housing Quality and...

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[AUDIO] Cockadoodle do? Or don't?

NEWS: The Grand Rapids City Commission met with an unprecedented turn-out this evening to hear, among...

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[AUDIO] Interview with Kym Spring on Housing Policy in Grand Rapids

This audio file is an interview with Kym Spring about Strategies to...

[AUDIO] Cockadoodle do? Or don't?

The Grand Rapids City Commission met with an unprecedented turn-out this evening to hear, among other agenda items, the proposed amendments to the...

Newest Community Foundation Grants Total $1.5 Million

This week, Grand Rapids Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees voted to approve $1.5 million in grants. The grants address four areas...

Artists Battle in Fundraiser for the Creston Neighborhood

The fourth annual Art Battle for Community will be held Wednesday night, May 12, at the Sazerac Lounge on Plainfield. This creative...

Taxes raised, incumbents defeated in GRPS school board election

The results from the Tuesday, May 4 election are in, all 71 voting districts have reported, and the Grand Rapids Public Schools district has two...

Uncertain Future for Grand Rapids Parks and Rec

This week, fitness hobbyists in Grand Rapids will get the chance to sign up for Summer Parks and Recreation classes. And, at $39 per class,...

Pesipop meets Goal for Artprize Project

Recently my husband, Scott Warren, interviewed Artist Anthony Pesi regarding his latest project, “1024 bits of you and me”.   Pesi’s works...

Local writer Keleigh Wolf releases second collection of poetry

“The apotheosis of minutia is what poetry is,” proclaimed poet Keleigh Wolf as she tucked her unruly ringlets behind her ear.  ...

Local Organization Fights Sex Trafficking in West Michigan

Though it is not widespread knowledge, sex trafficking—a phenomenon which is more commonly associated in larger cities—does exist in...

Kendall a Big Player in Art.Downtown.

 Art.Downtown. keeps gaining momentum, with over 300 artists participating at over 25 venues....

Rainbarrel Workshop is a Hit

 

The unmistakable, sugary smell of Coca-Cola effervesces from twenty white-plastic barrels scattered about a room in an activity...

Land of Riches – Art.Downtown. and beyond

The Grand Rapids Public Museum has partnered with Paul Amenta, originator and former director of Activesite to bring a new vision to the former...

Grand Rapids makes a case for Google Fiber

Japan has it. Other European and east Asian countries have it, and now Google is...

Facebook used in locating lost cat, supportive community

On January 6 at 7:54 p.m., Gerard Heath popped up on Facebook.  His...

The Quest to Find Natural Products in Grand Rapids

I recently ordered natural goat’s milk body lotion online from a place in Texas. After thinking it over, I realized I really need to start...

Benefit for Factory Workers

    A year ago this December, workers at the Republic Windows and Doors Factory in Chicago, Illinois were informed by management...

GRPS: The Effect of Poverty on Educational Attainment

Student and family poverty negatively effects educational proficiency and children ability to learn.

Written by: Joshua Fik,...

Obesity in Grand Rapids

Written by: Tammy Weeks, Logan Brenk, Afton Seeley, and Christopher Brinks, Frederik Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State...

Stopping the drop: Student retention in GR schools

By Mia Cheema, Robbie Sullivan, Michael Wilson and Dan Michniewicz,...