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Story Matters: Annie DeYoung see learning, opportunities through involvement with Avenue for the Arts

Submitted 03-12-2014 under NONPROFITS

Annie DeYoung talks about the sparks of opportunities she's been able to take advantage of through her involvement with Avenue for the Arts.

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New Businesses, New Talent for Art.Downtown. 2014

Submitted 03-11-2014 under NONPROFITS

Two Beards Deli is one of many venues that is participating in Art.Downtown. for the first time.

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My furnace adventure: Part two

Submitted 03-11-2014 under NONPROFITS

This is part two in a series about the Grand Rapids Housing Rehabilitation and Grant Program. Part one told of Sharon Zils' broken furnace that led to her interest in the program. This installment talks about the application process.

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Story Matters: Cindy Schneider watched downtown go from abandoned to booming

Submitted 03-11-2014 under NONPROFITS

Cindy Schneider has been downtown since 1978, and has watched the promises of a booming city come to fruition. She says the ah-ha moment was seeing the throngs of people on the first day of ArtPrize.

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Story Matters: Nicole Granger returns to Grand Rapids, finds resources in Avenue for the Arts

Submitted 03-10-2014 under NONPROFITS

Local photographer Nicole Granger just didn't find the support she needed out of state like she knew there was in Grand Rapids. She talks about the help she's found from Avenue for the Arts and how art gives our city hope.

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Rediscovering Merze Tate: A remarkable African-American woman who grew up in our own backyard

Submitted 03-10-2014 under NONPROFITS

Discover how an African-America girl growing up in rural Michigan during the early 1900s overcame hurdles to achieve phenomenal success as an educator, world traveler and more -- an amazing story almost lost in the dusty archives at WMU.

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Story Matters: Marlee Grace Hanson wants to be part of the churning

Submitted 03-10-2014 under NONPROFITS

Marlee Grace Hanson, improvisational artist and shop keeper, talks about the growth and support she sees in Grand Rapids- and how she wants to be a part of making that possible.

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Meet the Harrison Park Media Team!

Submitted 03-07-2014 under NONPROFITS

Students at Harrison Park learn about journalism through after an school program, the Media Team.

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Women at the Bar: Grand Rapids Attorneys in the 1870s - 1970s

Submitted 03-05-2014 under NONPROFITS

Learn about the pioneering female attorneys in Grand Rapids who were among the first to venture into the male-dominated legal profession in a presentation March 13 by GVSU professor Ruth Stevens.

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Transitions

Submitted 03-05-2014 under NONPROFITS

Find the transitional places in your spiritual and physical life; step through and move on in peace. Both Level I and Level II of the Walstrom series are available beginning in March.

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