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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...

[EASTOWN] Rain can't stop first annual Network Neighborhood Bash

A little Saturday morning rain brought nothing but rainbows on Atlas Street as Eastown neighbors and area lesbian-gay-bisexual-trans (LGBT)...

WMEAC sheds light on energy efficiency with Project Light Change

Many Grand Rapidians are in the dark when it comes to the use of energy efficient compact flourecent light bulbs (CFLs), but 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...

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,...

Central City Weed & Seed, SouthTown Residents Host Forum on Alcohol

As a core part of its “weeding” and “seeding” mission, Central City Weed & Seed is launching a new initiative to curb...

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...

[VIDEO] The Revolution is Not Like a Faucet: A Reading by John Ross

Grand Rapidians gathered at Mexicains Sans Frontieres on Thursday,...

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...

Late Morning Vehicle Incident in Baxter

The late morning got loud and smokey with the sound and smell of squealing tires on the street, today, outside the Institute for Global Education...

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...