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Local winery showcases fine vintages at Reserve restaurant for the new Michigan Wine Month in April

Submitted 05-05-2012 under NEWS

The Tasting Offering some of their best red and white wines, Bowers Harbor Vineyards, a local family-run boutique winery on Old Mission Peninsula in Traverse City, held a wine tasting at Reserve Wine & Food, a local downtown restaurant. Reserve...

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Mural in the works at Harrison Park School

Submitted 05-02-2012 under NEWS

Richard App imagines that in the future adults will return to Harrison Park School with their kids to look at the mural he created in 2012. They’ll return, not only because it is good art, but also because they played a part in painting it, or...

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Catalyst Radio: Rapidian staff go live on WYCE to raise funds

Submitted 04-27-2012 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW This week on Catalyst Radio we depart from our regular format in order to go live on WYCE for The Rapidian's first-ever fund drive. We are...

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Friday is last day to sign up for LEED workshops

Submitted 04-26-2012 under NEWS

"Going green" has been all the rage over the last several years, and operating out of a LEED-certified building seems to be one of the proudest boasts in the business community and beyond. So what, exactly, does "LEED-certified"...

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Start Garden planted

Submitted 04-26-2012 under NEWS

You bring the seeds, we’ll supply the field and the water: that’s the premise behind Start Garden, Rick DeVos’s venture capital fund designed to turn Michigan, specifically Grand Rapids, into an “ecosystem that’s the...

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Baxter Greenhouse Initiative: Growing more than greens

Submitted 04-22-2012 under NEWS

In 2009, the Baxter neighborhood was declared a “food desert” by the Health Department for having no nearby sources of fresh food or produce. In response, the Baxter Community Center began the Greenhouse Initiative as part of its 40th...

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In praise of story

Submitted 04-20-2012 under NEWS

Calvin College professor of English and celebrated local author Gary Schmidt kicked off the school’s biannual Festival of Faith and Writing with a passionate invocation for story on Thursday. The Festival of Faith and Writing, held once every...

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GVSU wins Districts at prestigious National Student Advertising Competition

Submitted 04-18-2012 under NEWS

Grand Valley State University's Advertising Team made school history this weekend in Southfield, MI with a first place finish in District 6 at the AAF National Student Advertising Competition [NSAC]. The district is the...

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Creston corridor to use new green technology to reduce stormwater pollution, beautify neighborhood

Submitted 04-17-2012 under NEWS

A one-mile stretch of Plainfield Avenue from Leonard to Ann Street is about to undergo a major makeover with the construction of seven bio-retention islands in the median. A bio-retention island is a type of infrastructure that uses plants, trees...

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Calvin College to host native plant sale

Submitted 04-17-2012 under NEWS

The idea of going "local" has been all the rage in recent years, applying to food, goods, and services. But what about local plants? On May 5, Calvin College will host its annual Native Plant Sale. This is an opportunity for residents to...

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