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City Commission to meet December 20

Submitted 12-16-2011 under NEWS

On Tuesday, December 20th the Grand Rapids City Commission will meet for its bimonthly meeting. On the agenda for this meeting include topics ranging from changes in city retirement plans to improvements at a number of city parks. Also this...

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Catalyst Radio: Amnesty International -- Grand Rapids

Submitted 12-16-2011 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now?  Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW The global concerns of the human rights watch group Amnesty International are getting attention right here in Grand Rapids.  A local chapter of the...

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Catalyst Radio: Journalist Kerry Eleveld

Submitted 12-09-2011 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW Journalist Kerry Eleveld's roots are in Grand Rapids even though she's travelled far from her home town as a national journalist. Eleveld was in...

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GRadPics: Photographers to produce 700 senior photos

Submitted 12-09-2011 under NEWS

It is a rite of passage that most 17 or 18 year olds go through: the senior portrait. The photographs appear in graduation invitations, yearbooks and kids hand them out to one another. But for many seniors in Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS), the...

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Food truck debate put on hold

Submitted 12-08-2011 under NEWS

Thursday afternoon, the Grand Rapids Planning Commission had a public hearing considering an ordinance that would allow mobile food vendors (i.e. food trucks, carts, and so on) to operate on private property such as parking lots. Cities such as...

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Pleasant Park receives $300,000 development award

Submitted 12-08-2011 under NEWS

The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) has committed $300,000 of the total $731,00 needed to convert an empty 2.3 acre parking lot at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and Pleasant Street to a fully functional neighborhood park....

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ArtPrize adjusts the architecture for 2012 event

Submitted 12-06-2011 under NEWS

This morning, at the Sponsor Launch Breakfast, ArtPrize unveiled some significant changes to the annual event for ArtPrize 2012 September 19- October 7.  Catherine Creamer, Executive Director, started the event by sharing some of the things...

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City Commission to meet December 6

Submitted 12-05-2011 under NEWS

This Tuesday, December 6, the Grand Rapids City Commission will meet for one of its bimonthly meetings. On the agenda for this week's meeting are a number of issues relevant to residents of Grand Rapids. 1. A hearing to discuss a possible...

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Best-selling author and spiritual guide Mark Nepo to appear at Fountain Street Church

Submitted 11-29-2011 under NEWS

The Grow the Soul Ministries at Fountain Street Church is presenting  As Far As the Heart Can See: The Practice of Being Human, a public talk and workshop by acclaimed poet and teacher Mark Nepo at Fountain Street Church, December 2nd...

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Religious political party looking to partner with Occupy GR

Submitted 11-21-2011 under NEWS

Unlike the large demonstrations all over the country following the Occupy movement that started in New York City this fall, Occupy Grand Rapids has been fairly quiet. After their initial General Assembly in early October, the group took up...

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