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Highlighting city’s mental wellness resources, GoSite hosts free Q&A event

Submitted 05-19-2016 under NEWS

Local information and welcome center, the GoSite, will be kicking off a series of events on May 26 aiming to better educate the public about the wide variety of mental health and wellness resources available in the Grand Rapids area. Free and open...

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New local company looks to bring honest conversation to public relations

Submitted 05-18-2016 under NEWS

Today marks the official launch of Honest PR + Creative, a communications agency designed to lead businesses in branding and mission focused delivery. Holly Bechiri, former Managing Editor of The Rapidian and Marjorie Steele, an independent...

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Made in MI Pop-Up Marketplace expands outdoor market to provide platform for artists, entrepreneurs

Submitted 05-17-2016 under NEWS

Beginning this weekend and continuing through the summer, the Grand Rapids Downtown Market launches an all-new Made in MI Pop-Up Marketplace for entrepreneurs, artisans and artists. The Made in MI Pop-Up Marketplace will focus solely on Michigan-...

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Heritage Hill Weekend Tour of Homes is all in the family

Submitted 05-17-2016 under NEWS

Every family is a collection of unique individuals, each with their own story to tell. The homes in Heritage Hill are like a family, and whether grand or small, showy or simple, centenarians or new kids on the block, they win the hearts of the...

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Garfield Park's community garden expands to include all neighbors

Submitted 05-03-2016 under NEWS

For the second year, the Garfield Park Neighborhood Association will be hosting a community garden. Started in 2015 with the help of Phil Whaler, an agronomist, the garden will expand this year to include community plots that anyone can work without...

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New podcast features Grand Rapids locations and issues

Submitted 05-03-2016 under NEWS

These are the spaces that Grand Rapidians gather to talk about what’s going on in their life and in their community. On plush chairs in the corner of a downtown coffee shop. In the booth at the neighborhood brewery. Walking together on a city...

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Local co-op seeks to bring full service grocery store to central Grand Rapids

Submitted 05-03-2016 under NEWS

The Grand Rapids Food Co-op Initiative is making great progress to bring a full service grocery store co-op to central Grand Rapids. We have formed a very active and talented core group of about twenty people. We are using an innovative business...

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Celebration of Free Comic Book Day on May 7 in downtown Grand Rapids

Submitted 05-03-2016 under NEWS

This coming Saturday, May 7th, Grand Rapids’ Vault of Midnight is joining thousands of comic book stores around the world in celebrating Free Comic Book Day (FCBD). Started in 2001 as a way for the comic community to welcome the uninitiated...

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Mayor Bliss will be joined by Economic Development Director for latest City Connection appearance

Submitted 05-02-2016 under NEWS

Join us today, Monday, May 5th at 5 p.m. on LiveWire, Comcast Cable 24, for Mayor Rosalynn Bliss' fourth episode of the City Connection. The mayor will be joined by Kara Wood, Economic Development Director, City of Grand Rapids to discuss...

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New live, weekly radio show to showcase Grand Rapids' growing music scene

Submitted 04-27-2016 under NEWS

Music fans are happy to know there’s a new way to find out about shows happening in the GR music scene. Local indy-folk artist Quinn Mathews loves the local music scene so much that he decided to make it even better. With a little help from...

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