Grand Rapids
Digital Crops Harvested in Michigan
by (grtechpart)
Submitted 05-25-2010 under NONPROFITS
I (Doug) spent a couple of hours last Thursday (20-May-10) with Loren Koeman at his office and consulting business of the same name: The Koeman Group. Now to be transparent I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to get out of our meet. I...
The Michigan Cultural Data Project comes to Grand Rapids to help arts and culture organizations make the mark they deserve
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 05-22-2010 under NONPROFITS
At every presentation about the Cultural Data Project (CDP), people gasp at what it can do - at every one of the fifteen talks across the state. And now, after two years of work by a dedicated team, this valuable tool is available in Michigan. If...
Local business gets involved in a real way at Camp O'Malley
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 05-17-2010 under NONPROFITS
Lacks Enterprises Plastic Plate Division’s Management Team came to Camp O’Malley on Friday, April 30th to re-side one of the camper cabins. Not only did Lacks come to volunteer for the project, they also donated $900 for the supplies. “The...
ARTcation
by (KCAD)
Submitted 05-14-2010 under NONPROFITS
ARTcation is a community wide collaboration between arts and humanities organizations that use downtown Grand Rapids as a learning laboratory. By combining our resources, we provide students with free programming that supports multi-sensory...
Sister Thomasine Bugala OP
by (grdominicans)
Submitted 05-12-2010 under NONPROFITS
Sister Thomasine Bugala OP died Tuesday May 11, 2010 at the age of 83 after 58 years as a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sister Thomasine taught the German language at Aquinas College for many years. Each summer for over 20...
Seven Grand Rapids Dominicans Among Thousands in Manhattan Peace Activities
by (grdominicans)
Submitted 05-10-2010 under NONPROFITS
Seven Grand Rapids Dominicans--Mary Pat Beatty, Carol Gilbert, Barbara Hansen, Ardeth Platte, Jean Reimer, Alice Wittenbach and Lucianne Siers--gathered in Manhattan's uptown during rush hour on April 30th to begin three days of activities...
River Bank Runner: Steve Schoon
by (Roberta F. King)
Submitted 05-04-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
The Fifth Third River Bank Run is less than a week away and most runners are tapering off their training and planning to "carb up" on Friday. Nervousness kicks in before a race and to that end, race organizers provide 110 porta-potties and 13.6...
Urban Pharm helping to reverse tide of urban decay
by (Michael Tuffelmire)
Submitted 05-03-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
There are Grand Rapidians who want rental property kept to a minimum on their street because landlords could let their rental properties slip into an unacceptable condition. In fact, absentee landlords had a part in the decline of many...
The Automobile and Us - Part V: Did the car ever make sense?
by (Michael Tuffelmire)
Submitted 04-30-2010 under OPINION
This is the last part of a five-part series that explores the effects of the automobile on us as a population and on Grand Rapids. This segment shows what automobile trends GR shares with the nation. Over the course of the twentieth century,...
Local Boys & Girls Club Teen Set to Receive College Scholarship
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 04-28-2010 under NONPROFITS
Cesar Vargas, a two-year member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth, traveled to Ann Arbor this past weekend to compete for the title of Michigan Youth of the Year. During the competition, he attended the “Recipe for...