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Rakowski Farm's unique impact on Fulton Street Market and local shopping
by (AmiiboZach)
Submitted 02-28-2022 under LOCAL LIFE
Over its past 18 years operating as a vendor for the “Fulton Street Farmers Market,” Pat and Ginny Rakowski’s Family Farm has solidified itself as a neighborhood mainstay, as well as a local business that is not afraid to innovate...
Downtown Market hosting free holiday events including Winter Wonderland and visits with Santa
by (Downtown Market GR)
Submitted 12-04-2018 under NONPROFITS
The Grand Rapids Downtown Market is hosting a variety of holiday events this December, making it the one-stop destination in Grand Rapids for holiday cheer the whole family can enjoy. Visitors can pick out a freshly-cut Christmas tree and handmade...
New collaboration to showcase local artists in holiday market
by (Audrey Hutchinson)
Submitted 11-27-2018 under NEWS
Thirteen artists will be featured in a multi-use coworking space at 342 Market SW on Sunday, December 2, 2018. The space includes four artists who use it to make their own individual art. They have collectively decided to curate a group show to be...
Long-time tradition continues with UICA presenting 30th Annual Holiday Artists Market
by (KCAD)
Submitted 11-27-2018 under NONPROFITS
As the holiday season again draws near, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) is inviting shoppers to its 30th Annual Holiday Artists Market on December 1, 2018, from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. The Saturday-only event will take place at...
ArtPrize 10 brings more art, local student work to Grand Rapids Downtown Market
by (Downtown Market GR)
Submitted 09-18-2018 under NONPROFITS
With ArtPrize 10 beginning this week, there are hundreds of great venues across the city to take in amazing public art installations. This year, visitors to the Downtown Market can not only see more art than ever before, with eleven large-scale...
Free seminar series jumpstarts food entrepreneurs with advice from industry experts
by (Downtown Market GR)
Submitted 02-21-2017 under NONPROFITS
Next month, the Grand Rapids Downtown Market will present its first-ever Recipes for Success series, a three-week program designed for food entrepreneurs. The free educational seminars are aimed at providing industry insight to budding and...
Local co-op seeks to bring full service grocery store to central Grand Rapids
by (Linda Jones)
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...
Martha's Vineyard answers Midtown's call for more groceries
by (Marjorie Steele)
Submitted 11-24-2015 under NEWS
The Martha’s family of businesses have had their roots in Midtown as long as most of the neighborhood can remember, and when you see their latest expansion, it’s not hard to see why. Martha’s Vineyard, a wine and deli market at the...
City High Middle School to host 7th annual Recycled Art Market
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 11-03-2015 under NEWS
Grand Rapids City High Middle School is hosting its 7th Annual Recycled Art Market this coming Saturday, November 7. The art market will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Up from the 17 artists hosted in the first year, this year’s event will host 70-...
Local musicians work to promote supplemental education programs
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 08-04-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
As Hugo Claudin, proprietor of multi-dimensional creative space Mexicains Sans Frontieres, painter, musician and veteran of Grand Rapids art scene puts it, “While we promote the arts and education, little effort is made to promote individual...