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Community Updates: Friday, December 9
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 12-09-2022 under NEWS
New Changes Coming to the Grand Rapids City Commission Schedule Next Year On Wednesday, December 7, the City of Grand Rapids sent out a press release to announce that the Grand Rapids City Commission will be making changes to its upcoming 2023...
Community Updates: Friday, December 2
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 12-02-2022 under NEWS
The City of Grand Rapids Sees Increase in Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index Score On November 30, the City of Grand Rapids announced that the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index (MEI) had...
Community updates: Friday, Aug. 6
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 08-06-2021 under NEWS
Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Payne to retire next year Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Payne will be retiring in early 2022, he publicly announced on Tuesday. His retirement comes after more than three decades with the department and assuming...
Three generation households are on local menus as sandwich families
by (Angela Bayes)
Submitted 11-27-2018 under PLACE-MATTERS
Many local families are living a life of eldercare and child rearing under one roof as a Sandwich Family. After all, Grand Rapids is a great place to live, retire, and raise a family. One such family is my family. My husband, Jim, and I live just...
Encore hosts free luncheon to talk retirement honestly, without shame
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 08-29-2017 under PLACE-MATTERS
Encore, an engagement program for people in their 50’s and beyond by the Grand Rapids Community Foundation is hosting an event, “We Are the Experts of Us” aimed at "anyone thinking about, preparing for, or in the midst of...
'Healthy U' lecture addresses mental health, aging
by (Covenant Villag...)
Submitted 08-09-2017 under NONPROFITS
“Mental Health & Aging for Smarty’s: Reducing the Stigma” is the topic for the August “Healthy U” lecture on Monday, Aug. 21 at 10 a.m. at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes, a faith-based, not-for-profit,...
Covenant Village of the Great Lakes hosts Shelley Irwin on Aug. 17
by (Covenant Villag...)
Submitted 07-20-2017 under NONPROFITS
Learn the art of aging gracefully when Shelley Irwin, host and producer of the WGVU Morning Show, presents an inspiring talk at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, at 1 p.m. The Grand Rapids community is invited to this...
National expert, best-selling author to teach seniors art of 'rightsizing'
by (Covenant Villag...)
Submitted 05-02-2017 under NONPROFITS
Rightsizing expert Lynn McPhelimy has shared her wisdom with audiences on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and “Today Show.” Now, she’s coming to Grand Rapids. On Thursday, May 11, 2017, at 10:30 a.m., the best-selling author...
'Hark Up with the Down Home Horns' to headline at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes
by (Covenant Villag...)
Submitted 06-20-2016 under NONPROFITS
Join Covenant Village of the Great Lakes for an old-fashioned Tent Revival Meeting with gospel music provided by Hark Up with the Down Home Horns. This free event begins at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 17, 2016. Beginning at 1 p.m., a shuttle will provide...
Hark Up with the Down Home Horns’ to headline at tent revival at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes
by (Covenant Villag...)
Submitted 06-20-2016 under
Join Covenant Village of the Great Lakes for an old-fashioned Tent Revival Meeting with gospel music provided by Hark Up with the Down Home Horns. This free event begins at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 17, 2016. Beginning at 1 p.m., a shuttle will provide...