Streets
Voting 101: Understanding differences between wards, precincts, quadrants, neighborhoods
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 07-07-2015 under NEWS
Grand Rapids has wards, precincts, neighborhoods and quadrants. This can be sometimes be confusing. Understanding what wards and precincts are, and how they differentiate from neighborhoods and quadrants, is important for local elections. Wards are...
Software developers win contest for innovative snow plow app
by (erictank)
Submitted 10-21-2014 under INNOVATION-SPOTLIGHT
Software developers Eric Buehler, Joshua Hulst and Ryan Graffy recently took the grand prize in the Code Michigan 2014 contest that encourages innovation and technology through the use of government platforms and databases. The competition...
Vote yes for Grand Rapids streets today
by (xopher)
Submitted 05-06-2014 under OPINION
Grand Rapids has 586 miles of streets. Our street system is our largest and most visible asset, and a critical component of our local economy. It is nearly impossible to imagine how we would function without our streets, yet that is the choice we...
City to discuss Revision Division project
by (Kschmitty)
Submitted 03-08-2013 under NEWS
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is hosting a public meeting today, Friday, March 8 at Kendall College in the Historic Federal Building. From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. project partners will present their results for the Revision Division Project...Love thy Rapidian
by (Molz Photography)
Submitted 09-14-2009 under OPINION
Love Thy Rapidian - Love Thy Neighbor, they basically mean the same thing. Your neighbor is your fellow Rapidian. Not always necessarily those which live within the same proximity of each other, but those you pass each day while rushing to work,...