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Meet Marshall Kilgore: Grand Rapids' first Gen Z and LGBTQ+ city commissioner
by (Cristina Stob)
Submitted 12-19-2024 under LOCAL LIFE
Updated, 12/19/2024, 6:50 p.m., with correct details regarding Kilgore's listening tour Upon walking into Last Mile Cafe, the commissioner-elect's neighborhood coffee shop, Marshall Kilgore greets the barista by name. It was clear from the...
David LaGrand elected Grand Rapids mayor as Kent County voter turnout hits decade low
by (AlaynnaDressler)
Submitted 11-06-2024 under NEWS
Polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, concluding Michigan’s Nov. 5 general election with David LaGrand elected as the next mayor of Grand Rapids. The election also brought new members to the City Commission representing both the First and Third...
City Connection: Third Ward Commissioner Kelsey Perdue to join Rapidian program manager in the GRTV studio
by (GRTV)
Submitted 10-30-2024 under NONPROFITS
On Monday, Nov. 4, Third Ward Commissioner Kelsey Perdue will be in the GRTV studio for the November 2024 edition of City Connection. The Rapidian's program manager, Allison Donahue, will be hosting the show. Members of...
City Connection: John Gorney, director of public works, to join Rapidian program manager in the GRTV studio
by (GRTV)
Submitted 07-15-2024 under NONPROFITS
On Monday, Aug. 5, Third Ward Commissioner Kelsey Perdue and John Gorney, director of public works, will be in the GRTV studio for the August 2024 edition of City Connection. The Rapidian's program manager, Allison Donahue, will...
Meet the candidates: 2024 Grand Rapids Third Ward commissioner election
by (theoscheer)
Submitted 07-12-2024 under NEWS
Six candidates are running for a seat representing the Third Ward on the Grand Rapids City Commission. The seat is currently held by Third Ward Commissioner Bing Goei, who is running for reelection. Goei was appointed to the position in March to...
Grand Rapids City Commission selects Bing Goei as Third Ward Commissioner
by (AlaynnaDressler)
Submitted 03-19-2024 under NEWS
The Grand Rapids City Commission selected Bing Goei, the founder of the Goei Center and CEO of Eastern Floral, Tuesday to fill the vacant Third Ward seat on the City Commission. Goei, who will be the first Asian-American to serve on the...
3 finalists vying for vacant Third Ward seat advance through second-round interviews
by (AlaynnaDressler)
Submitted 03-06-2024 under NEWS
At the March 5 Committee of the Whole meeting, the Grand Rapids City Commission conducted a second round of interviews with the three finalists running to fill the vacant Third Ward seat. Marshall Kilgore, the director of engagement for the West...
Grand Rapids Committee on Appointments advances 3 finalists to fill vacant Third Ward seat
by (AlaynnaDressler)
Submitted 02-21-2024 under NEWS
An audio version of this story is available here. Nearly two months after former Third Ward Commissioner Nathaniel Moody formally resigned from the Grand Rapids City Commission, the Grand Rapids Committee on Appointments has recommended three...
Community Updates: Friday, July 28
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 07-28-2023 under NEWS
City of Grand Rapids Seeks Proposals for Third Set of PBGR Community Improvement Projects On Thursday, July 27, the City of Grand Rapids sent out a press release to announce that it has put out a request for proposals (RFPs) for the third set of...
Community Updates: Friday, June 16
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 06-16-2023 under NEWS
Grand Rapids City Commission Hosts "Commission Night Out" Meeting in GR's Third Ward On Tuesday, the Grand Rapids City Commission was at the Gerald R. Ford Academic Center (in the Third Ward) for the second Commission Night Out meeting of the...