third ward

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...

[read more]

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...

[read more]

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...

[read more]

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...

[read more]

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...

[read more]

City Connection: Kelsey Perdue, Third Ward Commissioner, to Join Phil Tower in the GRTV Studio

by (GRTV)

Submitted 05-01-2023 under NONPROFITS

On Monday, May 1, Commissioner Kelsey Perdue (of GR's Third Ward) will be in the GRTV studio for the May episode of City Connection. Phil Tower, Station Director of WYCE, will be standing in for Starla McDermott as host of...

[read more]

Community Updates: Friday, February 17

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 02-17-2023 under NEWS

Grand Rapidians Encouraged to Participate in Community Master Plan Process by Attending Upcoming "Launch Party" Events Next week, the City of Grand Rapids will be holding three public "launch party" events in each of the City's three wards. These...

[read more]

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...

[read more]

Community Updates: Friday, October 21

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 10-21-2022 under NEWS

Grand Rapidians Make Their Voices Heard in Participatory Budgeting Grand Rapids Public Vote On Tuesday, October 18, the Participatory Budgeting Grand Rapids (PBGR) Steering Committee sent out a press release to announce that over...

[read more]

Community Updates: Friday, October 14

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 10-14-2022 under NEWS

Grand Rapids City Commission to Meet in the Third Ward for Next "Commission Night Out" Meeting On Tuesday, the City of Grand Rapids sent out a press release to remind residents that the next "Commission Night Out" (CNO...

[read more]

Browse