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Women in beer community to be celebrated at Downtown Market

Submitted 03-04-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Along with many new events this year, the Downtown Market is holding a first-time event for women in the beer industry to come together and talk, fittingly called Women of Craft Beer, held on Friday, March 6. The event will be a question and answer...

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Community matters for women entreprenuers in Grand Rapids: BoxedGR's Missy McCall

Submitted 03-03-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Being a woman business owner in Grand Rapids is filled with both challenges and rewards. Missy McCall, founder of local company BoxedGR, creates custom gift boxes filled with Grand Rapids-themed products, samples and gift certificates. Founded...

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Local companies running with it: Gazelle Girl Half Marathon & 5k for employee wellness

Submitted 03-03-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

With the recent changes in healthcare policy and the rising healthcare costs in the workplace, employers are getting creative and inspiring healthy lifestyles among their employees. Local employers are endorsing employee participation in races like...

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Author Darrin Doyle sheds light on latest book "The Dark Will End The Dark"

Submitted 03-02-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Author Darrin Doyle's latest book, the short story collection "The Dark Will End The Dark" is currently available on Tortoise Books.  It is Doyle's, a Grand Rapids native, third published work.  His previous book, "...

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Dégagé Ministries to host event to benefit local women battling homelessness

Submitted 03-02-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Dégagé Ministries will be hosting an event called Open Door Open Hearts on Thursday, March 5 to benefit the services they provide for women in the Grand Rapids area. It is an event by women, for women and to benefit women. Grand Rapids women will...

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Restaurant opening brings new barbecue style to Grand Rapids

Submitted 02-24-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Scott Hartmann and Scott Luecht, the owners of Two Scotts Barbecue, have plans to open the restaurant in March at 536 Leonard St.  The restaurant will offer what they have dubbed a new “Michigan” style of barbecue. All of their meat...

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Rosa Parks Circle to fill with broomball teams this Sunday

Submitted 02-24-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. (DGRI) and the Grand Rapids Sport and Social Club (GRSSC) will be hosting a broomball tournament in Rosa Parks Circle this Sunday, March 1 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The tournament will consist of 16 teams...

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Auburn Hills: Creating new spaces

Submitted 02-19-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Not many people in Grand Rapids know the story of Auburn Hills: the story of how four African American families envisioned a neighborhood where any person, regardless of their race, could live. This is a story of triumph- where in the face of fear...

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Winter Beer Festival to pour over 800 kinds of local beer varieties

Submitted 02-17-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

The 10th Annual Winter Beer Festival is returning to Grand Rapids on the last weekend of February. This year, the Michigan Brewers Guild has extended the event to span two days instead of just one, like it has been in previous years.  Beer...

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Neighborhood school works to build literacy, community through National Reading Month volunteer opportunities

Submitted 02-17-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Throughout the month of March Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Academy  is looking for volunteers to read stories to students. Volunteers can choose to read one on one with students or read to an entire class. With over 400 students...

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