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You, with your ear to the ground!

Submitted 04-27-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff: During our press pit last week about breaking news, Grand Rapids Press' Web Producer Kate Nagengast made some very good points. It was the day after a cancelled Grand Rapids Public Schools board meeting. Emotions were...

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The Automobile and Us - Part III: Ways to modify cities to accommodate alternative transportation

Submitted 04-23-2010 under OPINION

This is part three of a five-part series in which we explore the effects of the automobile on us as a population and on Grand Rapids. In this part, we will focus on a variety of solutions to the problems we discussed in the previous articles. On...

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Parking conflicts in the Heritage Hill neighborhood

Submitted 04-21-2010 under OPINION

Traffic confusion on the streets of the Heritage Hill neighborhood, located in downtown Grand Rapids, is at an all time high. Since the beginning of last September, the neighborhood's compacted, narrow streets have become congested. From early...

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The Automobile and Us - Part II: The automobile's detrimental toll on community life

Submitted 04-21-2010 under OPINION

This is part two of a five-part series that explores the effects of the automobile on Grand Rapids.  In this part, we will explore how communities have been affected socially and physically by the car. We will also see how our downtown area...

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Wendy Jo Carlton Returns to GR to Screen "Hannah Free"

Submitted 04-21-2010 under OPINION

On Friday April 23 Grand Rapidians will have the opportunity to welcome home filmmaker, director and artist Wendy Jo Carlton as she presents her feature-film directorial debut, "Hannah Free" at Wealthy Theatre.  The film is being presented...

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Keeping The Rapidian Flickr pool effective

Submitted 04-21-2010 under OPINION

From Rapidian staff*: As you’ve no doubt noticed while perusing therapidian.org, our front page features a photo of the day. This feature is pulled from The Rapidian Flickr pool, http://www.flickr.com/groups/therapidian. We also take photos...

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The Automobile and Us - Part I: The clash between the streetcar and automotive industries

Submitted 04-20-2010 under OPINION

This is part one of a five-part series that explores the effects of the automobile on Grand Rapids. In this part we explore how Grand Rapids lost the streetcar and started to develop around the automobile. Wellington Avenue, off Eastern Avenue in SE...

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Citizen reporting: Many voices/many styles

Submitted 04-13-2010 under OPINION

From Rapidian staff:* When The Rapidian was designed (with a good dose of community volunteer input), it was recognized from the start that while we could build it, it would only survive and thrive if residents stepped up to provide the content. We...

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The Local Beet: MadCap Coffee

Submitted 04-12-2010 under OPINION

What's in your cup this morning? Coffee has been part of human history for hundreds of years and is a common morning ritual across the world. Whether it's brewed stove top, in a coffee pot, espresso machine, moka pot, french press, chemex; or,...

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New Feature: Story Bank - Help Us Out!

Submitted 04-08-2010 under OPINION

From Rapidian staff*: After more than a year of solid development, Ron – our main developer – is off on a much-need vacation with his family. That leaves the rest of us Rapidian staffers with a tiny bit of downtime to do some of the planning...

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