Alger Heights couple turns sweet hobby into community-focused business
Submitted 06-01-2012 under INNOVATION-SPOTLIGHT
Steve and Mellisa Verstrate put a unique spin on cupcakes in Alger Heights. They continue to expand their offerings while always keeping the community in mind by providing gluten-free and vegan offerings and sourcing their cafe with local ingredients.
Nonprofit organizations set up food booths for Festival of the Arts
Submitted 05-31-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
Walk the streets of Grand Rapids in style, with a massive turkey leg protruding from one hand and a grilled shrimp skewer clutched in the other.
Festival of the Arts highlights musicians on four stages
Submitted 05-31-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
Festival of the Arts, happening this weekend downtown, hosts a wide variety of music from multiple stages over three days.
The many arts of Festival of the Arts
Submitted 05-31-2012 under NEWS
Festival of the Arts is about to begin and the art goes from the unique to the interactive.
Rick Huisman Named Executive Director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids
Submitted 05-31-2012 under NONPROFITS
Rick Huisman, a former executive for Eastern Floral and Major League Baseball pitcher, was named executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth (BGCGRYC).
Cook Arts Center hosts student exhibit of artwork centered on immigration, injustice
Submitted 05-30-2012 under NONPROFITS
8th grade students are presenting the results of the artwork created in journalism and art classes directed by local artist Reyna Garcia.
Summer races worth running
Submitted 05-30-2012 under OPINION
A round up of summer races that local runners won't want to miss.
Food trucks I'd love to see in Grand Rapids
Submitted 05-30-2012 under OPINION
In hopes of a "yes" vote on June 12 from our Grand Rapids City Commission for food trucks in our city, I came up with some suggestions of carts and trucks I'd love to see in our city.
A Watershed Moment: Monitoring wind on Lake Michigan
Submitted 05-30-2012 under NEWS
On this week’s episode of A Watershed Moment, local professor Dr. Erik Nordman discusses a new wind monitoring buoy that will be deployed in Lake Michigan.
Local artists battle to build the Creston community
Submitted 05-30-2012 under NONPROFITS
At the sixth annual Art Battle for Community, local artists raise funds for the Creston neighborhood.