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Clothing startup sends 2,900 meals to local families

Submitted 04-01-2014 under NONPROFITS

Live. Love. Michigan. supports local nonprofits by designing and selling apparel.

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GR Initiative for Leaders and Fifth Third Bank Partner to Prepare Students for Career Success

Submitted 03-31-2014 under NONPROFITS

Fifth Third Bank Employees Conduct Mock Interviews with Ottawa Hills High School Students

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Street market to bring vintage charm to Grand Rapids Downtown Market

Submitted 03-25-2014 under PLACE-MATTERS

Our vintage street market is now accepting applications for 2014 vendors. The market, appearing on the second Sunday of each month, will include vintage furniture, clothing, accessories, kitchen goods and home decor.

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FoodCircles continues to provide meals for hungry children

Submitted 03-21-2014 under NEWS

Since its 2013 launch of the mobile app that allows people to purchase a dish for $1, FoodCircles has provided 2,239 meals to children living in poverty.

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Hope on their sleeves: clothing startup believes in Michigan's resilience

Submitted 03-17-2014 under NONPROFITS

Driven by a passion for design and a fierce loyalty to their home state, Live. Love. Michigan. strives to make it in the clothing business and bring Michigan up with them.

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Story Matters: Elyse Welcher finds her place on South Division

Submitted 03-14-2014 under NONPROFITS

Elyse Welcher owns Parliament The Boutique on the Avenue for the Arts, and has participated in every event she could: from Free Radical to ArtPrize to Art.Downtown.

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Missional organization to give glimpse of poverty's challenges at local colleges

Submitted 03-14-2014 under NEWS

Access of West Michigan will present a poverty simulation workshop designed to promote an understanding of low-income struggles at Davenport University on March 24 and at GRCC on March 31.

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Story Matters: Roxanne Buhl, Western watches significant growth around them in Heartside Neighborhood

Submitted 03-12-2014 under NONPROFITS

Roxanne Buhl talks about the growth she've seen happen around her at Western Michigan University's downtown campus. She tells the story of bringing her teen son downtown and having him discover that he lives in a cool city.

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WMEAC to screen "Vanishing of the Bees" at UICA

Submitted 03-11-2014 under NEWS

The WMEAC Film Series will present a documentary on Tuesday, March 18 about the widespread disappearance of honeybees and their importance to food security

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LINC community revitalization opens sit-down cafe designed to benefit neighborhood

Submitted 03-11-2014 under INNOVATION-SPOTLIGHT

Neighborhood revitalization organization LINC has opened a new restaurant in Madison Square with the community in mind.

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