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Step-Up Youth Productions provides outlet for creativity, physical activity

Submitted 02-25-2016 under NONPROFITS

Through the modalities of dance, performance, and production, Step-Up Youth Productions teaches kids team-building and other life-long skills

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Education workshop seeks to build community for better schools at Neighborhood Summit

Submitted 02-23-2016 under OPINION

Join East Hills Loves Congress board member Elizabeth Hoffman Ransford and former Congress Principal Bridget Cheney at the Strong Neighborhoods, Strong City Summit, on Friday, March 11 at GRPS University to discuss reclaiming neighborhood schools.

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Marching band documentary screening to support students in Grand Rapids

Submitted 02-23-2016 under NEWS

Kent County Commissioners are working to raise awareness of the music programs at Grand Rapids Pubic Schools by raising money for the Grand Rapids Student Advancement Foundation.

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Heritage Hill Neighborhood to lose protection of historic property if bills pass in Lansing

Submitted 02-23-2016 under PLACE-MATTERS

Companion bills proposed in the Michigan State Senate and House of Representatives will jeopardize historic properties and districts like Heritage Hill if it is not stopped.

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Strength in our community: Final words from our Managing Editor at The Rapidian

Submitted 02-22-2016 under OPINION

As I spend my final week as the caretaker of The Rapidian, I look over what we have been able to accomplish together, and why I think The Rapidian will be just as strong as ever after I leave- because its strength is in your voices.

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Adult learners from the Literacy Center of West Michigan share their writing

Submitted 02-22-2016 under NONPROFITS

Learners enrolled in the Family Literacy Program at Sibley Elementary share their favorite West Side spots.

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Vox Vidorra, Lady Ace Boogie win big at Jammies

Submitted 02-20-2016 under NEWS

The 17th annual Jammie Awards continued its tradition of local music and community, awarding 20 of West Michigan's best artists.

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Catalyst Radio: music & activism, ft. Fable the Poet & Lady Ace Boogie

Submitted 02-19-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

It's WYCE Jammie Awards Day and host Katie Gordon speaks with two of the Big Night's performers - Lady Ace Boogie and Fable the Poet - on the inspiration for their music and community activism.

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Corner Record Shop defies digital revolution

Submitted 02-19-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

Most businesses desperately try to stay ahead of the curve. Corner Record Shop in Grandville has found success by doing the opposite.

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Warm Up While You Wait At These 3 Local Businesses

Submitted 02-19-2016 under NONPROFITS

Hot Tips From The Rapid To Beat The Cold

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