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Grand Rapid's North West Neighborhood

Principal of Shawmut Hills encourages neighbors to participate in Westside growth

Submitted 10-13-2015 under OPINION

The upper west side has only one park and it has not been updated since the mid 1950's.

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Mayor answers questions from local citizens in City Connection

Submitted 10-12-2015 under NONPROFITS

Mayor Heartwell answered citizen questions, submittable by phone calls, emails, tweets or comments on the article, Monday at 5:00 p.m.

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Free Memory Screenings on Nov. 3 at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes

Submitted 10-05-2015 under NONPROFITS

Covenant Village of the Great Lakes will offer free memory screenings on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., as part of National Memory Screening Week (Nov. 1-7, 2015), an initiative by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.

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Cooking for Alzheimer's Prevention

Submitted 10-05-2015 under NONPROFITS

Area seniors and caregivers to learn brain-smart recipes

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Community Challenge aims to promote economic equity and increase neighborhood business growth, sustainability

Submitted 09-29-2015 under OPINION

The challenge aims to promote Black-owned businesses across the city and increase capital flow to neighborhoods they are located in

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You can support ACT by drinking a work of art at ArtPrize Seven

Submitted 09-22-2015 under NONPROFITS

B.O.B.’s Brewery and Atwater Brewery collaborate on local beer for ArtPrize to benefit Artists Creating Together. The two breweries partnered to create Michigunder, a collaborative beer and official ArtPrize 2015 entry.

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Mayor answers citizen questions live on City Connection

Submitted 09-14-2015 under NONPROFITS

Mayor Heartwell answered citizen questions live on Monday from 5-6 p.m., like a question about supporting local food from Levi Gardner.

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Vox Vidorra - "The Basics" (Acoustic)

Submitted 09-05-2015 under NONPROFITS

Molly, Scott, and Ryan from local indie-rock/soul group Vox Vidorra share a stripped down version of their song "The Basics" live in WYCE's Studio X on 88.1fm.

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Vox Vidorra - "Go Your Way" (Acoustic)

Submitted 09-05-2015 under NONPROFITS

Songs from the Second Floor is a collection of the ephemeral performances that occur live on the air, in one take, on 88.1 WYCE. This video series is produced by GRTV in collaboration with WYCE and The Rapidian in order to capture and archive these rare moments.

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New program for older zoo-goers combines activity with education

Submitted 09-04-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

John Ball Zoo, along with Priority Health, kicked off the new Silver Explorer program last month. The eight-week program aims to bring more seniors to the zoo by giving them different method to learn and stay active.

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