Mayor to host interactive show tonight at 5pm on GRTV, The Rapidian
Submitted 01-03-2011 under NEWS
Last month, we simulcast City Connection on The Rapidian for the first time. The live call-in show, now in its 19th year, is currently hosted by Grand Rapids mayor George Heartwell and is an opportunity for Grand Rapidians to talk with our...
Creating Myths in Uptown
Submitted 12-30-2010 under OPINION
I keep hearing people talk about the effects of gentrification in Uptown but can find no substantive evidence of it. This idea of gentrification has recently caused some silly people to do some dumb things in my neighborhood. From the evidence that...
WT Centennial: The Ghost Light
Submitted 12-23-2010 under NONPROFITS
As you may know, Community Media Center's Wealthy Theatre kicks off its Centennial Celebration at Midnight on Dec. 31, 2010 - at the Starlight Six New Year's Eve Concert, on the theatre's main stage, in Peter Wege Auditorium. At Midnight, Wealthy...
Stability through Innovation: Securing the Wealthy Theatre’s Next 100 Years
Submitted 12-23-2010 under NONPROFITS
Stability through Innovation: Securing the Wealthy Theatre’s Next 100 YearsBy Erin Wilson, Theatre DirectorWealthy Theatre, in Grand Rapids, MI, designed by prolific architect Pierre Lindhout (1891-1940), turns 100 in 2011. Operated by Grand Rapids...
Green Retro Goods: Minty Keen
Submitted 12-16-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Like its carefully selected name, Minty Keen is fresh (as in minty) green (as in minty), filled with vintage goodies (as in keen) and Michigan-made goods (the MI in minty). All this thinking about a name, a location and what she would sell, kept...
New Children's Hospital: Healthy Boost for Grand Rapids
Submitted 12-09-2010 under NEWS
A well-designed structure should reflect the place where it is built, the people that will utilize it and a give a sense of its purpose. The new Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, which opens to patients on January 11, 2011 speaks volumes about place...
Taking a closer look at homelessness
Submitted 12-09-2010 under OPINION
In Grand Rapids, more than 5,000 people are considered homeless, half of whom are part of homeless families. Homelessness is a problem that stems from multiple causes including job loss, jail time, being released from foster care with nowhere...
The Urban Shopping Experience
Submitted 12-03-2010 under OPINION
Downtown retail is an indicator of a healthy city. The suburban ethos of the 50s and 60s left Grand Rapids, like many other cities, with deteriorated business cores that were primarily only used as commuter office spaces on a nine to five schedule....
White House Asian Carp Director Speaks in Grand Rapids
Submitted 12-03-2010 under NONPROFITS
WMEAC hosted John Goss, Asian Carp Director for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, as one of its keynote speakers at Tuesday’s FIGHT EM & FILLET EM Asian Carp Awareness Dinner. Goss was appointed earlier this fall by...
WMEAC Puts Asian Carp On the Menu for FIGHT ‘EM & FILLET ‘EM Awareness Event
Submitted 11-29-2010 under NONPROFITS
The West Michigan Environmental Action Council and San Chez Bistro are putting Asian carp on the menu as part of an exclusive culinary event to benefit efforts to keep the notorious invasive species out of the Great Lakes. FIGHT '...