Community Profile | Rachel Lee, the accidental historian
Submitted 11-22-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Rachel Lee has sound advice for Grand Rapids city residents: “Get involved with your city.” Lee can talk the talk because she has certainly walked the walk. The East Hills resident and now “retired” president of the East Hills Neighborhood...
Downtown Alliance ups cool factor with mobile site
Submitted 11-20-2010 under OPINION
Grand Rapids' Downtown Alliance has launched a new DowntownGR Mobile website. The site, for use with web-enabled phones, is intended to provide an easy way for people on-the-go to find places to eat, locations to shop and...
The future of health care is blossoming in the Heartside District
Submitted 11-19-2010 under OPINION
If you’ve been near St. Mary’s Hospital on Jefferson or otherwise close to the corner of Cherry and Sheldon recently, you may have noticed a large area of new construction underway. What is being built on the former parking lot at Cherry Street...
New nonprofit helps resolve tax debt for free
Submitted 11-15-2010 under OPINION
Thousands of people in West Michigan are in debt to the IRS. On top of the taxes they cannot pay, the government is charging ridiculous interest for late payments. You can hire a law firm to help negotiate payment plans and possibly...
In season - November 3, 2010
Submitted 11-03-2010 under NONPROFITS
What's in season? What fresh produce is on the horizon? If you're curious about what's at market, the Fulton Street Farmers Market publishes a list of goods every Tuesday. New at the market! Cranberries Currently at the market: Apples (...
Meals on wheels: Grand Rapids' newest taco truck arrives Uptown
Submitted 11-02-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Grand Rapids’ newest food truck is officially open for business and cruisin’ the city streets. Well, one street at least. What the Truck made its grand debut last Monday, setting up outside of The Meanwhile Bar, a neighborhood watering hole...
Eight young nonprofit professionals honored
Submitted 11-02-2010 under NONPROFITS
The Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Greater Grand Rapids is proud to present the 2010 YNPN Leadership Awards, an annual opportunity for local nonprofit and community leaders to come together and celebrate their accomplishments. This year,...
Here's some food for thought, Grand Rapids
Submitted 11-02-2010 under OPINION
No matter where you're from, food is a popular topic. Whether it's finding the best po-boy sandwich in New Orleans, picking out the largest lobster at a shore diner in Maine, finding out what you can (although maybe you shouldn't) fry at a state...
Michigan represented at the Rally for Sanity in D.C.
Submitted 11-02-2010 under OPINION
The drive to Washington, D.C. to attend the Rally for Sanity and/or Fear this past weekend was in itself an insight into the position Michigan finds itself in comparison to other states. As I crossed the border into Ohio, the quality of the road...
Moral Ground 2010: Resisting the Dominant Culture
Submitted 10-25-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
"Progressive environmentalists are often opposed to resistance or have trouble accepting it. They think it can’t work. But how can you say that the movement for women’s suffrage and civil rights movements weren’t successful?”~ Max Lockwood,...