Mayors’ Seventh Annual Grand River Clean Up pulls 15,689 pounds of trash from watershed
Submitted 10-15-2010 under NONPROFITS
The Mayors’ Seventh Annual Grand River Clean Up brought together 202 volunteers on Saturday, October 9 to collect a total of 15,689 lbs of trash from 10 miles of Grand River watershed, according to refuse data from the four participating...
Asking Grand Rapids the 'Moral Ground' question
Submitted 10-11-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Do we have a moral or ethical responsibility to preserve the planet for the future? This question is at the heart of a new book, "Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril," and a series of town hall meetings taking place across the nation...
New timebank In town allows members to join for free
Submitted 10-08-2010 under NONPROFITS
The Love Movement is a new movement in town that is asking residents to come to their workshops and learn more about timebanking! What is Timebanking? Well it is simply a modern bartering system. For every hour you spend doing something for...
2010 Environmental Issues Congressional Forum
Submitted 10-07-2010 under NONPROFITS
The West Michigan Environmental Action Council is presenting the 2010 Environmental Issues Congressional Forum with candidates from the Second and Third Michigan Congressional Districts on October 12 at the Pinnacle Center in Hudsonville at 6 p....
Oak Hill Cemetery Part II: The individuals buried there and their contributions to GR
Submitted 10-07-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
This is part two of a two part series talking about the History of Oak Hill Cemetery and the people buried there. I also spoke with Fred Quillin, who is a local history buff, to get a citizens perspective on the cemeteries in this great city....
Say nice things about Detroit
Submitted 10-05-2010 under OPINION
The philosopher William James once wrote that it is important to ask not what reality is, but “under what circumstances do we think things are real?” That question came to mind when viewing Ludington artist Ryan Spencer Reed’s photographic suite “...
Love Where You Live project gets freshmen involved
Submitted 10-04-2010 under NONPROFITS
Aquinas College students spent two hours doing yard work on the Marywood campus. The project, Love Where You Live, engages over 490 freshmen, sending them in small groups to give service at a variety of organizations in the immediate...
Observations from Block by Block, a community news summit
Submitted 09-28-2010 under OPINION
From Rapidian staff: Last Thursday, I pinwheeled through the freeways separating our city from that tall bold slugger known as Chicago. It was the first Block by Block summit (BxB), a conference organized by Michele McClellan of the Reynolds...
Plan B in Artprize 2010
Submitted 09-23-2010 under OPINION
As Artprize officially opened on Wednesday September 22, the procession for Plan B made its way across town. Traffic came to a standstill as a motley assortment of drummers, bicyclists, flag wavers, and kids in patchwork clothing pushed and...
[MIDTOWN] Project Light Change a boon to community safety
Submitted 09-16-2010 under NONPROFITS
Project Light Change is an initiative to distribute compact florescent light bulbs for residential use as a more environmentally friendly, wallet-friendly and long-lasting alternative to incandescent bulbs. Perfect, thought Midtown Neighborhood...