The Local Beet: Change Taking Root in the Lunch Line
Submitted 05-21-2010 under OPINION
There is an ever-growing revolution happening in cafeterias around the country – people want to change what is in their lunchline at work, school, and in hospitals. This week, I joined over 500 people – from activists, to nutritionists, to food...
In season - May 4, 2010
Submitted 05-07-2010 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. Currently at the market: Asparagus Rhubarb Plants Annuals...
Urban Pharm helping to reverse tide of urban decay
Submitted 05-03-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
There are Grand Rapidians who want rental property kept to a minimum on their street because landlords could let their rental properties slip into an unacceptable condition. In fact, absentee landlords had a part in the decline of many...
The Local Beet Farmer Feature: Mud Lake Farm
Submitted 05-03-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Mud Lake Farm: Going Beyond SaladSituated in between the gentle, sloping hills of the quietude of Hudsonville's farmland - just 20 minutes from Grand Rapids' bustling downtown - is Mud Lake Farm. Mud Lake, a farm that has been in the Van Haitsma...
The Automobile and Us - Part V: Did the car ever make sense?
Submitted 04-30-2010 under OPINION
This is the last part of a five-part series that explores the effects of the automobile on us as a population and on Grand Rapids. This segment shows what automobile trends GR shares with the nation. Over the course of the twentieth century,...
The Automobile and Us - Part IV: Current efforts in GR to strengthen alternative transportation
Submitted 04-27-2010 under OPINION
This is part four of a five part series in which we will explore the effects of the automobile on us as a population and on Grand Rapids. This part features an interview with Jack Hoffman, who represents Grand Rapids on the Rapid board. He also...A "Quilt of Words," GRCC's Spring Sustainability Series Wraps Up
Submitted 04-27-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
The 1970 activist celebrated a birthday on Thursday. April 22ND marked the 40TH Anniversary of Earth Day. Originally the brain-child of the esteemed Senator from Wisconsin, Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day has grown from a grassroots...
The Automobile and Us - Part III: Ways to modify cities to accommodate alternative transportation
Submitted 04-23-2010 under OPINION
This is part three of a five-part series in which we explore the effects of the automobile on us as a population and on Grand Rapids. In this part, we will focus on a variety of solutions to the problems we discussed in the previous articles. On...
The Automobile and Us - Part II: The automobile's detrimental toll on community life
Submitted 04-21-2010 under OPINION
This is part two of a five-part series that explores the effects of the automobile on Grand Rapids. In this part, we will explore how communities have been affected socially and physically by the car. We will also see how our downtown area...
The Automobile and Us - Part I: The clash between the streetcar and automotive industries
Submitted 04-20-2010 under OPINION
This is part one of a five-part series that explores the effects of the automobile on Grand Rapids. In this part we explore how Grand Rapids lost the streetcar and started to develop around the automobile. Wellington Avenue, off Eastern Avenue in SE...