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...
Women in Black
Submitted 04-21-2010 under NONPROFITS
According to the Women in Black international website, the organization is a "world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and other forms of violence. As women experiencing these...
Spring moon and Saturn attract 500 gazers around GR
Submitted 04-20-2010 under NEWS
An estimated 500+ space-enthusiasts took in clear viewings of both the waxing crescent moon and Saturn at last night’s Spring Moon Gaze. The event, sponsored by the Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association (GRAAA), was held in a dozen parking...
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...
The Local Beet: Student Food Activist, AJ Tipton
Submitted 04-19-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
AJ Tipton, a high school senior at the West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science, didn't realize how much of an impact genetically modified organisms (GMOs) had on his life until about a year ago, when his AP environmental science teacher had...
Sisters in Social Media
Submitted 04-16-2010 under NONPROFITS
We've finally taken the plunge into the social media arena. The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids now have a facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/dominicansistersgrandrapids . If you are not a facebook member, you can still click on ...Local Organization Fights Sex Trafficking in West Michigan
Submitted 04-15-2010 under NEWS
Though it is not widespread knowledge, sex trafficking—a phenomenon which is more commonly associated in larger cities—does exist in West Michigan. Bringing awareness of the sex trafficking which occurs in our area is what a location...
GRCMC offering Verified Resume training program to youth ages 16-24.
Submitted 04-13-2010 under NONPROFITS
The Community Media Center is one of five sites selected to be part of a national Verified Resume Project funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The CMC will train youth and also assist other Michigan based organizations, to create...
West Michigan Autotraders step it up for their community
Submitted 04-12-2010 under NONPROFITS
On March 26, the Autotrader.com employees of West Michigan teamed up to help make a difference in the lives of Grand Rapids’ youth. Eight Autotrader volunteers came to Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth and spent three hours...