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Story Matters: Marco Riolo shares how he fell in love with Grand Rapids

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Marco Riolo grew up in Grand Rapids. After living elsewhere as an adult, he moved back to the city thinking it would be just a launching pad to a larger city. Instead, he fell in love with the changes he's seen and decided to make Grand Rapids his permanent home.
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These stories hosted by 616 Development

The Rapidian joined 616 Development's celebration of their new project, 616 Lofts at the Kendall, for their open house on Friday, December 6. Listen in as people share their stories of how they've seen Grand Rapids change, what they love about living, working and playing downtown, and more.

 

See them all on the Story Matters page.

 

We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. STORY MATTERS. is a story collecting project from The Rapidian and GRTV.

Marco Riolo sat down to talk with us about why he fell in love with the city while he was visiting 616 Development's new project 616 Lofts at the Kendall. Riolo grew up in Grand Rapids. After living elsewhere as an adult, he moved back to the city thinking it would be just a launching pad to a larger city. Instead, he fell in love with the changes he's seen and decided to make Grand Rapids his permanent home.

You can see all the Story Matters videos archived at therapidian.org/placematters/story.

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