Cherry Street
New pastry shop brings taste of France to Cherry Street
by (NGarbaty)
Submitted 07-07-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
East Lansing-based Le Bon Macaron has recently opened its second location in East Hills (951 Cherry Street SE). Macarons, not to be confused with coconut and almond based macaroons, are colorful French pastries (picture a gourmet Oreo-shaped...
Raise a Glass, Solve Hunger at Brewery Vivant
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 10-03-2014 under
Brewery Vivant is all about drinking good beer for a good cause. On Monday, Oct. 13, that cause is local hunger relief. From open to close, the brewery will donate 25 percent of food and drink sales to Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank. In...
East Hills Council of Neighbors to unveil public space strategy
by (EHCN)
Submitted 06-17-2014 under PLACE-MATTERS
Join the East Hills Council of Neighbors as they present their Public Space Strategy at a free public meeting on June 23 from 6-8 p.m. at the Inner City Christian Federation. The strategy is broken down into four parts; Neighborhood Parks and...
Metal Art Studio to relocate to East Hills
by (erictank)
Submitted 05-20-2014 under NEWS
Metal Art Studio (820 Monroe Avenue) will be relocating to East Hills at the corner of Cherry and Diamond Streets. Cinder blocks were removed from the facade this past winter and new windows were installed into the former bank building. The...
Furniture City Creamery to open doors in East Hills neighborhood in May
by (erictank)
Submitted 04-08-2014 under NEWS
If all goes according to plan, Matt and Rachel Franko will be serving up ice cream in East Hills come May. Furniture City Creamery will be the newest purveyor of local edibles to set up shop on the ever growing Cherry Street business district...
West Michigan's first birthing center to open in East Hills
by (erictank)
Submitted 01-28-2014 under INNOVATION-SPOTLIGHT
Midwife Sara Badger and business partner Juliea Paige, certified birth doula, have teamed up to establish the first birthing center in Grand Rapids. Cedar Tree Birth and Wellness is located at 915 Cherry Street in East Hills next to Grove Restaurant...
Brewery Vivant pulls a pint for hunger relief
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 11-06-2012 under NONPROFITS
Grand Rapids is having something of a beer renaissance: a spate of new breweries in the past several years, a recent designation as Beer City USA and a much-talked-about exploration of the city’s 170-year brewing history at the public...
The First Beer Mile of 2010
by (Roberta F. King)
Submitted 01-02-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
A beer mile is an odd event. To compete, you could be good at running, you might be good at drinking beer but to win you need to be somewhat good at both. The Grand Rapids Beer Mile was the brainchild of Steve Schoon, who had been reading about beer...
Prenatal Care Programs and Resources Within Grand Rapids
by (Oatment)
Submitted 12-05-2009 under NEWS
By Eric Nodge and Jenna Martens, Fredrick Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State University. Part three of a three-part series In 2005, with a rate of 7.9 per 1,000 live births, Michigan ranked 40th in the nation in overall infant...
Prenatal Care Discrepancies within Grand Rapids
by (Oatment)
Submitted 12-03-2009 under NEWS
By: Tyler Oatmen and Sarah Loveland, Frederick Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State University First article in a three-part series When I walked into the Baxter Community Center on Grand Rapids' southeast side for the first time...