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Community updates: Thursday, May 13
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 05-13-2021 under NEWS
City of Grand Rapids receives $75K grant for local Indigenous art along Grand River The City of Grand Rapids has been awarded a $75,000 Our Town grant to bring permanent art and historical markers of original Indigenous people to the city’s...
A message from Comprenew regarding net neutrality
by (Comprenew_GR)
Submitted 12-05-2017 under NONPROFITS
As a social enterprise, part of Comprenew's mission is to educate and advocate for equal access in an expanding digitally connected world. In that spirit, I'm writing to offer some insight into the proposed changes to the FCC rules regarding...
Catalyst Radio: Tami VandenBerg talks legalization of cannabis
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 12-01-2017 under NONPROFITS
Host Jessica Young speaks with Tami VandenBerg, board member of MI Legalize, a grassroots organization working to legalize cannabis in Michigan.
New website offers helping hand to local musicians
by (brandon.twa)
Submitted 11-28-2012 under NEWS
For local bands, a helping hand is always beneficial when first starting out. One Grand Rapids musician is on a mission to provide Michigan bands with that helping hand. Jacob Pauwels of Grand Rapids is the creator of Listen to the Mitten, a...
Digital divide narrows with Comcast's "Internet Essentials"
by (Benjamin Siekmeier)
Submitted 03-09-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
All Grand Rapids families with children who receive free school lunches may qualify for Comcast's "Internet Essentials" program, which offers broadband internet for $9.95 per month and an optional netbook for $149.99. The program...
Catalyst Radio: Internet legislation protested with web blackouts
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 01-20-2012 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEWIn this episode of Catalyst Radio we discuss two congressional bills with potential effects of limiting an open and free internet, which are facing...
Catalyst Radio: GR GiveCamp taking apps from nonprofits in need of custom web tools
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 08-19-2011 under NONPROFITS
Don't have time to listen right now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW (9:58) Ross Hunter, tech volunteer and web developer, is in the studio to talk about GR GiveCamp, a volunteer event by the tech community to put...
Catalyst Radio: GR Web Dev brings together techies of all persuasions
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 06-24-2011 under NONPROFITS
Don't have time to listen right now? Download the MP3 and listen at your leisure! INTERVIEW (10:33) Two facilitators from the Grand Rapids Web Development Group, Ben Rausch and Ross Hunter, join us on air to explain this hot young gun on the...
Has the divide gone mobile?
by (LCirivello)
Submitted 03-29-2011 under OPINION
From the Rapidian staff Quite recently, I was reading through the Predictions for Journalism 2011 series on the Nieman Journalism Lab website. Once again, many are claiming this is to be the “year of mobile.” Hardly earth-shattering as this...
Wireless Internet for Low Income Residents of Grand Rapids
by (grcmc)
Submitted 11-12-2010 under NONPROFITS
UPDATE: This program is no longer available. For those who haven’t heard, Clear is the new kid in town for high-speed wireless Internet access. “Bringing the 4G service to Grand Rapids has been in the works for some time” said...