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The People's Cider Company working to bring craft cider to Jefferson Avenue

Submitted 02-18-2014 under NEWS

The People's Cider Company will soon be opening a tasting room, open to the general public, at Jefferson Avenue between Bartertown and Black Eagle Trading Post.

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UICA to host day-long seminar for artists, curators, documentors

Submitted 02-18-2014 under NEWS

On Saturday, March 1, Avenue for the Arts is offering a full-day seminar facilitating community discussion about issues involving how to stage a successful art show, and a full range of best practices for artists, curators and documentors.

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Catalyst Radio: CASA advocates for children in child welfare system

Submitted 02-17-2014 under NEWS

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are volunteers who act as the voice of the children in child abuse and neglect cases. Last year CASA of Kent County advocated for more than 300 children.

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Story Matters: Caitlin Kennon shares her love for working downtown

Submitted 02-17-2014 under NONPROFITS

Caitlin Kennon loves working downtown. She shares the energy, the ease of walking to destinations and interactions and community she feels in the area.

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Story Matters: Rachel Bartels explains Hello West Michigan, what she loves about the area

Submitted 02-17-2014 under NONPROFITS

Bartels explains how she recruits new people to live and work in the area, and what she herself loves about working downtown as well as the broader West Michigan area.

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Symposium encourages women to seek environmental activism

Submitted 02-11-2014 under NEWS

The Third Annual Women and the Environment Symposium gathered women from all walks of life to inspire environmental change.

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Heartside record shop to showcase memories

Submitted 02-11-2014 under PLACE-MATTERS

Dodds Record Shop, a business on the Avenue for the Arts for over 30 years, is being refashioned into a museum of Grand Rapids music history by new owner Reverend Charles Preston Smith.

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WMEAC to host Third Annual "Women and the Environment" symposium

Submitted 02-05-2014 under NEWS

WMEAC and GVSU will hold a symposium focused on educating, networking and honoring women and their contributions to the environment.

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Local shelters strive to curb trend of child homelessness in Grand Rapids

Submitted 02-05-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

Mel Trotter, Family Promise and other organizations are working to house a growing number of homeless children despite limited shelter space.

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New brewery cooperative to celebrate first official sixer mixer

Submitted 02-04-2014 under NEWS

High Five Co-op gathers early members at The Factory to celebrate their brewing community. Members and non-members alike are invited to join the brew exchange this Saturday.

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