Lyonel LaGrone II
12/18/2018
Let’s end this cycle of false concessions and make real changes that matter so that we may affirmatively further police/community relations in Grand Rapids. More
Kent Innovation High Students
12/11/2018
The Happy Cat Cafe is a place where anyone is able to eat with and be around cats. Customers can pet the cats and also have the option of adopting one. More
Grand Rapids Symphony
11/27/2018
The West Michigan business executive for Meijer and Fifth Third Bank will take the helm as President and CEO of the Grand Rapids Symphony in January More
Erica Soto
10/30/2018
On Friday, October 26, 2018, the Grand Rapids Neighborhood Summit leadership team received expert advice from a group of Kids Summit alumni about what they valued most during the event. Art, literacy, physical play, laughter and magic, were common threads among those values. More
Movimiento Cosecha GR
09/25/2018
"#EndTheContract but not like that" is the response we receive when we interrupt ArtPrize and County Commission meetings. Grand Rapids, we need to talk about movement building, institutional power, and the racism in 'civil conversation.' More
Dwelling Place Community Building
09/18/2018
Dwelling Place summer get out the vote events allowed residents the freedom to drop by and paint a poster, register to vote, check their registration status and more. More
Adoptees Connect
09/11/2018
Adoptees Connect ~ Grand Rapids is part of a national movement with chapters across the country and beyond. This is an oasis for all adult adoptees to come and share their version of adoption. Kyleigh Vander Well-Pierre writes about her journey here. More
Paola Mendivil
09/04/2018
It's with great excitement to announce that the Bridge Street Market held its grand opening on Wednesday, August 29 in the Westside. The wait has been long for residents who witnessed the land remain abandoned after the Moctezuma store closed its doors. More
Paola Mendivil
09/04/2018
Es con mucha emoción anunciar que el Bridge Street Market celebró su gran apertura el pasado miércoles 29 de agosto en el Oeste de Grand Rapids. Fue larga la espera para residentes quienes fueron testigos del terreno que se mantuvo abandonado después de que la tienda Moctezuma cerrara sus puertas. More
Elizabeth Rogers Drouillard
08/07/2018
With a vote of 7 to 1, the Board of Education moved to transfer administration of the center-based special education programs to the Kent Intermediate School District on Monday, August 6, 2018. More
Amanda Sterling
06/19/2018
The ACLU of Michigan invites community members to In/Justice, a discussion on criminal justice in Grand Rapids, at Wealthy Theatre on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. More
Elizabeth Rogers Drouillard
06/05/2018
To gather all the stories of neighbors with cancer in their families, the group has now started a website, West Side Cancer Crisis, where they will soon be hosting forms with help from the Kent County Health Department to collect information more methodically. More
Sara Melton
05/22/2018
Staff at Shawmut were and are feeling overworked. Inequity has become more glaring as the intensity of needs grow in our community. Families are leaving. With an improved facility and shared Title I dollars, Shawmut Hills will be the vibrant community that it was when I first discovered it. More
Ames Carpenter
04/24/2018
An immigrant tells of their reason for coming to the U.S. from Guatemala: I stood witness to death: of my dear relative, they write. More
Elizabeth Rogers Drouillard
04/17/2018
It was preceded by a protest outside the administration building by special education advocates and ended in shouting and a call to the Grand Rapids Police Department over an alleged altercation between the head of school security, Larry Johnson and leader of the advocate group, Lily Cheng Schulting More
John Rothwell
03/27/2018
Thousands of people took to the street for March for Our Lives on Saturday, March 24, 2018 in downtown Grand Rapids and across the state and country. See more images from the march in this slideshow. More
Dylan Grosser
02/27/2018
Artists, curators, and venue coordinators all gathered on Friday, February 23, 2018 for the chance to take part in various workshops, roundtable discussions and presentations. The annual event was held at 106 South Division. More
John Rothwell
02/20/2018
Area Neighborhood Associations held weekend meetings to inform residents of proposed zoning changes. More
Dylan Grosser
02/13/2018
Grand Rapids Water Protectors, the West Michigan Environmental Action Council and The Sierra Club call for immediate shut down of controversial pipeline More
John Rothwell
02/06/2018
Local Westsiders remember the gypsum mines and the Westside sinking due to wetland swamps being used as dumps. More
John Rothwell
01/23/2018
With a sink hole opening up at the site of the old William T. Powers gypsum mine on the city's westside we take a look at the history of mining in Grand Rapids. More
Elizabeth Rogers Drouillard
12/12/2017
Being poor should not be a crime. Banning panhandling for any amount of time criminalizes poverty and encourage police officers to hassle the poor and homeless. More
Dégagé Ministries
12/05/2017
As we experience so often, the blessings Katheryn gives outnumber those she receives. She says, it is with joy and gratitude that I am able to serve the Lord and His people, and Katheryn's joy is contagious. More
John Rothwell
10/31/2017
John Rothwell interviews union president RiChard Jackson about issues ATU 836 members are facing. More
Ron Lemmon
10/24/2017
We are human beings. We make mistakes. Apologies are not always the answer. More
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