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Mayor answers citizen questions about our homeless population on City Connection
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 12-02-2013 under NONPROFITS
Every month, the mayor is open to all questions sent in during his live on-air show "City Connection." This month, after the recent fencing that was put in under the abutment near the Downtown Market, Rapidian Russ Pontius asked the mayor...
Fenced off abutment doesn't solve anything, says local homeless advocate
by (jon_dunn)
Submitted 11-26-2013 under NEWS
Where are those people now? That’s the question some in the community are asking after the decision was made to fence off the Wealthy Street bridge abutment that was being used by homeless residents for shelter. According to the Well House...
Continued safety issues cited as reason for bridge abutment fencing
by (jon_dunn)
Submitted 11-25-2013 under NEWS
Over the last few months, several community-led cleanup efforts have attempted to keep the Wealthy Street overpass abutment clean. Underneath the overpass, the sheltered spot is a favorite for the city’s homeless, choosing the abutment as a...
How homeless is homeless?
by (ChrisFreemanRealtor)
Submitted 01-04-2013 under OPINION
How homeless is homeless? In the last few years, the economy has been pretty rough. People from all walks of life who once held secure jobs and would never have imagined themselves experiencing financial difficulty were sometimes finding themselves...
American Civil Liberties Union discusses civil rights, poverty
by (nancyfinney)
Submitted 05-21-2012 under OPINION
On Wednesday May 16th, Miriam Aukerman of the American Civil Liberties Union spoke to a full audience for the Progressive Women’s Alliance. This meeting was open to the public and addressed the protection of civil liberties in a time of...
Concert To Help Heartside Neighborhood
by (grdominicans)
Submitted 02-22-2011 under NONPROFITS
Co-sponsored by MAJIC (Musical Arts for Justice in the Community) and the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, Diane Penning will present a concert of sacred music with works from the collaborative project/CD Sacred...
Soup's On for All!
by (rbarste)
Submitted 02-01-2011 under NEWS
On Monday, January 24, 2011 the 13th Annual Soup’s On for All! was celebrated at the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids. Hundreds of friends and supporters of the Heartside Community attended the event. They tasted the wide variety of soups,...
Musical group Eastern Blok comes to West Michigan
by (grdominicans)
Submitted 01-21-2011 under NONPROFITS
Co-sponsored by MAJIC (Musical Arts for Justice in the Community) and the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, Eastern Blok will perform at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 250 Commerce, SW ( link to map ) at 7 p.m. on Friday,...
In Good Company
by (grdominicans)
Submitted 12-03-2010 under NONPROFITS
It really was a poor place to be giving birth -- that dimly lit and chilly cave meant to shelter animals. The parents, Mary and Joseph, were in a strange town, far from home; they had walked for miles. The entire situation was rather irregular from...
Undercover in Heartside - Part III: Observations and conclusions
by (Michael Tuffelmire)
Submitted 08-25-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
In this series, I posed as a homeless man living on the streets in Heartside neighborhood from Aug. 15-17. I use the term "patrons" to refer to the homeless men and women in Heartside, derived from their patronage of social services. My friend,...