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Where we're headed: What Bus Rapid Transit could mean for our city

by (Holly)

Submitted 09-24-2013 under PLACE-MATTERS

Our editor sat down with Bill Kirk, the new Transportation Demand Manager of Downtown Grand Rapids Inc., to talk about all things transportation in Grand Rapids. Kirk still works very closely with The Rapid on a variety of issues, and as their...

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Story Matters: Rob Cole learns to be open to contemporary art

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 09-23-2013 under NONPROFITS

We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. While at various ArtPrize venues throughout the event, The Rapidian's Story Matters...

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Story Matters: Grand Rapids Ballet Company brought Connie Flachs to Grand Rapids

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 09-22-2013 under NONPROFITS

We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. While at various ArtPrize venues throughout the event, The Rapidian's Story Matters...

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Story Matters: Anye Bonzell discovers life in a city, farmers markets

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 09-21-2013 under NONPROFITS

We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. While at various ArtPrize venues throughout the event, The Rapidian's Story Matters...

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Story Matters: Dustin Wilfert finds community in local film, theatre

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 09-21-2013 under NONPROFITS

We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. While at various ArtPrize venues throughout the event, The Rapidian's Story Matters...

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Tell your story in the story fort

by (Holly)

Submitted 09-17-2013 under NONPROFITS

For the next three weeks, if you're downtown during ArtPrize, you might see what appears to be a children's fort with a camera in front of it. No, it's not an ArtPrize artist's installation- it's the Rapidian staff having fun...

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Story Matters: Paul DeBartolo remembers Herpolsheimers, wants to live downtown

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 09-16-2013 under NONPROFITS

We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. While in Ah Nab Awen Park on Friday, August 23, The Rapidian's Story Matters project...

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Story Matters: Amber has fond memories of fireworks downtown

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 09-16-2013 under NONPROFITS

We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. While in Ah Nab Awen Park on Friday, August 23, The Rapidian's Story Matters project...

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Story Matters: Arlene Schulte sees Grand Rapids as big city, small town

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 09-12-2013 under NONPROFITS

We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. While in Ah Nab Awen Park on Friday, August 23, The Rapidian's Story Matters project...

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Story Matters: Kathleen Russell remembers history of Indian Mounds

by (The Rapidian)

Submitted 09-12-2013 under NONPROFITS

We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. While in Ah Nab Awen Park on Friday, August 23, The Rapidian's Story Matters project...

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