Submitted 06-28-2011 under NONPROFITS
Tyler Nickerson of the Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness discusses the importance of environmental quality in rental housing.
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Submitted 06-27-2011 under NONPROFITS
The Emperor’s New Clothes – Kabuki Style
The DeLeón-Gramajo Family is named the Family of the Year by the Literacy Center of West Michigan
Submitted 06-24-2011 under NONPROFITS
Friends of Grand Rapids partnered with Project FIT and community members to install an outdoor fitness center where the wading pool once sat.
Drawing in upwards of 70 attendees each month, GR Web Dev is a general user group that attracts developers, designers that range from beginners to tech aficionados.
Submitted 06-24-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Part two in a three-part series re-introducing folk musician Dave Bixby to the city that he left 40 years ago. He is performing this Friday at The Division Avenue Arts Collective.
Submitted 06-23-2011 under NONPROFITS
GRPS will be recognizing a special group of 23 graduates from the Class of 2011 by posting their own personal stories of perseverance, determination, and hard work on The Rapidian.
Submitted 06-23-2011 under OPINION
A new white paper provides community information strategies for nurturing civic engagement.
Submitted 06-23-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Students at Blandford and Goodwillie grade schools help a research team to figure out the historically accurate way that Native Americans may have made maple sugar from tree sap.
Submitted 06-22-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
The first installment in a 3-part series exploring the strange legacy of Grand Rapids folk music legend Dave Bixby, who is playing in town this weekend for the first time in over 40 years.