Featured Stories

G-Sync: A Fresh Food Facelift

Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor Thursday, June 13, 2013

It is common knowledge that fresh food can improve your quality of life, but can it give you a facelift, too? Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen considers how the local food movement is providing a face-changing opportunity in West Michigan for everyone, everywhere.

Choosing Michigan, Community Organizing, Education, Food, Healthy Living, Job Creation, Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor, tourism

Heartside, Midtown

G-Sync: A Baker's Dozen

Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor Thursday, December 20, 2012

Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen digs deeper in 2012's backyard after being inspired by Viget.org's re-launch and finds something wonderful buried in our past.

Arts & Culture, Bicycling, Building Communities, Choosing Michigan, Civil liberties, Cultural, Healthy Living, Higher Education, Historic Sites, LGBT, Multi-Cultural, Non-Profit, Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor, Transformational change, Visitors, Volunteerism

Belknap-Monroe North, West Fulton, Eastown, Heritage Hill, South Division, Heartside, East Hills - Cherry Hill, Creston-Cheshire, Center City, Midtown

G-Sync: Obscene Green?

Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor Thursday, December 06, 2012

There is a movement afoot in the city of Grand Rapids and these girls are making sure you are paying close attention. Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen says, "Eyes on the page, please," as he explores in G-Sync the real obscene green.

Arts & Culture, Choosing Michigan, Community Organizing, Dining & Nightlife, Healthy Living, hospitality, Sense of Place, Sustainability, Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor, Visitors

Eastown, East Hills - Cherry Hill, Center City, East Grand Rapids, Midtown

G-Sync: A Brazen Act of Plagiarism

Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor Thursday, November 08, 2012

I didn't write "We the People," but I wish I had. These three words are still very powerful after all these centuries. This week, let's commit plagiarism for a change. Read on...

Civil liberties, Community Engagement, Education, Government, Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor

G-Sync: Local Ballot Measure is a Real Job Killer*

Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor Thursday, October 25, 2012

What happens when you elect the right people? Well, sometimes they work themselves out of a job. Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen jumps in on Local Prop 1, but also finds a connection to Local Prop 2 as well.

Administration, Choosing Michigan, Finance, Government, Sense of Place, Sustainability, Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor

Belknap-Monroe North, West Fulton, Eastown, Heritage Hill, South Division, Heartside, Garfield Park-Alger Heights-Grandville Ave, East Hills - Cherry Hill, Creston-Cheshire, Center City, Franklin-Eastern, Midtown, Baxter, Madison Square, Stockbridge

G-Sync: The Buzz on DCGR

Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor Thursday, October 04, 2012

A local initiative on the November election ballot might determine whether you want to continue to call or make Grand Rapids your home. And no, this is not about ArtPrize or the Walker transit vote, but about the city in which you want to live. Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen investigates and finds that all is not well in the River CIty for some, but it could improve soon as a result of fresh thinking around an old problem.

Civil liberties, Community Organizing, Sustainability, Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor

Belknap-Monroe North, West Fulton, Eastown, Heritage Hill, South Division, Heartside, Garfield Park-Alger Heights-Grandville Ave, East Hills - Cherry Hill, Creston-Cheshire, Center City, Franklin-Eastern, Midtown, Baxter, Madison Square, Stockbridge

A New Farmers Market

J. Bennett Rylah Thursday, May 03, 2012

The Fulton Street Farmers Market has been around since the early 1900s. On May 5, opening day will see a renovated Farmers Market with more space and advanced technology. Development Project Manager Christine Helms-Maletic tells us what's new.

Healthy Living, Non Profit, nonprofit, Non-Profit, Reuse / Rebuild, Sustainability

Midtown

Re-imagining Grand Rapids

Jeff Hill Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Grand Rapids has spent much of the past century as a manufacturing power house. With the changing global economy, what does the future hold for our community?

Advanced Manufacturing, Design, IT, Speaker Series, Strategy, Technology

The Rise of the Cycling City Part 2

Jeff Hill Thursday, June 30, 2011

In our continuing coverage of Cycling City, a group of cycling advocates takes to the streets of Grand Rapids to assess its "bike friendliness."

Bicycling, Transportation

East Hills - Cherry Hill, Heartside, Heritage Hill, Midtown, South Division, West Fulton

The Rise of the Cycling City

J. Hill Thursday, June 23, 2011

Bikes and cars in Grand Rapids, sharing the roads in harmony? Some people have that dream. Come find out what it's all about June 29.

Bicycling, Sustainability, Transportation

Belknap-Monroe North, Center City, Creston-Cheshire, East Grand Rapids, East Hills - Cherry Hill, Eastown, Franklin-Eastern, Garfield Park-Alger Heights-Grandville Ave, Heartside, Heritage Hill, Midtown, South Division, Stockbridge, West Fulton

Protecting Land, Air, and Water via Mass Transit

Robin Luymes Thursday, March 25, 2010

Few people disagree that good mass transit is a key to the vitality of a metropolitan area, and The Rapid is sponsoring a series of articles and videos that promotes conversation about what will serve metro Grand Rapids best.

Development, Environment, Healthy Living, Transportation

Center City, Baxter, Creston-Cheshire, East Grand Rapids, Franklin-Eastern, Heartside, Midtown, Madison Square, Stockbridge, West Fulton

Festival at Forty

Stephanie Doublestein Thursday, May 28, 2009

Like a beacon, Alexander Calder�s La Grande Vitesse sculpture calls hundreds of volunteers to take part in Festival, a West Michigan tradition in celebrating the arts

Belknap-Monroe North, West Fulton, Heritage Hill, South Division, Heartside, Garfield Park-Alger Heights-Grandville Ave, East Hills - Cherry Hill, Creston-Cheshire, Center City, Franklin-Eastern, Midtown, Baxter, Madison Square, Stockbridge

Showing the Ropes

Dan Calabrese Thursday, May 28, 2009

The mastermind of Elevator Up, Aaron Scaap questions whether the old concepts of competition remain true for local software developers who do work nationally, or even globally

Closing the Digital Divide

Keith Essenburg Thursday, May 21, 2009

Marie-Claire Camp and others in the metro Grand Rapids region hope to level the playing field for the disadvantaged by providing them with computers -- the new necessity for daily living

sustainability

Food For Thought

John Hogan Thursday, May 07, 2009

Jim Osterhaven says it was worthwhile to build a $1.5 million addition to Superior Foods' refrigerated facility if it means getting fresh produce from area farms to local restaurants. Here's what Superior Foods Co. and other local businesses are doing to keep the fresh food flowing

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