Featured Stories
Matt Vande Bunte
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tucked away in an unassuming neighborhood in Holland, skilled
woodworkers turn out solid mahogany boats for celebrities and tycoons.
After 30 years, the Grand-Craft formula keeps afloat
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Dan Calabrese and Matt Gryczan
Thursday, April 09, 2009
The BioEnterprise Center in Holland Township promises to put West
Michigan on the map for energy technology that comes from the
ultimate renewable resource: plants
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Kelly Quintanilla
Thursday, April 09, 2009
With some everday items like a computer, digital camera, and checkbook
-- and a heavy dose of love for apparel -- you too can start your own
fashion design house in Grand Rapids
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Matt Poole
Thursday, April 02, 2009
When "The Barbershop" convenes at Premier Skateboarding in downtown
Grand Rapids, don't expect the conversation to range from the weather
to politics. Get ready to talk nothing but shoes with these sneakerheads
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Keleigh Wolf
Thursday, April 02, 2009
If you think it takes some mighty organizational skills to put on a
Broadway show, imagine what has to be done when you are juggling
several shows in a season. Grand Rapids' own impressario Eric Messing
gives a glimpse behind the curtain
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Deb Moore
Thursday, March 26, 2009
When things began looking shaky at the company he represented, salesman
John Benz decided to take chance and make a career switch -- at age
64. Now he's rediscovering community in a city where he's lived much of
his life
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Ruth Terry and Matt Gryczan
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Why doesn't the federal government help Americans like it assists other
countries with its Peace Corps program? It does, and AmeriCorps looking
to hire a small army in West Michigan to lend a hand
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Andy Dragt
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Evo Coffee was launched with the idea that maybe consumers in Grand Rapids can help support a remote village in Guatemala -- if only a company could make the link.
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Deb Moore
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Kayem Dunn has helped organizations as varied as West Michigan Environmental Action Council and the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art through jarring transitions. She talks about a life where the only thing that is constant is change.
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Mary Radigan
Thursday, March 19, 2009
What's that buzz, click and whir of robots racing around at Grand Valley State University? It's the sound of students learning how business will work in Michigan's new economy.
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Dan Calabrese
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Behind the walls of 941 Wealthy SE, the future lies in the hands of Jason Sosa, a 29-year-old entrepreneur who founded Immersive Labs to develop a new way to interact with computers. His results will make you think twice about the "old" computer ways.
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Mary Radigan
Thursday, March 12, 2009
While computer-generated graphics can be astounding, they still cannot match the warmth of splendid hand lettering. Here's a local group that believes in perfect penmanship.
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Bona Van Dis
Thursday, March 05, 2009
An infectious disease physician by trade, Roni Devlin is breathing Literary Life into the Wealthy Street corridor.
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Kelly Quintanilla and Matt Gryczan
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Kevin Budelmann and Yang Kim say it's time to start a new chapter in the history of design for the Grand Rapids metro area.
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Andy Dragt
Thursday, February 26, 2009
With a sell-out in the books already in 2009, the roller derby girls of Grand Rapids are off to a strong start.