Featured Stories
Sara Cosgrove
Thursday, February 26, 2009
In the not too distant future, Kristin Salerno may very well be a household name. To a legion of local non-profits, musicians and politicians, she already is.
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Chris McCarus
Thursday, February 26, 2009
When the wind blows it makes power. And thanks to Grand Rapids’ Cascade Engineering, no 400-foot-pole required. Meet the early adopters.
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Tommy Allen
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Do a jig, savor the fine arts, catch a great band, watch in amazement as the artist creates, quaff a potion, all in the upcoming week
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Dan Calabrese
Thursday, February 26, 2009
If you know local and LEED, then you probably know Sam. The Eco Metrics founder and former contractor is West Michigan's green building go-to guy.
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Mary Radigan
Thursday, February 19, 2009
As any fan of the Food Network knows, some of the most creative of the creative class are in the kitchen. Here's where they get their start.
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Dan Calabrese
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The carpet of the State Dining Room in the White House is made in Furniture City. Thanks to Scott Group, many of the world's finest carpets are West Michigan made and designed.
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Chris McCarus
Thursday, February 19, 2009
With agriculture rapidly gaining ground on automotive as the state’s top industry, protecting the state’s land-based industries has never been more important.
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Andy Dragt
Thursday, February 19, 2009
If a fledgling group of local artists have their way, downtown Grand Rapids could become a new type of canvas. Check out Brian Kelly's Projection Initiative.
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Mary Radigan
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Once characterized by hookers and homeless, Grand Rapids’ Heartside neighborhood is rapidly becoming one of the premier urban districts in the Midwest.
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Andy Dragt
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Founded in 1873 and now in its fourth building, Bethlehem Lutheran Church is spreading the good word and touching needy lives from its new home in Heartside.
Amy Ruis
Thursday, February 12, 2009
After 30 years as a school psychologist, Patricia Christopher gave up head shrinking for a profession just as concentrated on the human pyche: Master Chocolatier.
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Deb Moore
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Development News Editor Deborah Johnson Wood may just be the paragon of the new economy. Young at heart and well into her second career, this knowledge worker is a lesson in how to land from a job displacement.
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Andy Dragt
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Inspired by travels though-out the United States and Europe, Corez Wine Bar is meant to be shared…its food, its wine and its proprietor’s dreams of a perfect neighborhood place.
RG Staff
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Grand Rapids will be celebrating its "heart' next week with a special fundraiser for the Heartside Business Association featuring the debut of the film "Celebrate Heartside."
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Dan Calabrese
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Her family's small town drug store taught Laurie Beard the neighborly skills she uses today as a community leader and president of Founders Bank & Trust.
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