Located on the sugar sand shores of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Grand River, Grand Haven is an active resort town and the epicenter of West Michigan's Water Wonderland. Grand Haven State Park is regularly rated one of the nation's top beaches. And the city features more than 100 miles of bike trail, 2 Great Lakes lighthouses, a busy waterfront boardwalk, and an extensive fleet of charter fishing boats.
The city has felt the pain of Michigan's deindustrialization. But the community also is acting aggressively to reinvest in the urban core, leverage traditional assets such as a distinct quality of life, and position itself to compete in the 21st century. With the Big Lake on the front doorstep, it's hard to imagine anything but success.
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City Guide
| April 24, 2008 | RG TV: Progressive Women's Alliance |
| April 10, 2008 | Slices of Sicily |
| April 3, 2008 | Grooming the Green Collars |
| March 27, 2008 | An Interview with Richard Florida |
| March 13, 2008 | Grand Landing Takes Flight |
| January 31, 2008 | Got the Write Stuff? |
| January 24, 2008 | Got Beer? |
| December 20, 2007 | Martini and a Manicure, Ten Bucks |
| December 6, 2007 | RG TV: Get on the Bus |
| November 15, 2007 | RG TV: Campaigning for the Great Lakes |
| September 27, 2007 | A Green Firm Grows |
| August 9, 2007 | Grand Haven Grows Up |
| August 2, 2007 | Traverse City, Like a Local |
| August 2, 2007 | A City as a Work of Art |
| August 2, 2007 | Fresh Food Fever |
| July 26, 2007 | Beat Down Economics |
| June 14, 2007 | The Beautiful Solution to Water Pollution |
| June 14, 2007 | A Little Traveling Music, Please! |
| May 24, 2007 | Have Shredder, Will Travel |
| May 24, 2007 | A Greener Gas Tax |
| May 10, 2007 | The Green Imperative |
| May 3, 2007 | Wild West Michigan |
| May 3, 2007 | Silver Screen Dreams |
| April 12, 2007 | Greening the Power Portfolio |
| April 5, 2007 | Sustaining the Seas |
| March 29, 2007 | Campaigning for Conservation |
| March 29, 2007 | Postcards from the Future |
| March 22, 2007 | The Winds of Politics |
| March 15, 2007 | Band of Cities |
| March 15, 2007 | Learning Curve |
| March 15, 2007 | Spring Break on the (Michigan) West Coast |
| March 8, 2007 | The Aspiration of Education |
| March 1, 2007 | Moonshine Math |
| February 22, 2007 | Finding the Pollution Solution |
| February 15, 2007 | Seizing the Cleanup Economy |
| February 8, 2007 | Living for the City |
| February 8, 2007 | Get the Power |
| February 1, 2007 | From Hope to Tech Help |
| January 28, 2007 | A Philadelphia Story |
| January 25, 2007 | Foreign Force |
| January 11, 2007 | Why Isn't Stanford Ovshinsky a Billionaire? |
| December 21, 2006 | Season's Greetings from Rapid Growth |
| December 14, 2006 | Flying with Angels |
| November 30, 2006 | An Economy of Apples |
| November 16, 2006 | The Color of Money: Diversity Improves Economy |
| November 9, 2006 | Car Talk |
| November 2, 2006 | What Makes a City Smart |
| November 2, 2006 | Big Sound From Little Nunica |
| November 2, 2006 | Big Time Campus |
| October 26, 2006 | If You've Got It, Flaunt It |
| October 19, 2006 | The Power of Change |
| October 12, 2006 | Draggin' Stuff Home |
| May 12, 2008 | Goodwill embraces WIRED’s career readiness certificate |
| May 12, 2008 | Seeds for wind farming planted on Fruit Ridge |
| May 12, 2008 | West Michigan must re-think old theories on design, creative services |
| May 12, 2008 | Local officials scramble to set clean energy ordinances |
| May 9, 2008 | GVSU expands programming to leverage growing medical, life sciences sector |
| May 5, 2008 | West Michigan interns take strides to designate old US-31 historic |
| April 29, 2008 | Vanpooling gets green light from MDOT |
| April 29, 2008 | Grand Haven municipal marina dock reopens after $1M improvements |
| April 25, 2008 | Wind turbines a possibility on two Great Lakes |
| April 24, 2008 | Tourism funding increase may become longterm investment |
| April 22, 2008 | Med tech firm announces 3,300 new jobs in southwest MI |
| April 22, 2008 | Grand Haven Twp approves brownfield redevelopment authority |
| April 17, 2008 | Finally, the Michigan House acts to promote energy innovation |
| April 15, 2008 | State film incentives bring stars, economic boost to a city near you |
| April 14, 2008 | High percentage of GVSU grads land Michigan jobs |
| April 13, 2008 | Lakeshore renewable energy options pique interest of major players |
| April 11, 2008 | MichBio Funding Workshop demystifies funding options for biotech companies |
| April 6, 2008 | New York Times prints Michigan's good news |
| April 3, 2008 | Aquinas’s sustainability degree goes post-grad |
| March 27, 2008 | Michigan's energy leaders call for incentives and a renewable portfolio standard |
| March 25, 2008 | West Michigan companies named to 101 Best and Brightest |
| March 20, 2008 | Steelcase goes to TX for wind power |
| March 18, 2008 | Meijer Gardens breaks ground on $7.6M in improvements |
| March 18, 2008 | Ferrysburg plans two new city parks, seeks state funding |