Shopping Features
J. Bennett Rylah
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Teri O'Driscoll did a little multitasking when she suggested that her school's Parent Teacher Student Association sponsor a market where artists using recycled materials could sell their wares. The result: raise money for City High, teach kids to be mindful of the environment and support local artists.
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Matthew Gryczan
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Cast your ballots online for your favorite corporate citizens that you think add to the quality of life in their locales. Using our handy widget, you can vote for neighborhood businesses both large and small as your candidates to receive People's Choice awards in 13 categories.
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Kelly Quintanilla
Thursday, October 01, 2009
One boutique is a find, but several boutiques collaborating on a fashion show is a feast for local trendsetters. Fashionista Angie Austin and her compadres want to bring a bit of New York to Grand Rapids this month.
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Tom Mulligan and Matthew Gryczan
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Entrepreneurs now can get detailed marketing information on the people who live near commercial districts that surround downtown Grand Rapids, and the price is right -- it's free. Here's where to find out whether your neighborhood could support a new flower shop or dry cleaner.
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John Hogan
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Boasting fresh food unlike anything you're likely find at the grocer, West Michigan's co-ops and CSA are bringing local urbanites a step closer to the farm.
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Amy Ruis
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Smaller, specialized shops are sprouting up around metro Grand Rapids to cater to the tastes of immigrants who have made their homes here, selling foodstuffs as varied as live crawdads to bulghur. The winners: area cooks who want to experiment with new cuisines.
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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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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, January 22, 2009
Mechanic-turned-artist Patti Wisniewski won’t let being born with nine rare physical disorders slow her down. She instead focuses on her thriving two-year-old Westside business, Accents Gallery.
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Amy Ruis
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Rapid Growth's resident foodie Amy Ruis gives us her picks for eating in the year-gone-by and the year ahead. We even let her pick some in the suburbs.
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