In an effort to increase outdoor engagement and provide equitable access to outdoor activities in green-deficient neighborhoods, the city of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department launched the Thrive Outside Gear Library. 

The nonprofit LEAD 24/7 is a 12-month immersive management program designed for executives of nonprofits to develop their leadership skillsets and abilities.

“We are concerned with populations that have been historically underrepresented and have, traditionally, not been brought into these kinds of processes,” says Joan Gustafson, external affairs officer for MNA. Read about how the MNA is changing the ways in which we draw our political maps, one community of interest at a time.

Diet can be deadly, especially for people with chronic health conditions. That's why some Michigan health care systems have begun providing free meals tailored to improve those patients' health.

Three area school districts — Holland, Zeeland, and West Ottawa — are among the dozens statewide to have new superintendents in a year that has challenged schools in myriad new ways.

​​Mark Herman was selected for the ArtPrize exhibit Leadership on Canvas for his generous spirit. His Holland restaurant, Crazy Horse Steakhouse and Saloon, has inspired customers to give nearly $500,000 to help people in need. 

Health care providers across the state are administering innovative programs that prescribe doses of local fruits and vegetables and injections of exercise.