Creston is a vibrant corridor filled with engaged residents, parks, bustling businesses, and ongoing growth. Celebrate your Creston pride in this month's Neighborhoods of GR article.

The August 21 solar eclipse is a big astronomical deal. Grand Rapids residents deciding to stay in town will see about 85% of the sun eclipsed by the moon. Whether you're attending the Grand Rapids Public Museum's special Eclipse Party or crafting your own pinhole camera, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you don't want to miss.

Rachael Miller is a full-stack developer at Atomic Object. With seven years of coding experience, Miller is working hard to make herself visible, developing relationships with other women in the industry to make spaces more welcoming. 

Whether you find them doodling on a tablet in your nearest coffee shop, or laying out a project in a fully equipped studio, modern illustrators are able to leverage the same tools to broadcast their message and expose new people to their art. 

Their work ranging from children’s books to corporate ad campaigns, West Michigan is home to a diverse community of professional illustrators. Drawing upon the region’s rich cultural history and natural landscape, as well as artifacts and memories of their travels beyond, each of these area illustrators is making a distinctive contribution to West Michigan’s colorful legacy of design.

Rhoda Klomega thanks her lived experience as an immigrant to Michigan, for helping her find her niche as a fashion designer. Founder of Delasie--Klomega creates a brand to help anyone look good, feel good and do good. 

Today's tech-savvy farmers find out more about their fields and crops from high-flying drones.