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G-Sync: Hello, Innovation! Welcome High Five Co-Op Brewery!
Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Rapid Growth's Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen welcomes the new. Say hello to the newest brewery on the planet! (And maybe win tickets to the best Winter Beer Festival, too.)
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Holland native making waves in fashion
Thursday, February 16, 2012
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West Michigan's growth in housing starts, construction jobs could continue in 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Source:
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New York Magazine says Grand Rapids' Grove has one of America's 101 most crazy-awesome new desserts
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New York Magazine
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
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Deborah Johnson Wood, Development News Editor
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Deborah Johnson Wood, Development News Editor
Thursday, February 9, 2012
New realty firm launches in Holland, adds jobs to West Michigan landscape
Deborah Johnson Wood, Development News Editor
Thursday, February 9, 2012
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Deborah Johnson Wood, Development News Editor
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Grand Rapids launches "Quality of Life" game to gather ideas for Michigan St. corridor improvement
Deborah Johnson Wood, Development News Editor
Thursday, February 9, 2012
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What's The Big Idea?!
Jeff Hill
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Rapid Growth's Not Your Average Speaker Series returns in February with a look at big ideas and how they can be turned into reality.
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Dakota Shayne: From Books and Cookies to Fitness and Urban Growth
Lauren Folkes
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Dakota Shayne is fairly new to Grand Rapids, but has already tackled various market segments including fitness, art and literary advocacy. He's 25 and loves Grand Rapids. Come eat cookies and read with him.
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Global Sustainable Partnerships: Bringing Clean Water from GR to Tanzania
Chelsea Slocum of The ModeLife
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Kim Fogg, founder of
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(GSP), is a very busy woman. She lives life on the go, split between three places: Washington D.C., Grand Rapids and Tanzania. She is a dynamic woman who, in just one year, has provided 8,000 children with clean water, something they they never had access to prior. And that’s just the beginning.
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