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G-Sync: Hello, Innovation! Welcome High Five Co-Op Brewery!

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.)

Radio executive takes over cigar shop


Holland native making waves in fashion


TEDx Macatawa announce stellar line up


Harmony Brewing opens Eastown brewpub, brings 30 hospitality jobs to Grand Rapids neighborhood


DJ's Landscape Management looking to fill sales, crew leader and management jobs in Grand Rapids


New realty firm launches in Holland, adds jobs to West Michigan landscape


Holland upcycle boutique, Found, brings vintage clothes, home decor to Grand Rapids' East Hills


Grand Rapids launches "Quality of Life" game to gather ideas for Michigan St. corridor improvement


Mary Free Bed plans $48M expansion of rehabilitation hospital in Grand Rapids' Heartside


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What's The Big Idea?!

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

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

Kim Fogg, founder of Global Sustainable Partnerships (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.