With plans to make 2024 a year of significant investment and growth, Dwelling Place has expanded its leadership team to take on new roles. 

Partners in the Michigan ACE Initiative are working to raise awareness of the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), prevent ACEs, and foster resilience among children who have experienced them. 

As Kent County grows faster than the rest of the state, the community looks at ways to address its ongoing housing shortages. Through government entities, upcoming developers like Housing Next, and seasoned community development financial institutions like IFF, Grand Rapids has a collaborative plan in place to address the issue.   

The Grand Rapids airport is one of the first in the nation to try out new technology powered by AI that is being used successfully at train stations in the United Kingdom. 

MiLEAP consolidates the expansion of Pre-K for All, Sixty by 30, which would see 60% of working-age Michiganders with a postsecondary degree or certificate by 2030, and all education in between. 

The Senior Center at Affirmations expands programs and services for LGBTQ+ seniors in an accessible, welcoming environment.

The Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA) is sponsoring a Behavioral Health Services Virtual Job Fair 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday Feb. 21, 2024. 

“Border Cantos | Sonic Border,” a new art exhibition at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, explores the human consequences of immigration policies at the Mexican border.

Through Michigan Good Food Fund partners, food and farm entrepreneurs like Antonio Chen Aguilera — owner of Wormies, a Grand Rapids composting company — receive business assistance tailored to their needs.