The second annual event will bring together youth from around the world to learn from and network with accomplished writers, activists, elected officials, and other youth delegates.

Over 20 years ago, Grand Rapids’ citizens helped create its Master Plan for development. As the time nears to create a new master plan, local citizens and business owners have a powerful voice for the future.

Four graduates of a Grand Circus boot camp found out just how important air quality data is to a city when they followed the thread of a dangerous carcinogen on Grand Rapids' Westside. Their app, Weather Worry Wonder, helps residents understand more about their neighborhood air quality than has ever been possible before, and now the team is looking to scale it outwards.

Lunch catering sells ready-to-eat foods harvested from their own gardens at Fulton Street Farmers Market. Their sales help support nonprofit Revive and Thrive.

After 31 years at Varnum LLP, Carroll Velie was ready for lazy unscheduled days, traveling, and better exercise clothes. But before her final curtain call, Carroll is giving one last performance within her "encore career" as Manager of Fundraising Events at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Uptown Grand Rapids Inc. partnership with the Uptown Corridor Improvement Authority and Friends of Grand Rapids Parks will grow tits neighborhoods tree canopy. 

Sus largos y estrechos vínculos con Muskegon, son un hilo común entre los propietarios de tres negocios en cierne localizados a orillas del lago. The Only Cannoli, Seaway Tours, y Kuntry Cookin, trabajan comprometidos con su comunidad introduciendo a los residentes y visitantes hacia nuevas experiencias. También están preparados y listos para capitalizar el crecimiento y el desarrollo que tiene lugar ahora en toda la ciudad.

Involving local communities and spreading the word about improved water quality, the Grand River Partnership (GRP) is working to have all 252 miles of the Grand River designated as either a state or federal water trail, from its source near Jackson to its mouth at Grand Haven.