Diversity and inclusion

Feature Story The test kitchen highlights open spaces under the counter and sink for chairs or wheelchairs, lowered ovens, and cabinets with pull-down wire shelving.

Community, inclusion inspire new Home Accessibility Center to support those with disabilities

Shandra MartinezMonday, May 16, 2022
Development News more youth

New City Neighbors doing even more justice by youth

Estelle Slootmaker, Development News EditorMonday, May 16, 2022
Feature Story Jocelyn Hines (right) poses with her parents (left) and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after Hines received the 2019 Youth Volunteer of the Year award.

MSU grad launches Muskegon Young Black Professionals to support community

Shanika P. CarterThursday, May 5, 2022
Feature Story Lori Hastings

Lori's Voice enriches lives of children with disabilities

Lori HastingsMonday, April 25, 2022
Feature Story Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

How a small orchestra increased access to the music of once-renowned Black composer

Shandra MartinezWednesday, March 23, 2022
Development News child playing outside

For too many Kent County children, “Normal was Never Enough”

Estelle Slootmaker, Development News EditorMonday, February 28, 2022
Development News Salvador Lopez

Housing Kent looks at root causes of and solutions for Kent County’s homelessness crisis

Estelle Slootmaker, Development News EditorMonday, February 14, 2022
Development News City of Wyoming Logo

City of Wyoming makes strides for cultural competency

Estelle Slootmaker, Development News EditorMonday, January 31, 2022
Development News A City Within a City group photo

Grand Stand Pictures brings Grand Rapids Black freedom struggle to the screen

Estelle Slootmaker, Development News EditorMonday, January 17, 2022
Feature Story LAUP received $20,000 to add a career coaching component to the ¡Más Adelante! program.

Women of Color Give distributes $40k to 5 groups

Shandra MartinezTuesday, December 21, 2021
Feature Story Guillermo Cisneros

West Michigan Hispanic Chamber named a 2021 Neighborhood Champion

Shandra MartinezTuesday, December 14, 2021
Feature Story Even under the best of conditions, seasonal and migrant farmworkers toil long, exhausting hours in extreme weather conditions, possibly exposed to pesticides. 

Migrant Legal Aid’s Fair Food Pledge works to alleviate migrant farmworker injustices

Paul R. KopenkoskeyMonday, November 8, 2021
Development News j gracia

More Grand Rapids businesses now eligible for Small Business COVID Adaptation grants

Estelle Slootmaker, Development News EditorMonday, November 1, 2021
Feature Story Patrick Coleman is GRCC’s new veteran’s success coordinator.

GRCC's new Veterans Center helping students transition from the military to college

Shandra MartinezTuesday, October 5, 2021
Feature Story AYA

Published Together: Nonprofits create a welcoming, positive space for our unhoused youth

a Conversation-based series from Publisher Tommy AllenWednesday, September 22, 2021
Feature Story The Holland Museum’s new exhibit, United for Progress: The LAUP Story, opens Aug. 20.

Celebrate the history of LAUP with a new Holland Museum exhibit

Shandra MartinezTuesday, August 17, 2021
Development News Grand Rapids Sister Cities International 

Grand Rapids goes Gangnam Style

Estelle Slootmaker, Development News EditorMonday, August 16, 2021
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