Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor

Feature Story Matt Acker, co-owner of Pavement Ends, is all smiles at the start of the race.

Gravel, growth, and the future of Barry-Roubaix in rural Michigan

Tommy AllenWednesday, April 23, 2025
Feature Story Surrounded by members of the 2025 class, GVSU President Philomena V. Mantella shares the success of the DCIH.

Healing the Pipeline: GVSU’s bold response to a regional nursing crisis delivers four years later

Tommy AllenMonday, March 31, 2025
Feature Story Call to Climate Justice event (Climate Action & Adaptation Plan kickoff event) in partnership with C4.

How the city of Grand Rapids is working to reduce CO2 by more than half by 2030

Solange SifaFriday, February 28, 2025
Feature Story Under the leadership of President and CEO Dale Robertson, the Grand Rapids Public Museum has embraced Universal Design for Learning.

How GRPM is leading with Universal Design for Learning

Tommy AllenWednesday, February 26, 2025
Feature Story So much more than a selfie station, Photographer Hwa-Jeen Na at entry The Nature of Color exhibition.

Seeing color anew: Takeaways from The Nature of Color exhibit with Hwa-Jeen Na

Tommy Allen Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Feature Story Newly-elected Grand Rapids Mayor David LaGrand.

Mayor David LaGrand brings personal passion to Grand Rapids’ transportation future

Shandra MartinezWednesday, January 15, 2025
Feature Story Rapid Growth Publisher Tommy Allen reflects on the stories that shaped 2024.

Looking at 2024, we are witnessing in Grand Rapids an expansive new narrative emerging.

Tommy AllenTuesday, December 24, 2024
Feature Story Mayor Bliss reflects on nine years as mayor and two decades of service to Grand Rapids.

A look back at Mayor Rosalynn Bliss's tenure: leadership, legacy, and vision

Tommy AllenWednesday, December 18, 2024
Feature Story Katrina Furman, the newly appointed Anishinaabe curator and member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians looks into an exhibit that features the flag of her people as well as a ballot that bear the names of one of her ancestors.

Anishinabek: The People of This Place exhibit is a new era for Indigenous representation at GRPM

Tommy AllenWednesday, December 11, 2024
Feature Story "P" is for Patti (Smith) as well as Public (Transportation).

How a life without a car led to financial freedom and a three-story home

Shandra MartinezWednesday, December 4, 2024
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