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G-Sync: Sowing the Seeds of Love

Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor Thursday, May 23, 2013

Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen finds inspiration this week in the old Tears for Fears song "Sowing the Seeds of Love," and maybe you will as well. "Sowing the seeds of love/anything is possible."

Grand Rapids' new multi-million-dollar economic boon? The Silver Line BRT construction begins

Deborah Johnson Wood, Development News Editor Thursday, March 28, 2013

Other cities around the nation have reported startling spikes in property values around transit hubs, specifically Bus Rapid Transit hubs. With construction of Michigan's first BRT line set to begin, we believe that a great economic surge for the region is somewhere on the road ahead.

G-Sync: A Just, Equitable City

Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor Thursday, March 14, 2013

Many cities talk about the diversity of their economy, but some actually do something about it. Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen talks with the author of Just Growth to determine if Grand Rapids is such a city.

Downtown Retail Boom

Jeff Hill Thursday, December 06, 2012

Downtown Grand Rapids has seen a retail rebirth recently, with 16 new storefronts opening in the last year. We'll talk with a group of business owners about downtown's retail past, present, and future at this month's speaker series event (with video).

G-Sync: The Art of Disruption & The Keys to Tomorrow

Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor Thursday, October 11, 2012

Disruption: the act of delaying or interrupting the continuity. Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen unearths a trend he hopes takes hold in our region in his last words on ArtPrize 2012.

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G-Sync: Sowing the Seeds of Love

Grand Rapids' new multi-million-dollar economic boon? The Silver Line BRT construction begins

G-Sync: A Just, Equitable City

Downtown Retail Boom

G-Sync: The Art of Disruption & The Keys to Tomorrow

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