Students participate in the Grand Rapids Community Foundation's summer youth employment program, working at Comprenew in a warehouse part time, and also gardening outdoors.
Corey Ruffin walks his cat down Division Ave. as they both get some fresh air before working with the Super Happy Funtime Burlesque Show. Because cats can go outside for walks, too. Although if you catch Corey and his cat out for a stroll, you're just as likely to see the cat riding the man as you are the cat walking.
By moving less than a mile away, the fashion boutique will become much more than that. Manager Jim Murray hopes that the educational and social functions of the new space will have far-reaching effects for Grand Rapids.