On May 23, residents of the Martin Luther King Jr. Park neighborhood gathered to celebrate their shared vision for improving their own hyper-local community via a quality of life study initiated by the City of Grand Rapids.
Haven Skincare & Massage broadens the healing goals of massage and other self-care modalities to include sensitive care for trauma survivors. Because of her passion for domestic violence awareness and human trafficking victims, owner Reagan Reynolds enlisted a local counselor who focuses on trauma victims, Susan Powers, to help her develop a training curriculum for her staff.
Paralympian and universal design architect, Ileana Rodriguez, to facilitate workshop, present keynote at DAKC April 18 workshop and luncheon that launches its Absolutely Accessible Kent Campaign.
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of West Michigan (HCCWM) will host its 2019 Awards Gala, honoring six Latinx individuals and businesses who have exemplified success and commitment to community. The more than 800 people attending the sold-out event will see more than awards and award winners; they will gain important insights into the huge, positive economic impacts that Latinx businesses make on the entire region.
Jenna Weiler's entrepreneurial business, Tater Tats, has given 48 good food grants —more than $20,000 — to farms and innovative projects all over the country. This year, the local temporary vegetable tattoo producer gave 15 good food grants, a total of $8,500, to farms and food projects in Michigan and across the country.
In summer 2020, paddling Riverside Park’s lagoon will be an all-abilities activity thanks to a new accessible kayak-canoe launch.
Thanks to a half-million dollar Grand Rapids SmartZone grant, Grand Valley State University’s applied Medical Device Institute (aMDI) now houses groundbreaking 3D printing technology from Carbon Inc., a Silicon Valley-based digital 3D manufacturing company. The 3D printer will make it possible for student and faculty researchers, as well as medical and manufacturing professionals, to apply 3D print technology to medical device manufacturing.
Lead by local futurist Mary Brown, Singularity University Grand Rapids Chapter joins 142 chapters in 66 world locations recognized as up-and-coming technology centers.The chapters focus on using exponential technologies for good.
Diamond Place includes 165 one-and two-bedroom apartments. The combination of income-restricted housing and its ground-floor grocery store resulted in Michigan Good Food Fund funding for the project.
The Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Western Michigan Chapter (ABC WMC) presented its 2019 Construction Economic Forecast events on Tuesday, December 4. ABC’s national chief economist, Anirban Basu, spoke to more than 400 commercial construction professionals and community stakeholders in Kalamazoo and Hudsonville.
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