Collaboration seeks to reduce opioid overdoses throughout Michigan
The Grand Rapids Red Project and NEXT Distro have collaborated to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths across Michigan through free online training and mail-order naloxone.
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Olio nuovo that makes West Michigan proud
Wyoming born and raised, Jonny Vitale has launched a new family business, Vitaleone Olive Oil, in Sicily, Italy. It's available online and at Frankie V's Restaurant in Wyoming.
GRABB grants help area Black businesses navigate COVID-19
The GRABB Relief and Resilience Fund is specifically for Black entrepreneurs and business owners impacted by COVID-19’s on-going business interruptions and limitations. The grants support for-profit businesses that were unable to access adequate funding through the COVID-19.
Summit brings LGBTQIA+ youth together to create a more tolerant tomorrow
On Saturday, March 12, the Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health (MOASH) hosts a statewide virtual conference, Building a Movement for Michigan (BAMM) Pride Summit that will unite LGBTQIA+ middle and high school youth from the Greater Grand Rapids area and across the state to learn, find support, and feel affirmation that they may not experience in their daily lives.
“Shade is an equity issue”: How JEDI guides Friends of Grand Rapids Parks
Non-profit organization, Friends of Grand Rapids Parks plans its work to address JEDI, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, in light of historical inequities that guided development of parks as public spaces in the past.
HealthBar advances concierge-style health care
Nathan Baar, RN launched HealthBar, a concierge-style health care practice mainly staffed by contracted registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse practitioners. HealthBar provides businesses and others support around COVID-19 and more.
Puertas Abiertas helps Latinx abuse victims find safety
Puertas Abiertas, a West Michigan community-based program, offers cultural specific services to victims of any type of abuse — domestic abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, trafficking, providing a safe place where they can find all of the resources they need to have a better life.
Plaster Creek Family Park receives mParks award: GRPS students contributed to design
Park Design Award recognizes the Plaster Creek Family Park’s sustainability features and a design created in collaboration with GRPS students. Partnerships with GRPS, Our Community’s Children, the Wege Foundation, and the Children and Nature Network along with parks millage dollars made the park improvements possible — and it will serve as the site for the Mayor’s Greening Initiative event May 1.
New programs deepen City of Grand Rapids’ goals of diversity, equity and inclusion
City of Grand Rapids Office of Equity and Engagement is launching a range of new programs targeting city employees and residents.
Pack Elephant + The Marketplace at Studio Park = opportunity for local makers
The Marketplace at Studio Park, an endeavor of Pack Elephant, offers products representing more than 30 local independent makers in downtown Grand Rapids.
