Early this summer, Rapid Growth had a Not Your Average Speaker Series focused on interesting sports available in the region. We've since heard from Grand Rapids Archery as well as Grand Rapids Rowing, but there's one family-friendly, all-ages, year-round sport that we haven't covered yet.
TEDxGrandRapids may last only one day, but this year, additional programming attempts to branch out into the community.
Meet Christian Gaines. Most recently with IMDb, he's got a long history putting on film festivals. Now, he's moving from Los Angeles to Grand Rapids to take over as Executive Director of ArtPrize.
We stopped into Conduit Studio to see what Principal and Creative Director John O'Neill has been up to lately. He discusses a few recent projects, and how the design community is growing in West Michigan.
One year later and about 100 ventures funded, Start Garden talks about what they've learned and how they've advanced in their goal of creating a startup culture in West Michigan.
Jason Lummen is an independent brewer with a committment to his state. Find out why Peoples Cider is collecting rave reviews from beer and cider aficianados around Grand Rapids and where you can try it for yourself.
Local First will host its Fifth Annual Sustainable Business Conference next week at Aquinas College. Keynote speaker Steve Cochran (King Arthur Flour) and local speaker Rob McCarty (The Image Shoppe) talk about what sustainability means to their companies.
As LaughFest evolves, event organizers are seeing more and more how their initial intentions of involving the entire community are coming to fruition.
The Grand Rapids Children's Museum recognizes the value of play in a one-day symposium. And we're not just talking about play for kids, but adults as well.
Ronnie Edison of Ice Cream Gallery and Toys specializes in lowbrow art and designer toys. Unfamiliar? Edison says lowbrow art is the kind of thing your mother didn't want you to see.
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