Summers just wouldn't be a same without camping: just ask Jada White, Aniah McLeod, Arielle Matthews and Kylan Tette-Harris. See what a remarkable resource West Michigan has in its summer camps for youths.
Through the volunteer work of gardeners and landscapers such as Daniel Monsma, the metropolitan area is maintaining its beauty when tax dollars are tight. Come Friday there will be trucks dispatched around Grand Rapids to plant trees in public spaces in celebration of Arbor Day, the original green holiday.
They rap on the windows, tie up the phone, even flag down the company van -- all posing the same question: "Is American Bakery open yet?" Dwight Fausnaugh finally has an answer.
There's power in reusing things -- literally. These power sources for computers were salvaged at Valley City Environmental Services in Grand Rapids to be sold and reused by people who build or repair their own equipment.
When Tom Almonte takes in a view of Grand Rapids from his office in city hall, he says he sees the same vitality of Chicago, albeit in a much smaller scale. And Almonte says others outside of West Michigan are making that same assessment.
Jim Osterhaven says it was worthwhile to build a $1.5 million addition to Superior Foods' refrigerated facility if it means getting fresh produce from area farms to local restaurants. Here's what Superior Foods Co. and other local businesses are doing to keep the fresh food flowing
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