Despite a labor shortage, people with disabilities are dramatically underemployed. But there are employers leading the way in providing accessible accommodations so they can tap into this often-overlooked talent pool.
A new Home Accessibility Center will serve as a showroom to give contractors and families a place to learn how existing kitchens, bathrooms, and other rooms can be renovated to ensure those with disabilities can continue living at home.
Ottawa County’s new food composting program is the only local public health-led residential composting program of its kind in West Michigan.
A free Grand Rapids Community College summer program for graduating high school seniors is aimed at boosting foundational math and reading skills and preparing them for success.
Grand Rapids Community College’s renovation of the historic Steven C. Ender Hall in Grand Rapids into a new student space has earned national recognition for the architectural and engineering firm leading the project.
This article begins a weekly series that will explore the challenges faced by those with disabilities along with the efforts across West Michigan to address the discrimination and inequity.
The nonprofit leadership and marketing event Cause Camp has been nationally recognized by Forbes as a “must-attend” event for the nonprofit sector. It will take place at DeVos Center in Grand Rapids on May 2-3.
Those who attend the events – planned for April 16 at the main campus and April 23 at the Lakeshore campus –- have a chance to win a $500 scholarship.
The Holland Symphony Orchestra has made the music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor available for orchestras around the world to perform.
Lakeshore artists Joel Schoon-Tanis and Carolyn Stich are using their creative talents to support the Ukrainians under siege by Russia half a world away.
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