Can you imagine loading software on your computer from 1994? Neither can Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen, who takes a close look at why he's voting "no" on the upcoming ballot proposal on term limits for Grand Rapids government.
Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen offers up his first Throwback Thursday, tipping his hat to the future of Grand Rapids Community College on the occasion of their 100th Anniversary.
As West Michigan continues to grow, it's important that we begin to dive in and talk with the officials who are impacting the policies and projects in our community. Land banks are part of our fabric now, but in the years ahead their role will most certainly be debated. Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen uncovers the big deal behind land banks.
G-Sync's Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen traveled to Detroit last week to attend the first UIX Conference and reflects on why we are the future now. "This changes everything," says Allen. Need a nudge to start something new in your community? Read on.
We all engage in bar talk, but what happens in the bar usually stays in the bar...that is, until Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen meets dizzybird records. Find out what happens when two music-loving Grand Rapidians meet over a drink and create something new.
Quick: Name your five favorite films of all time. Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen is guessing most of them were directed by men, and he has just the local event to add some fresh new names to your list of favorites.
As we begin the next decade of river restoration work in Grand Rapids, Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen talks with Mayor Heartwell about the mighty Grand River's past and future.
Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen reflects on a couple's comments at the start of summer and finds something beautiful that ends with the launch of a Silver Line. Along the way, he wonders if the word "progressive" has come to mean something new as the city moves forward.
UICA's Exit Space Project is about to debut something truly amazing at the street level, but G-Sync Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen asks if we're ready as a community for what these new murals, a form of street art, will signal within our region. Hold the spray paint and read on.
Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen goes on a summer-long holiday and imagines a post-Pure Michigan state that is purrfect. Read on for his take on the Mitten's waterways -- and its politics.
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