On Thurs. Nov. 5, an inaugural celebration will welcome Leslie Bellavance as the thirteenth president of Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD). It is also day 100ish for president Bellavance on the job, and Rapid Growth's Tommy Allen checks in with her.
"Crafting a balance, like I attempted to do in the land of the Sims, often is met with the crushing realization that your city’s best-laid plans are suddenly spiraling out of your hand." As the GR Forward planning process moves ahead, Rapid Growth's Tommy Allen shares some game-inspired perspectives with our city.
Are we ready as a city for the changes coming in the next 15 years? Rapid Growth's Publisher and Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen discovers a few local organizations banding together to ensure the answer is "yes" for all.
In 1997 Apple asked us to "Think Different" and it became one of their most discussed ad campaigns. Publisher and Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen looks to the economic fabric of our city and wonders what we will have in the near future if we "build different" now.
Each month publisher and lifestyle editor Tommy Allen checks in with Rapid Growth to share his thoughts on a topic trending in our region. This month he is all about the power of design to inspire a new way of working here, and West Michigan Design Week's stellar 2nd annual event has him geeked.
Patricia Arquette delivered the shot heard around the living room as she accepted her Oscar, bringing many in the audience (and everywhere) to their feet. Publisher and Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen joins the growing number of individuals in our nation asking that we close the wage gap now.
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