Housing Kent looks at root causes of and solutions for Kent County’s homelessness crisis
Housing Kent seeks to increase access to affordable housing and decrease homelessness by intentionally focusing on eliminating racial disparities in housing.
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City of Wyoming makes strides for cultural competency
The City of Wyoming has enlisted Dr. Rik Stevenson to engage all city staff in cultural competency training as part of its ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion strategy.
Grand Stand Pictures brings Grand Rapids Black freedom struggle to the screen
Local, Black-owned Grand Rapids film company, Grand Stand Pictures, filming documentary based on “A City Within a City: The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan.”
Incubator kitchen & food retail space “first domino” in redeveloping Boston Square Together district
Kzoo Station: A Community Kitchen + Eatery will soon infuse new economic opportunities into Grand Rapids’ Boston Square neighborhood. SpringGR and Amplify GR, partners in the Boston Square Together project at 1445 Kalamazoo St. SE, are renovating the 1,416 square-foot shuttered Good Shepherd Auto Repair building into a commercial kitchen and multi-tenant, retail, food-business space.
Wildly popular Grand Rapids Neighborhood Match Fund open to new ideas, deadline looms
The City of Grand Rapids is accepting another round of Neighborhood Match Fund proposals from residents through Dec. 31.
Ramped-up expungement program will help deserving Kent County residents gain a “clean slate”
Legal Aid of Western Michigan will launch a three-year criminal record expungement project to help Kent County residents access better jobs, housing and education opportunities by moving on from long-past mistakes.
Black, woman engineer addresses STEM at the roots
STEM Greenhouse provides children of color with classes and role models who inspire them to pursue careers in science, math and other fields where Black, Brown and other underrepresented faces have not been traditionally seen.
More Grand Rapids businesses now eligible for Small Business COVID Adaptation grants
City of Grand Rapids Economic Development Office has expanded eligibility for Small Business COVID Adaptation Program grants to include Grand Rapids Neighborhoods of Focus and six Corridor Improvement Authorities.
Oak Hill Cemetery is area’s first arboretum: “There are some giants in that cemetery.”
The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and Morton Arboretum have designated Grand Rapids’ Oak Hill Cemetery as West Michigan’s first accredited arboretum.
The Home Accessibility Center will help people with disabilities imagine possibilities
The Home Accessibility Center will serve as a hands-on test space where people living with disabilities can explore adaptive possibilities.
City of Wyoming makes strides for cultural competency
The City of Wyoming has enlisted Dr. Rik Stevenson to engage all city staff in cultural competency training as part of its ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion strategy.
Grand Stand Pictures brings Grand Rapids Black freedom struggle to the screen
Local, Black-owned Grand Rapids film company, Grand Stand Pictures, filming documentary based on “A City Within a City: The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan.”
Incubator kitchen & food retail space “first domino” in redeveloping Boston Square Together district
Kzoo Station: A Community Kitchen + Eatery will soon infuse new economic opportunities into Grand Rapids’ Boston Square neighborhood. SpringGR and Amplify GR, partners in the Boston Square Together project at 1445 Kalamazoo St. SE, are renovating the 1,416 square-foot shuttered Good Shepherd Auto Repair building into a commercial kitchen and multi-tenant, retail, food-business space.
Wildly popular Grand Rapids Neighborhood Match Fund open to new ideas, deadline looms
The City of Grand Rapids is accepting another round of Neighborhood Match Fund proposals from residents through Dec. 31.
Ramped-up expungement program will help deserving Kent County residents gain a “clean slate”
Legal Aid of Western Michigan will launch a three-year criminal record expungement project to help Kent County residents access better jobs, housing and education opportunities by moving on from long-past mistakes.
Black, woman engineer addresses STEM at the roots
STEM Greenhouse provides children of color with classes and role models who inspire them to pursue careers in science, math and other fields where Black, Brown and other underrepresented faces have not been traditionally seen.
More Grand Rapids businesses now eligible for Small Business COVID Adaptation grants
City of Grand Rapids Economic Development Office has expanded eligibility for Small Business COVID Adaptation Program grants to include Grand Rapids Neighborhoods of Focus and six Corridor Improvement Authorities.
Oak Hill Cemetery is area’s first arboretum: “There are some giants in that cemetery.”
The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and Morton Arboretum have designated Grand Rapids’ Oak Hill Cemetery as West Michigan’s first accredited arboretum.
The Home Accessibility Center will help people with disabilities imagine possibilities
The Home Accessibility Center will serve as a hands-on test space where people living with disabilities can explore adaptive possibilities.
