As the number of veteran women-owned businesses increase, four West Michigan women veterans share their experiences, challenges, and what the community can do to improve the lives of veteran women entrepreneurs.
Locally, social impact entrepreneurs are on a mission to bring awareness to the sustainable fashion movement and help others align their values with their personal style. Educated Style, founded by Kara Hoholik, is a platform designed to help others discover alignment between their values, personality, and style.
Officially launched in 1989, Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women, better known as GROW, has impacted the lives of business owners, volunteers, staff, and community members over the past 30 years. Three individuals share their stories of how GROW has affected their lives and what they hope to see from the organization as it moves forward.
Esta “Ciudad de la Gente Amigable” fue una vez una bulliciosa comunidad manufacturera. Ahora es el hogar de cientos de diversos tipos de negocios, y está experimentando una transformación positiva. Residente de toda la vida, propietaria de un negocio y Alcalde Kimberley D. Sims, comparte su optimismo sobre el vasto potencial dentro de su comunidad.
The City of Friendly People was once a bustling manufacturing community. Now home to hundreds of various types of businesses, it is undergoing a positive transformation. Lifelong resident, business owner, and Mayor Kimberley D. Sims shares her optimism about the vast potential within her community.
Dugan Karnazes enters our local scene with his startup Velocity Research that is changing our community’s freelancers and businesses for the better.
Publisher Tommy Allen joins The WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin to interview Fouad Catrib of Marie Catrib’s about his recently launched food startup Marie Catrib's Provisions.
Balancing creative expression and the need for capital, Gaia Cafe and the Division Avenue Arts Collective have partnered up to rebirth their community-loved institutions in Creston.
El artículo de la serie Building Bridges del mes pasado destacó el continuo crecimiento y desarrollo de la ciudad de Grand Rapids a través del desarrollo de su Plan Maestro. Paola Mendivil, residente de West Side, promotora y coordinadora de catering en el restaurante de su familia, comparte sus pensamientos sobre los acontecimientos que están teniendo lugar y lo que espera ver en el futuro.
Last month’s Building Bridges series article highlighted the continued growth and development taking place within the city of Grand Rapids as it works through its Master Plan. West Side resident, advocate, and catering coordinator at her family’s restaurant, Paola Mendivil shares her thoughts on the developments taking place and what she hopes to see moving forward.
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