As businesses continue to navigate the pandemic, it can be helpful to both take a step back to reflect on where they’ve been and look at what is to come. For the owners of Chartreuse Sisters, a French-American fusion patisserie, while the past two years have presented challenges, they have been able to roll with the changes thanks to their creativity, their team and a supportive customer base.
The war on drugs has had a lasting disproportionate impact on many communities. With the legalization of cannabis, the city’s proposed nonprofit will help heal some of this harm while advancing social equity throughout the cannabis industry.
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the company’s latest online media project – Rural Innovation eXchange (RIX). RIX will focus on the innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation and community development taking place in rural Michigan and feature the work of rural talent and content creators.
Located in downtown Grand Rapids, a bodega has opened, offering a wide variety of sandwiches, made to order salads as well as meats and cheeses by the pound. The husband and wife owners are seeking to bring the New York-style staple to the city.
Chad Morton checks back in with Rapid Growth's Publisher Tommy Allen on the anniversary of this local startup's Published Together piece from 2021.
Max Tendero believes that civics is a vehicle that, when given the right attention, thought and effort, can start moving us in a better direction.
Grand Rapids business, Navigate Adventure Vans, specializes in builds to outfit your van and transform it into the perfect vehicle for outdoor adventures.
JustAir is working to bring air quality monitors to every neighborhood and uses its data to break down health disparities associated with pollution.
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.
Bank of America has selected the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as a 2021 Neighborhood Champion, a recognition that includes both grant funding and executive leadership development.
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