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#RG20LookBack: Standing Rock and learning to listen to the land…and each other

In his 33rd #RG20LookBack column marking Rapid Growth’s 20th anniversary, publisher Tommy Allen connects lessons from Standing Rock with a reopened Grand Rapids exhibition, reminding readers that Indigenous history remains in the present tense.

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Shark Tank stars kick off Tech Week Grand Rapids

Daymond John and Robert Herjavec open a week that celebrates innovation, entrepreneurship, and West Michigan's growing technology community.

Contents of a farm share box from The Farm at Trinity Health Ann Arbor.
Trinity Health and Michigan community groups will make fresh, local food a Medicaid benefit

A new Trinity Health initiative will allow people in the Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Grand Rapids areas to access fresh, affordable produce from local organizations through their Medicaid health plans.

Voices of Youth: Lessons learned from listening to young people

Over the past three years, Voices of Youth has shown us that by actively listening to what young people want, we often develop better ideas. Here, Publisher Tommy Allen reflects on the achievements and lessons learned over three years with Voices of Youth. 

Library classes help residents learn skills, build community connections

At Kent District Library, in-person classes help residents learn practical skills while meeting neighbors and building connections in their community.

Gentex engineers help nonprofits improve efficiency

Gentex engineers apply manufacturing skills to streamline donations, boost volunteer impact, and expand services at Community Action House and Kids’ Food Basket.

The Established Home mother-daughter designers launch children’s book to help families navigate life transitions

West Michigan design duo Jean Stoffer and her daughter, Grace Start, share a new children’s book offering families practical, faith-centered strategies to help children cope with moves and change.

#RG20LookBack: The Grand River is having the moment we imagined—together

In his 12th #RG20LookBack column, Rapid Growth publisher Tommy Allen revisits the 2008 story, “A River Runs Through Green Grand Rapids,” which now reads like an early spark for everything unfolding along the Grand River today.

How a sisterhood of dentists is expanding public health across Metro Detroit

A collective of African American women dentists delivers public health care, mentorship, and trust to underserved patients across Detroit, Wayne County, and Macomb County.

Fewer options, fuller ERs: The behavioral health fallout of Medicaid cuts

MHA advocates for state funding that preserves behavioral health care and keeps rural hospitals open.

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