Startup Spotlight: Parliament the Boutique
Sometimes things are right under our nose when we’re looking for them high and low everywhere else. If you haven’t had a chance to go to Avenue for the Arts’ […]
Creston-Cheshire
Once the breadbasket of Grand Rapids, the Creston-Cheshire district today is the city's playground. With bike trails extending across the state, the Grand River, and eight parks, two of them among the city's largest, Creston-Cheshire offers plenty of opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors in an urban setting.It also showcases strong and stable neighborhoods, highly successful inner-city school programs, a thriving business district, and an energetic nightlife. Where else in Grand Rapids can you find authentic Irish music and poetry slams on the same street on the same night?Settled by determined Dutch, Irish, German, and Polish immigrants, Creston-Cheshire has undergone a great deal of change since its development 150 years ago. But the district today remains true to its founding values: diversity, neighborliness, and hard work.
Working in the City: Angela Nelson
RG chats with Experience GR and 616 Grand Production’s Angela Nelson about how she spends her days, what she is working on, and get serious with career talk.
Boop de Boom brings back bohemian funk with new Plainfield coffee shop
Creston Brewery owners open new, funky coffee shop Boop de Boom in the neighborhood they've grown to love.
Strictly Business: The women who own Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids is already home to many women owned and operated businesses, and with this development boom we are likely to see a continued rise in women's ownership and leadership. Nationally, business growth among women entrepreneurs continues to be on the rise.
