Lowell

This bedroom community offers a vintage small town lifestyle within a 20 minute drive of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan's second largest economic and cultural center. No wonder it's billed as "the next place to be." Here's your guide to Lowell:

GR-based MinoritySpace.com growing fast

Within its first month of operation, Grand Rapids-based MinoritySpace.com says it gained 3,000 users and had hundreds of thousands of hits each week. Opening last month, the social networking site tailored to minorities was created to steer users away from less community-friendly sites such as MySpace, says MinoritySpace.com co-founder Steve Eilers “I think that since […]

Car Talk

The car is king in Grand Rapids. And road trips and Sunday drives are great American past times. But for daily transit needs, just getting conveniently from point A to point B, there has to be a better way. Is Grand Rapids ready?

What Makes a City Smart

Cities - the nerve center of the knowledge economy - must focus on four key factors to compete successfully.  

If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It

Design and innovation drives economies. West Michigan has the talent, but how do we sell it?

Science Foundation grants $500,000 to GVSU and U-M for women in science
The Power of Change

The pursuit of sustainability requires ending subsidies for business-as-usual and instead rewarding innovation.

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