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Hadley Streng is president of the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation.

GHACF extends Restoring Hope Challenge Match in face of continuing need

The Grand Haven Area Community Foundation is increasing the initial fundraising goal and extending the deadline to continue aiding community relief and recovery in response to COVID-19.

Drip is one of 10 downtown Zeeland businesses that received a MEDC grant.
Zeeland partners with MEDC, Lakeshore Advantage to support COVID-19 recovery

Zeeland is providing extra support to businesses hurt by the COVID-19 economic downturn by collaborating with the MEDC and Lakeshore Advantage on grants and other resources. 

Shannon Felgner is the Communications Manager for Ottawa County.
What’s at stake for Ottawa County with the census

In a Q&A, Shannon Felgner, Communications Manager for Ottawa County, explains why counting everyone is so important for the county. 

Visitors to Holland fill the sidewalks with the reopening of downtown.
Hope for recovery stirs as visitors flock to reopened Lakeshore downtowns

Photo essay shows how merchants in downtown Grand Haven and Holland are back in business. They are optimistically looking forward to recovery three months after shops and restaurants were ordered closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Heidi Tunison
Journalist’s wife recounts night of violent protests

Former reporter Heidi Tunison shares why she believes the work her husband, John Tunison, and other journalists do to increase transparency is more important than ever.

Kiosha Jeltema is a West Michigan Works! Business Solutions Manager.
How West Michigan Works! is using online tools to connect job seekers with employers

In a Q&A, Business Solutions Manager Kiosha Jeltema explains how job seekers can make the best use of the online tools provided by West Michigan Works!

Herman Miller employee sews a mask.
Herman Miller response to pandemic benefits local, global communities

“When COVID-19 hit,” says Linda Brand, President, Herman Miller Cares, the company’s corporate foundation, “we immediately marshaled our resources to focus our giving and our volunteerism on this effort.”

Kelly Raterink talks to customers.
Pandemic’s effect on meat processing, supply steers customers to locally-sourced food

Third-generation farmer Kelly Raterink believes the growing demand for and interest in local foods will be a catalyst for further expansion and economic opportunity for regional producers.

Attorney Peter D. Rhoades
Post-pandemic business world brings many questions

Meet Attorney Peter D. Rhoades, who is beginning a new series of columns to answer questions about how small businesses can navigate the legal issues that arise in the wake of the pandemic.

Waterfront trash typically consists of small, mostly plastic items.
Lake cleanup organizers shift tactics amid pandemic, erosion, high water

Environmentalists who organize lake and river cleanups in West Michigan are fine-tuning their tactics in the wake of high-water levels and the coronavirus pandemic.

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