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Feature Story Skot Welch, co-founder of the New Community Transformation Fund (NCTF).

How a new partnership is focused on driving generational wealth in West Michigan

Shandra MartinezFriday, January 17, 2025
Feature Story “A Holiday I Do” is a Michigan-made holiday movie showcasing familiar destinations and small businesses in Grand Rapids, Saugatuck, and Metro Detroit.

Michigan-made holiday movie highlights LGBTQ+ friendly communities, universal message of love

Sarah SpohnFriday, January 10, 2025
Feature Story Mel Trotter Ministries' mobile shower unit provided 2,389 showers in 2023.

Nonprofits comb the streets of Grand Rapids to provide the unhoused needed services

PAUL R. KOPENKOSKEYMonday, December 23, 2024
Feature Story Julia Kelly was selected to lead Kent County's new Public Defender Office.

Leader of new Kent Public Defender Office has experience, drive

Kelsey SandersMonday, September 30, 2024
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GR author shares how a trip inspired her new book

Shandra MartinezMonday, June 10, 2024
Feature Story Kimberly Kennedy-Barrington at the Mandela: The Offical Exhibition at the Grand Rapids Public Museum.

Understanding the timeless relevance of Mandela's legacy

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Feature Story The Literacy Center of West Michigan is teaching job-specific literacy at job sites to help adults improve their lives.

Grant will help bring literacy training into the workplace

Ashley KingTuesday, March 19, 2024
Feature Story There is something truly freeing about holding up the keys to one's own space. Bri beamed as she showed us her home, which was filled with plenty of morning sunlight.

Visualising change: A photo essay on Dégagé Ministries' groundbreaking Complex Care Housing program

Tommy AllenTuesday, February 20, 2024
Feature Story A wintery day when The Lakeshore Disability Inclusion Co-editor Lucia Rios had to roll her wheelchair in the road, because sidewalks hadn't been cleared of snow.

5 ways to support people with disabilities in the winter

Lucia RiosMonday, January 29, 2024
Feature Story Muskegon-based WINC: For All Women Veterans will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year.

A safe space and sisterhood for female veterans

Shanika P. CarterFriday, January 19, 2024
Feature Story Community Land Trust Director Matias Martinez-Roca and Community Land Trust Sale Coordinator Freshta Tori Jan are lead members of the Dwelling Place team responsible for producing as well as assisting the public with access to these new homes.

2080 Union is a peek into the future and solutions found within Community Land Trusts

Tommy Allen, Rapid Growth PublisherWednesday, January 17, 2024
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