RGTV: Inside the Ice House

For his fifth #RG20LookBack, Rapid Growth’s Tommy Allen reflects on thinking he understood DACA—until sudden federal changes forced him to learn faster, listen closer, and document how policy reshapes neighbors’ daily lives.

As part of Rapid Growth’s 20th anniversary, we revisit a 2014 innovation story by Anya Zentmeyer, documenting a subtle but significant shift in Grand Rapids public planning sessions and citywide meetings.

Sometimes it takes outsiders to remind us how extraordinary our everyday really is. Thanks, Josh & Jase.