Quartz Writes About The Craft Beer Renaissance In Grand Rapids

Quartz, a web site devoted to the 'new global economy', has posted an article about how craft beer helped revitalize downtown Grand Rapids.

It's a good read, and nice to see good things spoken of about our home town on a national level.

Titled, 'Yet Another Great Thing Beer Can Do, Revitalize An Entire Midwestern City', the Quartz article speaks to the slow, steady build of a beer-centric economy in GR. Although there are some slight factual errors (it kind of implies that Fifth Third Park is downtown), most of the article is a love letter to the small, craft brewers who started Founder's and sparked the beer-renaissance here.

The thriving suburban neighborhoods of Grand Rapids have long been thought of as nice, safe places to grow up. And while the city’s downtown was built up in part by a few key developers, developers aren’t the ones who can make a place cool. Founders played the pioneering role in shifting Grand Rapids’ culture, vibe, and values. Beer managed to convert a town once content with chain stores into a creative, culinary-savvy, artistic hub. Beer—beer!—is what made downtown Grand Rapids into an international travel destination, and a place to call home.