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Grand Rapids In The Top 10 Places To Find A Job!

Craig Russell — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:00:31 +0000

To go along with the post about the Best and Worst Jobs, Grand Rapids is now on ANOTHER Top 10 List! According to Forbes Magazine, Grand Rapids is the number four City in the US to find work in! Perfect for people who are looking!

West Michigan Flooding – Saturday April 20

Tom Cook — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:34:05 +0000

GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids declared a state of emergency on Saturday afternoon. Declaring a state of emergency was done in anticipation of widespread damage, injury or loss of property and it puts the city in a position to receive state or federal assistance. A state of emergency does NOT mean that the city is in [...]

Over 50,000 People Attented LaughFest 2013

Andy Rent — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:00:32 +0000

Job well done, guys! 2013 was a very, very good year for the nation’s only ten day community-wide festival of laughter, Gilda’s LaughFest. That is because they had more than 53,000 admissions during the third annual event. Preliminary numbers indicate 53,566 attended LaughFest’s 261 events (69 ticketed and 192 free) at 65 stages in Grand [...]

Should The S-Curve In Grand Rapids Be Taken Down? [Poll]

Matt Milhouse — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:00:05 +0000

Over 100,000 vehicles use the S-Curve every day in Grand Rapids, but one group would like to see that change. The group is recommending that the S-Curve be removed to help the growth of downtown Grand Rapids. Should the S-Curve be taken down? The continued growth of downtown Grand Rapids has many looking towards the [...]

Grand Rapids–One Of The Country's "Emerging Downtowns"

Craig Russell — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:30:01 +0000

More accolades coming in for our area! Grand Rapids, already the top place in America to raise a family and Beer City USA, now our downtown is getting props too! With the help of the new City Market, a resurgence in bars and food, and Artprize, downtown Grand Rapids is now one of Forbes Magazines "Emerging Downtowns"

Grand Rapids Is The 7th Happiest City To Work In!

Craig Russell — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:30:12 +0000

Again, Grand Rapids makes another top 10 list! Grand Rapids joins Dayton Ohio and Knoxville Tennessee as some of the happiest places in the USA to work! We scored high on the list with an "overall rating of employee happiness for each respondent, and then they were sorted by geographic location to find the happiest and unhappiest cities for employees."

Real Proof! The Economic Recovery IS Happening In Grand Rapids!

Craig Russell — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:03:47 +0000

Mart Twain said it best: There are lies, damned lies and statistics. THESE statistics are not lies, however, and paint a slightly rosier picture of the economic state we in Grand Rapids are in. According to the Brookings Institute “Metro Monitor – December 2012″ report, Grand Rapids has the 8th best economic recovery since the [...]

Grand Rapids Is One Of The Most Affordable Places To Live In The US-Again

Craig Russell — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:57:28 +0000

If you live in the Grand Rapids area-like most of us-you live in one of the most affordable places in the whole country. CNN and Money Magazines listing of the top 10 most affordable places in the US puts Grand Rapids at number 9! Go West Michigan! Mlive reports “Grand Rapids listed as one of [...]

See Amazing Views Of The Northern Lights In Grand Rapids!

Craig Russell — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:18:54 +0000

That YouTube…if it wasn’t for the popular video site, we would never see Super Bowl commercials early. AND we wouldn’t know why that “Gangham Style” guy is. (What’s with the hose dance anyway?) You Tube does have some cool, local videos on it’s website. Thanks to You Tube user “lakefxnet” has posted a cool view [...]

Grand Rapids Traffic Report Loses It [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:21:46 +0000

All of us broadcasters fear this. Losing it on the air – TV or Radio. Check out my Pal Robb Westaby from Fox 17 and he totally loses it during the traffic update. Robb is a good guy, worked with him for years, but he totally lost it here. If you don’t laugh along, check [...]

Grand Rapids to Get Super Fast Bus Service

Matt Hendricks — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:01:17 +0000

Bring on the “Silver Line” – which will be Grand Rapids new Rapid Bus Service. We’ll be getting $32 from the feds to help pay for it. This will be the first bus rapid transit line in Michigan.The the Silver Line will travel a 9.6-mile stretch of Division between 60th Street and the Medical Mile [...]

Grand Rapids Rated #1 Again

Matt Hendricks — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:48:55 +0000

Grand Rapids has received a lot of accolades over the last year or so. We’re Beer City, USA, we had an awesome Lip Dub video that went viral online, we’ve got a beautiful place to live, lots going on and now, Forbes Magazine as named Grand Rapids the number one city for raising a family! [...]

Grand Rapids Named Most Sustainable City

Matt Hendricks — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:50:07 +0000

More good news continues for Grand Rapids. We are now on the top of the list of most sustainable cities in the US! On the heels of Artprize wrapping up, we should be proud at where our city is, and where it’s going. Get the whole story HERE.

Grand River Goes Dry!

Matt Hendricks — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:23:16 +0000

Did you know the Grand River ever was almost dry? Yep, it’s true. Here’s a shot of the Grand River Now. Click HERE to see what it looked like in 1920 looking north! Yep, there’s the 6th St Bridge.

Butt-Crack Winker – Grand Rapids 'Missed Connection'

Stephanie McMaster — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:10:55 +0000

The Missed Connections section of Craigslist is a great thing. Without it, how would we even begin to start to search for that special someone (who may or may not be aware of our existence) we stood behind in line at Taco Bell? Flyers are so 1970. Not to mention creepy.

LogoGate 2012! Wyoming Feeling The Heat From Wisconsin Group

Craig Russell — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:45:34 +0000

What do you think of the flap over the city of Wyoming's logo? A group called "Freedom From Religion Foundation" based out of Madison, Wisconsin, has called for the West Michigan city to remove the picture of a church steeple with a cross off it's city logo, citing separation of church and state. For me, I don't think it's that big of a deal, but I can see why people would think it is.

Another Downtown Grand Rapids Bar Closes [POLL]

Matt Hendricks — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:17:05 +0000

First Raggs, then Ottawa Tavern, and now another one bites the dust in three weeks.

Craig Russell and I were just discussing Kitchen 25 a couple of weeks ago, and wondering if maybe it wasn't long for the world, and then grnow reports that Kitchen 25 is closed, at least for now. This location across from Van Andel Arena would seem ideal, although the Margarita Grille that occupied the space earlier, also failed, but for for different reasons.

City Flats Hotel Opens Ballroom in Grand Rapids

Matt Hendricks — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:15:26 +0000

This is awesome news for Grand Rapids! I worked in this building for 10 years and saw this amazing space sit empty - but no more! Bring on the Ballroom to downtown GR!

The CityFlats Hotel, which opened downtown last year, is renovating the old Michigan National Bank branch lobby to open it up as a ballroom!

Barry Manilow Donates Piano to Grand Rapids Public Schools

Matt Hendricks — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 06:57:20 +0000

This is really awesome - Thanks Mr. Manilow!

WZZM is reporting that Legendary singer-songwriter Barry Manilow hopes others will once again follow his philanthropic lead as he donates a Yamaha piano to launch a local instrument drive for the Grand Rapids Public Schools. Anyone who donates a new or gently used musical instrument to Van Andel Arena Box Office will receive 2 free tickets for Manilow’s June 14th concert at Van Andel.

Grand Rapids Makes ANOTHER Best Of List!

Craig Russell — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:38:05 +0000

Here we go again! Now Grand Rapids is "5th in the nation as an affordable place to buy a house, according to CNNMONEY, an online magazine that also included other Midwest cities such as Indianapolis, Ind., Cincinnati, Ohio and Akron, Ohio. I'm still wondering when the population explosion will happen. With all the press our fair city has received in the past few months, I'm positive people will be beating down our doors to move here!