It’s mid July, mid 80s, and the smell coming off the preliminary treatment chambers at the Water Resource Recovery Center is, to put it mildly, intense. Environmental Services Department manager Mike ...

So you live downtown, and you love your neighborhood stores. You can probably easily buy a tasty craft beer, pre-packaged granola bars and maybe even a gallon of milk within walking distance. But ...

Since last year we have been working on sharing empowering narratives informed by our neighbors, residents, entrepreneurs, and organizers of the Garfield Park, South Division and Burton Heights ...

Described by The Wall Street Journal as a sweeping change in the way cities are run, Smart Cities are changing the way people interact with the communities in which they live. While the term Smart ...

Here’s what riders had to say about The Rapid’s Transit Master Plan during two open houses earlier this month. The Rapid recently conducted the second phase of community engagement for its Transit ...

Cheri Litvack is among those Lakeshore residents who have withstood the headwinds of homelessness. Credit for having a roof over her head goes in part to Holland-based Capital for Compassion, which ...

City High Middle School freshman Luke Fann reflects on the 150-year history of Grand Rapids Public Library and its future in the latest Voices of Youth article. The Grand Rapids Public Library (GRPL) ...

Seventy-five Detroit- and Lansing-area residents have benefited from a pilot program called Food and Friendship Connections, which offers meals, transportation, and community for older adults living ...

Consider the statistics: Only 15 percent of female college freshmen go into STEM fields, and only .4 percent enter computer science fields as opposed to three percent of men. And while some believe ...

Not many couples would, a month and a half after their wedding, open their home to two teenage foster boys. But that’s what Julian and Stacey Goodson wanted. They both worked in social services and ...

Michigan now has 14 registered B-corps, companies who are certified in environmental and societal stewardship. With the state’s fastest growing economy, it’s no surprise that Grand Rapids is home to ...

It is a much happier celebration this year during manufacturing month for Eagle Alloy as they climb back from difficult times in 2008 and 2009. According to excerpts from MLive: Eagle Alloy has hired ...