Designer Jolene DeJong created the Universal Design (showroom) at Disability Advocates of Kent County. As a teenager working in a nursing home, Jolene De Jong watched older adults struggle with ...

Though Division Avenue itself is only 7.4 miles long, the South Division area is home to 19,000 people and numerous businesses spanning from Wealthy Avenue south to 60th Street. Through a partnership ...

This Voice of Youth essay was originally presented on May 13 during the “Our Composite Community” presentation at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. Students from East Kentwood High School explored how ...

Listeners have roughly three and a half million podcasts to choose from. Trying to find something you like — not hosted by a celebrity — is a daunting task. But don’t give up hope. Don’t settle for ...

In September 2018, Rapid Growth Media published the story, Neighborhoods of GR: Making Monroe North a riverside destination, in our ‘Neighborhoods of Grand Rapids’ Series. This week, we want to look ...

Proud father, Ayesh Ayesh, poses with his two daughters and future doctors, Ayah and Awatef. At Super Green Market in Kentwood, you can observe care in the smallest of gestures: greeting someone in ...

On this chilly morning in Holland, giant snowflakes blew in from Lake Macatawa, causing folks looking to attend the noon groundbreaking to seek warmth before the ceremony. Longtime neighbors, staff, ...

An example of the unmarked trailheads at GVSU’s ravines. (Photo by Tommy Allen) Many maps of Grand Valley State University’s Allendale campus show the ravines leading down to the Grand River as empty ...

David Morgan of Resonate Global Mission points out the vistas available from one of the condo’s front stoop. (Photo by Tommy Allen) What began as a friendship between two dads has grown into a ...

Curtis Chin’s memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” is this year’s Great Michigan Read from the Michigan Humanities. In a country increasingly sorted by politics, class, ...

Traverse City’s work to improve accessibility goes beyond ramps, parking spaces, and following building regulations. Most people planning a vacation face familiar questions: Where should we stay?

Kyle Hoffmaster, Pine Rest’s director of patient access, welcomes visitors at Michigan’s first Pediatric Psychiatric Urgent Care Center. For too many families, a child’s behavioral health crisis still ...