Staff members at Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids watched a painful pattern repeat itself over the years. After long waits for housing and years of instability, residents finally got an apartment. They ...

St. Clair Community Mental Health staff work hard to serve clients equitably. Left to right: Tracy Wells, Jenni Trembath, and Jen Dugger. For Michigan’s behavioral health system, policy shifts at ...

Over the last several years, it feels as if the subject of “ending homelessness” has grown to near mythic proportions within our community. And it’s easy to see why. Both in terms of the physical ...

Housing Next has evolved, growing from an Ottawa County-based organization to one that includes Grand Rapids and the rest of Kent County. The board that represents the multicounty regional ...

Illustrator Kirbi Fagan signs her new book, The Big Empty, at a bookstore. Kirbi Fagan has built a career out of capturing imagination through color, texture, and storytelling. With The Big Empty, her ...

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 ...

As health care costs rise and high deductibles keep many from the doctor’s office, one West Michigan entrepreneur believes he has found a better way to provide health care. Grand Rapids–based founder ...

Expansion is the name of the game for Gerald R. Ford International Airport, which recently has begun work on a new snow removal equipment building. “The snow removal equipment storage facility is an ...

When David Marquardt thinks about his 10-year tenure leading Grand Rapids’ Parks and Recreation Department, he views his legacy through the lens of collaboration, community trust, and long-term ...

The rolling landscaped grounds and impeccably maintained buildings of the Marywood Campus on East Fulton Street lie just outside of East Grand Rapids. Inside the Dominican Center building on a cold ...

The Klapp Family Mastodon Elf is just one of the many elves participating in the museum-wide Elf Hunt. Winter often narrows our experiences, as the chill and waning daylight hours force many of us to ...

A couple of springs ago, Marty Spaulding went to a parcel of wooded land he owns in Indian River, near Burt and Mullett lakes in Cheboygan County. He was hoping to go morel hunting, but something beat ...