Early learning center reflects children’s home languages, cultural practices, and supports first-generation families.

Chessi Oetjens, Generation E Instructor at Monroe Middle School, leads a Prototype Showcase, where students show each other the products they’ve been developing. In September 2022, stakeholders from ...

For nearly ten years, ‘home’ to Dr. Andre Perry was in New Orleans. During that time he met his beautiful wife, started a family, became a ‘Community Coffee’ celebrity (as he likes to call it) and ...

Part of my investigations of West Michigan by air, the scale of a huge tractor compared to the size of the field makes helps describe the farming roots to our region. Part of my investigations of West ...

All 56 of the state's ISDs now have access to a software product for managing behavioral health referrals, screenings, treatment plans, and more. The software electronically manages and merges ...

I first became interested in cooking with locally sourced ingredients about 15 years ago — at least as far as a restaurant setting was concerned. Admittedly, many restaurants around the country were ...

When Lindsey Dykstra planted hundreds of sunflowers at her hobby farm last year, she had no idea the field would become so popular. Visitors enjoy the colorful view, take photos, and even get married ...

Among the many consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is one few people know about: an increase in the number and severity of domestic violence cases. According to a September 2022 article on the ...

Long-standing partnerships between GVSU and The Rapid and Southeast Michigan educational institutions and SMART foster sustainability, accessibility, and community impact. Students travel effortlessly ...

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 ...

Modern Hardware has been an important institution in the Oakdale Neighborhood with a history that began in 1924. Founded by three members of the Boersma family as the Oakdale Fuel & Materials Company, ...

This article is part of Rapid Growth's Voices of Youth series, which features content created by Kent County youth in partnership with Rapid Growth staff mentors, as well as feature stories by adult ...