Public Safety Committee | Documenters.org

This committee makes recommendations to the City on most things related to public safety. There are some public safety issues that the Fiscal Committee controls, though. In some cases, the Fiscal Committee will ask for advice on public safety issues they control. This committee makes recommendations to the City on most things related to public safety. There are some public safety issues that the Fiscal Committee controls, though. In some cases, the Fiscal Committee will ask for advice on public...

City Planning Commission | Documenters.org

300 Monroe Ave NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (Directions) Grand Rapids City Hall, 9th Floor According to the City’s website, “the Commission performs such functions as preparing and adopting a plan for the physical development of the City. The Commission implements the plan through administration of the City’s zoning and subdivision codes, and recommends amendments to the zoning ordinance to the City Commission. The Planning Commission may appoint emp...

Southtown Corridor Improvement Authority | Documenters.org

400 Franklin Street SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507 (Directions) ICCF Community Center According to the City’s website, “the Southtown CIA encompasses six business districts in their development area: Boston Square, Madison Square, Seymour Square, Alger Heights, Eastern & Franklin, and South Division (from Wealthy to Hall).” Check the source website for additional information 400 Franklin Street SE Grand Ra...

GRPS Board of Education Meeting | Documenters.org

The Grand Rapids Board of Education turned 150 years old on April 11, 2021 and is comprised of nine dedicated and passionate individuals who are publicly elected to four-year terms. The Board works closely with the Superintendent on policy, budget, legislative, academic, and operational matters to meet the mission of Grand Rapids Public Schools. The Grand Rapids Board of Education turned 150 years old on April 11, 2021 and is comprised of nine dedicated and passionate individuals who are public...

Uptown Corridor Improvement Authority & Uptown Business Improvement District | Documenters.org

1106 Wealthy St. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (Directions) Louise Earl Butcher According to the City’s website, the Uptown Corridor Improvement Authority “prepares an analysis of economic changes in the development area and studies the impact of metropolitan growth. Plans and proposes the construction, renovation, repair, etc. of any unit that aids the economic growth of the Corridor.” According to the City’s website, the Uptown Business Improvement...

Westside Corridor Improvement Authority | Documenters.org

415 Leonard Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (Directions) According to the City’s website, the Westside Corridor Improvement Authority “prepares an analysis of economic changes in the development area and studies the impact of metropolitan growth. Plans and proposes the construction, renovation, repair, etc. of any unit that aids the economic growth of the Corridor.” Check the source website for additional information 4...

Public Safety Committee | Documenters.org

300 Monroe Ave NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (Directions) Grand Rapids City Hall, 9th Floor According to the City’s website, the Public Safety Committee’s purpose is “to consider and make recommendations on all matters concerning public safety, except those matters that historically have fallen within the jurisdiction of the Fiscal Committee, unless invited to do so by the Fiscal Committee, or directed to do so by the Committee of the Whole.”...

If it bleeds, it leads

Depending on how fast a reader you are, by the time you finish this sentence there will be one or more people somewhere in the country in dire need of blood. According to the American Red Cross, every two seconds someone in the US needs a blood transfusion, and a single donation can save up to three lives. Terry Hofmeister, Holyoke resident and City Commissioner, donated blood for the first time when his mother needed a transfusion during a cancer-related surgery. Since then, he has made donati

Holyoke sending 14 to FBLA nationals in Atlanta, Georgia

On April 4, Lori Nelson, business education teacher and FBLA adviser at Holyoke High School, and 49 of Holyoke’s Future Business Leaders of America traveled to the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Conservation Center in Aurora for three days of competition with over 3,000 other students at the 2023 FBLA State Leadership Conference. “It went really well,” Nelson said. “All the schools around us have zero to one students going [to nationals], and we have 14. So that’s pretty good.” According to Nelson

How to save a life

In the early morning hours of January 15, 2023, Holyoke resident Jerry Brandt woke to a thumping sound and found his wife, Debbie, lying unconscious and unresponsive on the floor. Acting quickly, he alerted his daughter, Nicole, who called 911 and helped him to begin CPR. Jerry, a chiropractor, had been required by his work to participate in regular intensive CPR training, and was therefore able to administer high-quality compressions that returned some color to Debbie’s face, as well as revivin

One chapter ends, another begins at FBLA Awards 2023

Thursday evening, April 27, Future Business Leaders of America President Ethan Schneller welcomed attendees to the 2023 FBLA Awards and Officer Installation ceremony at Holyoke JR/SR High School. The ceremony recognized those who received new member, district, state or special awards, and announced the new officers for the coming year. “But first, we’d like to brag a little bit about how our chapter has done as a whole this year,“ Schneller said. “This year, Holyoke received the most prestigiou

‘It’s the closest we’ve ever been’

Holyoke Community Childcare Initiative is making strides toward reaching the funding necessary for approval on a $1 million Energy Impact Grant through the Department of Local Affairs. If its bid proves successful, the grant would allow the group to begin construction on its 11,500-square-foot childcare facility. For two of the final pieces, it secured $50,000 in funding from Holyoke City Council on Feb. 7 and another $50,000 from outside funding. Organization representative Tom Bennett thanked

‘I just about fell off my chair’

When Tamara Laws, a nurse at Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, learned that she had been selected as Population Health Nurse of the Year, a national award, she was, to say the least, pleasantly surprised. “I just about fell off my chair,” Laws said. “It was unexpected for me. I do my job and make sure I do it well, but I did not expect to be nominated, let alone win.” But win she did. As a result she has been invited to attend the 2023 Signify Health Symposium, which will be held May 24 an

A Watershed Moment: Michigan’s (Un)Expected Warm Winter

On today’s episode we hear from WMEAC journalist Jerel Domer as he introduces the research he and fellow journalist Scott Kaplan have done on the perspectives local meteorologists have on global warming. “This [winter] is on its way to being the warmest winter that Michigan has had since 1932,” reports Jerel. The cause of this warm weather is often blamed on global warming and climate change. The existence of global warming is an ongoing debate even amongst experts, but climate change is anoth

Asking the weather experts: Is warm winter evidence of climate change? | The Rapidian

To date, this has been West Michigan’s second warmest winter on record since 1932. As we all know, a lot has happened since then in the way of CFC emmissions and greenhouse gas increases. This year's unseasonably warm temperatures and below average snowfall beg the question, "why is this happening?" Could this have anything to do with climate change or does the weather just do strange things sometimes? Local meteorologists have varying perspectives on the issue but most agree on some level that

The Rowster Experience

Rowster is an unusual coffee shop, even by coffee shop standards. Usually, when you walk into a locally owned Grand Rapids café, whether it’s The Kava House, Sparrows, or The Bitter End, you have some idea of what to expect; you know it won’t look like everywhere else, but you also expect it to conform to ordinary coffee shop standards: soft, ambient lighting, hip baristas, walls adorned with eclectic artwork, and classic indie-alternative tunes floating quietly over people’s heads as they hunch over their textbooks and laptops. Against these typical features, Rowster stands out like an engineering student in the art department.
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