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• Thrift Shop Local, An NPO Showcase

  05/23/2018

  NPO Showcase sits down with Helping Hand Mission Thrift

• Made in Michigan Pop-Up Marketplace returns to Downtown Market for 2018 season

  05/23/2018

  More than 50 vendors will be present for the first event of the summer on May 26, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Vendors for the 2018 season include local favorites Mulder Studio, Lions & Rabbits, Happy Camper, Dime & Regal, Wander & Gather, River Babe Threads and many more.

• GRPS school board debates term limits for officer positions, hears parent concerns

  05/22/2018

  On Monday, May 21, 2018 the Grand Rapids Public Schools held their bimonthly Board of Education meeting. The board also celebrated accomplishments from the 2017-18 school year.

• Shawmut Hills needs more than great teachers, it needs investment from GRPS

  05/22/2018

  Staff at Shawmut were and are feeling overworked. Inequity has become more glaring as the intensity of needs grow in our community. Families are leaving. With an improved facility and shared Title I dollars, Shawmut Hills will be the vibrant community that it was when I first discovered it.