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35 people spoke during Thursday's Mobile GR Commission meeting, with all of them speaking out against the Residential Parking Permit proposal.

State lawmakers have scaled back a bill allowing Michigan cities and townships to levy a 2% lodging tax to now narrowly apply to Kent County, where Grand Rapids could leverage the potential revenue for a riverfront amphitheater.

Grand Rapids’ planned riverfront amphitheater could receive a funding boost under a state bill that would allow cities to collect a local lodging tax to support the construction of convention and entertainment facilities.

The walkway will resemble a linear, riverfront park along a 31-acre stretch of Market Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids.

New leaders have released dates for ArtPrize in 2023, as they work to resurrect the event.

GRAND RAPIDS — The Grand Rapids City Commission on Tuesday adopted a memorandum of understanding between three new leadership entities tasked with governing ArtPrize after the nonprofit disbanded in October.The MOU puts the long-running public art competition — now renamed ArtPrize 2…

The Grand Rapids-Kent County Convention/Arena Authority (CAA) recently appointed Michael Verhulst to its seven-member board, which oversees DeVos Place, DeVos Performance Hall and Van Andel Arena. 

The 50-member Grand Rapids Community Master Plan Steering Committee met for the first time this week to explore avenues of how the Community Master Plan can better represent and serve Grand Rapids residents.

The $40 million update to the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel is almost finished.

City leaders have talked for years about switching a stretch of Ottawa and Ionia avenues in downtown Grand Rapids from one-way to two-way streets