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This week, we’re again joined by Shared Use Mobility Center Founder-in-Residence Sharon Feigon, who talks with us about what she hopes the focus will be for the new administration, how shared mobility has fared during the pandemic, and her plans for the future. If you prefer to read the highlights, a partial transcript is below the audio player (a full transcript is here): Jeff Wood: It’s been really amazing to see how businesses have shifted their mindset from, “We need that single parking space in front of our building” to “We need that space for our diners and customers.” So m...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Peter McDaniel Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park had a soft opening of its new 69,000-square-foot Welcome Center at 9 a.m. Monday. The Welcome Center is where guests can purchase tickets or membership, view an orientation film and receive information about their visit. The center also features contemporary sculpture and horticultural elements. “The magnificent new Welcome Center is made possible by the generosity of Fred and Lena Meijer; the extended Meijer family; and hundreds of individuals, companies and foundations,” Frederik Meijer Gard...

Meijer Gardens celebrates new Welcome Center with soft open The $115 million expansion project furthers the organization's mission of horticulture, sculpture, the natural environment and the arts. Author: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff Published: 7:40 AM EST January 11, 2021 Updated: 7:40 AM EST January 11, 2021 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park's new Welcome Center is finally opening to the public.  There will be a soft opening of the 69,000 square-foot building at 9 a.m. on Monday.  Meijer Gardens said the new Welcome Ce...

Transit advocates breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when Congress passed a new stimulus bill earmarking an estimated $486 million for Chicagoland public transportation, saving the CTA, Metra, and Pace from what CTA president Dorval Carter Jr. previously called a “beyond-doomsday” scenario. However, the total national bailout for public transportation only totaled $14 billion, less than half of the $32 billion agencies and advocates were pushing for. Representatives of these organizations were quick to note that we’re not out of the woods yet, and more federal funding will be needed to...