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Grand Rapids Downtown Market Announces Search for PRESIDENT/CEO

Submitted by My Town Staff, Hyper-Local News, Information, and Events
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012, 3:27pm

The Grand Rapids Downtown Market Board announced today the search for the new Grand Rapids Downtown Market President/ CEO is underway. The board has secured a professional firm to help lead the effort.

‘Engaging a full time executive is the next important step to ensure the skillful management of the facility.  The successful candidate will report directly to the Downtown Market Board of Directors, which directs the non-profit organization that owns and operates the Market’ according to George Aquino, Board Chair.

When it opens in July 2013, the Grand Rapids Downtown Market will be the center of local food innovation, education and excitement in West Michigan.  The regions first year-round public market facility, the Downtown Market will support the production, distribution and marketing of local foods to a broad audience of city and regional residents, visitors, businesses and institutions.

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Founders Brewing Company champions the bolder beverage

Submitted by The Rapidian, hyperlocal news source
Friday, April 27th, 2012, 1:21pm
Founders Brewing Company champions the bolder beverage

by Emma Higgins in INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT in collaboration with Jonathan Stoner

Founders co-owner Dave Engbers tells the story of Founders growth-and the struggles to keeping going before they discovered the key to their current success

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Grand Rapids goes green with the help of Tree Huggers

Submitted by The Rapidian, hyperlocal news source
Monday, April 16th, 2012, 9:14am
Grand Rapids goes green with the help of Tree Huggers

by Scott Kaplan in LOCAL LIFE in collaboration with West Michigan Environmental Action Council's Environmental Bureau

Angela Topp knows that “going green” can seem like a daunting task without the right help. She recalls her own experience a few years ago, trying to buy supplies to start vermicomposting. She had to order her supplies – including her worms – online, and was frustrated that she didn’t have a place to go or anyone to talk to when she had questions.

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Conceptual Design and Practical Production with Studio Wise

Submitted by Rapid Growth Media, Weekly E-Magazine
Thursday, April 5th, 2012, 9:46am
Conceptual Design and Practical Production with Studio Wise

Stephanie Doublestein

If you’ve ever squeezed into a booth at Brewery Vivant or thrummed your fingers on the bar while waiting for an espresso at MadCap Coffee, you’ve touched the work of Studio Wise, a local design production company putting their mark on West Michigan one project at a time.
 

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616 Bicycle Fabrications: Local Bike Manufacturer with Big Ideas

Submitted by Rapid Growth Media, Weekly E-Magazine
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012, 8:45am
616 Bicycle Fabrications: Local Bike Manufacturer with Big Ideas

By Chelsea Slocum

Sitting at the 616 Bicycle Fabrications headquarters with John Muezenmeyer, Aaron Joppe and Daniel Koert, I couldn’t help but notice an air of excitement and anticipation in the room. It’s no wonder; since 616 Fabrications began operating in July 2011, orders have been piling up. They have formed partnerships with retailers nationwide and in just eight months, have become a leading manufacturer of mountain bike components. What sets them apart from competitors is their intense desire to not only grow their business, but improve the local economy as well.

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One Girl's Treasure says goodbye to Grand Rapids' downtown, hello to the southeast side

Submitted by Rapid Growth Media, Weekly E-Magazine
Thursday, March 15th, 2012, 3:22pm
One Girl's Treasure says goodbye to Grand Rapids' downtown, hello to the southeast side

By Deborah Johnson Wood

After five years at 5 Lyon in downtown Grand Rapids, One Girl's Treasure is preparing to move to a more compact business district on the city's southeast side.

The women's apparel consignment shop will downsize from a 2,200-square-foot sales floor to 1,600 when it relocates in early April to 1146 Wealthy St. SE, the site of the former iCandy store. But despite the smaller space, owner Haylea Gray says she'll not only keep the same amount of inventory, but plan...

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MP Talent

Submitted by Rapid Growth Media, Weekly E-Magazine
Thursday, March 8th, 2012, 10:44am
MP Talent

by J. Bennett Rylah

Malinda Petersen has a degree in theater and spent some time working on a career in acting and learning the business. But in 2009, she became a different kind of entrepreneur when she founded MP Talent Management Group LLC in response to the film incentives coming to the state of Michigan. "[I intended] to be a connection for actors from West Michigan trying to get roles in some of the films," she says.

Despite the initial rush of business, Petersen found the incentives to be less than stellar."I think that we weren't ready with a strong enough infrastructure to handle the amount of work and the level of work that was common to the state," she says. "The idea behind the incentives was to put Michigan residents to work, and California was bringing everybody with them and setting up shop."

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