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Kenzie’s BE Café provides work opportunities for people with disabilities
Kenzie's Be Café is a nonprofit coffee shop in Grand Haven that provides meaningful employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Gentex, ODC partner to bring child care to employees
The Outdoor Discovery Center is working with Ottawa County to use $7.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to create 1,000 new child care slots in the county. That money will be matched with $30 million from local business partners.
Crossing the bridge into a cultural immersion experience
Rebecca Hopp, former Mayor of Ferrysburg, writes about her “life changing experience” taking part in the Across The Bridge Cultural Immersion Initiative.
Highlights from the 2022 Ottawa County Diversity Forum
The county-sponsored forum focused on DEI as the cornerstone of a productive workforce and thriving economy, the county’s Welcoming Plan, businesses’ “triple bottom line,” and the vital role nonprofits and businesses play.
Two Lakeshore communities team up to explore racial, ethnic, cultural divides
Cultural Immersion Experiences Across the Bridge brings together residents from Grand Haven and Muskegon to learn about each other’s communities.
Issue Media Group relaunches Upper Peninsula publication
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the relaunch of its online, community-informed, digital publication in the Upper Peninsula. UPword will focus on innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation, and community development, while featuring U.P.-based talent.
Muskegon’s Mosquito Creek Trails becomes mountain biker destination
Spearheaded by Muskegon County and Michigan’s Edge Mountain Biking Association, the multi-use trail is gaining a reputation as one of best trails in West Michigan. Volunteers have been key to building the trails and other amenities.
Expungement clinic coming to Grand Haven
A new state law has made hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Michiganders eligible to have their criminal convictions wiped clean. Many might not know they are eligible, but through an expungement clinic later this month, they can find out and start the process.
Holland oral history project gives Black residents a platform for their stories
By showcasing both the positive and the negative stories of Black residents during an oral history project, city officials hope to show residents they are open to dialogue and to change.
Kenzie’s BE Café provides work opportunities for people with disabilities
Kenzie's Be Café is a nonprofit coffee shop in Grand Haven that provides meaningful employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Gentex, ODC partner to bring child care to employees
The Outdoor Discovery Center is working with Ottawa County to use $7.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to create 1,000 new child care slots in the county. That money will be matched with $30 million from local business partners.
Crossing the bridge into a cultural immersion experience
Rebecca Hopp, former Mayor of Ferrysburg, writes about her “life changing experience” taking part in the Across The Bridge Cultural Immersion Initiative.
Highlights from the 2022 Ottawa County Diversity Forum
The county-sponsored forum focused on DEI as the cornerstone of a productive workforce and thriving economy, the county’s Welcoming Plan, businesses’ “triple bottom line,” and the vital role nonprofits and businesses play.
Two Lakeshore communities team up to explore racial, ethnic, cultural divides
Cultural Immersion Experiences Across the Bridge brings together residents from Grand Haven and Muskegon to learn about each other’s communities.
Issue Media Group relaunches Upper Peninsula publication
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the relaunch of its online, community-informed, digital publication in the Upper Peninsula. UPword will focus on innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation, and community development, while featuring U.P.-based talent.
Muskegon’s Mosquito Creek Trails becomes mountain biker destination
Spearheaded by Muskegon County and Michigan’s Edge Mountain Biking Association, the multi-use trail is gaining a reputation as one of best trails in West Michigan. Volunteers have been key to building the trails and other amenities.
Expungement clinic coming to Grand Haven
A new state law has made hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Michiganders eligible to have their criminal convictions wiped clean. Many might not know they are eligible, but through an expungement clinic later this month, they can find out and start the process.
Holland oral history project gives Black residents a platform for their stories
By showcasing both the positive and the negative stories of Black residents during an oral history project, city officials hope to show residents they are open to dialogue and to change.
