The 2025 C.R. Evenson Foundation Fellows are Sergio Cira-Reyes, David Fraker, and Anna Crooks. At Earthly Refillery, clear canisters of dry goods line the walls. There’s an assortment of nuts with ...

Andrew Stepanovich earned statewide recognition as an inaugural member of the Coaches Who Care Mental Health Hall of Fame. For Andrew Stepanovich, the most important victories don’t show up on a ...

As artificial intelligence evolves faster than most people can keep up, Tim Haines is trying to help others keep pace. “I just believe very strongly that the change that’s occurring is being driven at ...

As Rapid Growth looks back on nearly two decades of documenting the people and ideas shaping West Michigan, we are resharing our Aug. 17, 2022, story by Enrique Olmos, “Harnessing the power of the ...

Gina Bivins received the Kutsche Office of Local History’s Gordon Olson Award. In her 37 years working at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, Gina Bivins demonstrated that history isn’t confined to ...

Stress balls come with personal messages like this one from Odyssey of the Mind students. A group of students in West Michigan is trying to make a big difference with something simple that not a lot ...

Walker Mayor Gary Carey sees the KDL Library as a space where everyone is welcome and can explore when it opens in Fall 2026. Mayor Gary Carey Jr. understands the impact of access to a library because ...

Kyle Hoffmaster, Pine Rest’s director of patient access, welcomes visitors at Michigan’s first Pediatric Psychiatric Urgent Care Center. For too many families, a child’s behavioral health crisis still ...

As the new ‘hunger cliff’ approaches, schools and nonprofits are working together to help families facing rising hunger and uncertain food assistance.

Parents of special needs children shared what their children need when it comes to early literacy. Left to right, Monique Vasquez, Brittany Franks, Cara Sutliff, and Seth Torkelson-Regan. On Feb. 20, ...

Quoc Trinh Glover at her home-based learning center, Adorable Bebes Day Care. On any afternoon in Kalamazoo, the sounds of early learning fill Quoc Trinh Glover’s home-based learning center, Adorable ...

Kevin Sellon works for Disability Advocates of Kent County as an ADA employment advocate. When Molly Fuller’s sister was asked by her employer to volunteer at a nonprofit food-packing site, the ...