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Commercial real estate and city government stakeholders view a soon-to-be-vacated riverfront site as an ideal laboratory for testing a more equitable model of development. Last week, a group [...]

In this opinion piece in the Rapidian civic blog, columnist Amy Carpenter writes that my question, which I asked during the Rose Center meeting, is this: Some of West Michigan’s big money donors [...]

The Grand Rapids skyline continues to change as the city goes through a sort of rebirth. From new buildings to restoring the rapids to improving mobility, the city is on a path leaders believe [...]

Public policy leaders from across the country convened on Grand Rapids this week to help the city address a growing inequity that is leaving some low-income and minority residents behind. "We [...]

On Thursday morning, a panel of experts presented findings on how to incorporate equity into the development of public land in Grand Rapids. The presentation was delivered at City Hall by members [...]

The Rose Center for Public Leadership, jointly operated by the National League of Cities (NLC) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI), is working this week with Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss to [...]

The participants in NLC’s Equitable Economic Development (EED) Fellowship are tackling unemployment, low income levels, and workforce-related issues in their communities. This week I had the [...]