Grand Rapids Magazine

Beneath Grand Rapids’ reputation for growth and prosperity lies a deeper history many residents have never fully seen.

The Grand Rapids Fire Department has earned reaccreditation from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International, marking its third straight accreditation and extending its status through 2031.

Riverside Park has a new place to stop and smell the — well, native flowers.

A downtown Grand Rapids bus platform now has a new name — and the location is particularly fitting.

What ideas are shaping the future of West Michigan—and what happens when the people behind those ideas come together?

“Do you know what you have here? You have one of the best reading series in the country,” said world-renowned Irish poet Seamus Heaney before he stepped on stage at the Aquinas College Contemporary Writers Series back in 2006.

There’s a new name on the north side of the river, and judging by the mural, it knows how to make an entrance.

One of the most significant museum ship preservation projects ever undertaken on the Great Lakes began July 13 of this year when World War II submarine USS Silversides departed Muskegon for a carefully planned tow across Lake Michigan

Grand Rapids is trading one fleet of two-wheeled urban chaos for another — but city officials say the new rides will be safer, cheaper and easier to park.

If you’ve ever made a mad dash to catch the bus, Grand Rapids wants to know what you think about where that ride — and other transit investments — should go next.

For Grand Rapids-area kids and families, the arrival of fall has long meant a trip to Robinette’s: apples, cider, wagon rides, baked goods and, of course, getting a little lost in the corn maze.