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Big developments are transforming the Grand Rapids riverfront, potentially creating opportunities for new small businesses. The Downtown Development Authority wants to help entrepreneurs get those started with the Grand River Economic Opportunity Initiative

A controversial vote on the massive Microsoft data center in Lowell Township has opponents threatening to recall most of the township board

A popular grant program for new Grand Rapids developers has been paused after running out of funding midway through the fiscal year

Critics have argued the state shouldn’t be giving large, and often already profitable, businesses money to build here

A number of Michigan communities have either banned or strictly regulated short-term rentals. The Grand Haven city council is allowing them to boost business in its Center Town District

Degage Ministries’ Open Door Bakery started in 2023 as a way to help women learn job skills. Now its expanding with weekend hours, a bigger menu, and event catering

Monday, after 23 years, the owners of Grand Rapids’ Breton Village have sold the outdoor shopping plaza to a private development firm

The Grand Rapids City Commission approved an incentives plan for a massive downtown development, with one commissioner vowing not to support it without more investment in affordable housing by the developers

Free HIV testing, PFAS lawsuit heading back to the state court, a preview of PBS FRONTLINE, and more.

17 units were removed from the original plan based on neighbors’ concerns over density