Grand Rapids Whitewater

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about one of the nation’s largest accounting firm’s decisions now being made from Grand Rapids, Michigan State University’s outgoing president has decided to stay, and dam removal is underway marking the beginning of the Grand River restoration project.

Work has officially begun to restore the rapids to the Grand River. as city and project leaders launch Phase One: construction on the Lower Reach

The final hurdle was cleared Monday with the approval of federal government river restoration funding

The Grand Rapids City Commission has hired a contractor for the Grand River revitalization project, signaling the start of the long-awaited rapids restoration

Grand Rapids city leaders announced Monday that a federal review board signed off on a final environmental assessment, allowing the project to move ahead

Grand Rapids Whitewater has been working on the plan to restore the city’s rapids for more than a decade

Grand Rapids is seeking financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to restore the rapids to the Grand River, but public feedback on the project must be sought first.

$2.1 million in federal funding is now headed to West Michigan to meet those goals

A government credit card pause is creating uncertainty that could affect downtown Grand Rapids’ Grand River restoration project

Crain’s staff writer Mark Sanchez discusses the Grand River Restoration project, a survey indicates people want more ‘eatertainment’ in downtown Grand Rapids and advocates say enforcement of a federal law would be a costly burden.