The City of Grand Rapids successfully hosted its first-ever Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Level 1 training conducted entirely in Spanish, last evening, Thursday, April 9. The three‑hour course, held at Iglesia Cambiando Vidas Sedientas at 12 Burton St. SW, brought together Spanish‑speaking residents from across the city for hands-on instruction in emergency response and disaster preparedness. La Ciudad de Grand Rapids llevó a cabo con éxito su primera capacitación

As Grand Rapids prepares to welcome its newest major entertainment destination, the City today announced a comprehensive visitor access and mobility plan for the Acrisure Amphitheater’s inaugural season — highlighted by a new, all‑in‑one trip‑planning website to help attendees prepare before heading downtown. The new site, grandrapidsmi.gov/venueparking , is the central hub for everything visitors need to get to and from the amphitheater. It offers real-time parking reservati

Work is scheduled to begin this summer on removing the lower-head dams along the lower reach of the Grand River in downtown. At the same time, planning continues for the Upper Reach Revitalization. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District, has issued a Supplemental Notice of Intent to prepare a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Grand River Upper Reach Revitalization: Sea Lamprey Control and Habitat Improvement Project in Grand Rapids. A publ