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  1. #GrandRapidsMI - Heavy equipment hits the #GrandRiver as historic #DamRemoval begins

    Story by Brian McVicar, July 1, 2026

    "Heavy equipment rolled into the Grand River Wednesday as crews installed a temporary barrier downstream of Gillett Bridge to catch sediment and debris, the first step in a long-planned effort to remove four aging low-head dams.

    "The floating yellow barrier, known as a turbidity curtain, is designed to contain clouds of sediment stirred up during construction and prevent it from drifting downstream, said Mike Staal, river restoration project manager for the City of Grand Rapids.

    " 'If there’s turbidity in the water, it impacts the aquatic habitat,' he said. 'So what we want to do is just minimize any of the impact, keep the sediment where it is.'

    "The turbidity curtain is just the beginning of a carefully choreographed, two-year construction effort to remove four, century-old low-head dams along a half-mile stretch of the Grand River between Fulton Street and I-196. The result, officials say, will be a more natural waterway—safer for recreation, better for fish passage and more closely resembling the rapids that gave Grand Rapids its name."

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/weather/topstori

    #SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat

  2. #GrandRapidsMI - Heavy equipment hits the #GrandRiver as historic #DamRemoval begins

    Story by Brian McVicar, July 1, 2026

    "Heavy equipment rolled into the Grand River Wednesday as crews installed a temporary barrier downstream of Gillett Bridge to catch sediment and debris, the first step in a long-planned effort to remove four aging low-head dams.

    "The floating yellow barrier, known as a turbidity curtain, is designed to contain clouds of sediment stirred up during construction and prevent it from drifting downstream, said Mike Staal, river restoration project manager for the City of Grand Rapids.

    " 'If there’s turbidity in the water, it impacts the aquatic habitat,' he said. 'So what we want to do is just minimize any of the impact, keep the sediment where it is.'

    "The turbidity curtain is just the beginning of a carefully choreographed, two-year construction effort to remove four, century-old low-head dams along a half-mile stretch of the Grand River between Fulton Street and I-196. The result, officials say, will be a more natural waterway—safer for recreation, better for fish passage and more closely resembling the rapids that gave Grand Rapids its name."

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/weather/topstori

    #SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat

  3. #GrandRapidsMI - Heavy equipment hits the #GrandRiver as historic #DamRemoval begins

    Story by Brian McVicar, July 1, 2026

    "Heavy equipment rolled into the Grand River Wednesday as crews installed a temporary barrier downstream of Gillett Bridge to catch sediment and debris, the first step in a long-planned effort to remove four aging low-head dams.

    "The floating yellow barrier, known as a turbidity curtain, is designed to contain clouds of sediment stirred up during construction and prevent it from drifting downstream, said Mike Staal, river restoration project manager for the City of Grand Rapids.

    " 'If there’s turbidity in the water, it impacts the aquatic habitat,' he said. 'So what we want to do is just minimize any of the impact, keep the sediment where it is.'

    "The turbidity curtain is just the beginning of a carefully choreographed, two-year construction effort to remove four, century-old low-head dams along a half-mile stretch of the Grand River between Fulton Street and I-196. The result, officials say, will be a more natural waterway—safer for recreation, better for fish passage and more closely resembling the rapids that gave Grand Rapids its name."

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/weather/topstori

    #SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat

  4. #GrandRapidsMI - Heavy equipment hits the #GrandRiver as historic #DamRemoval begins

    Story by Brian McVicar, July 1, 2026

    "Heavy equipment rolled into the Grand River Wednesday as crews installed a temporary barrier downstream of Gillett Bridge to catch sediment and debris, the first step in a long-planned effort to remove four aging low-head dams.

    "The floating yellow barrier, known as a turbidity curtain, is designed to contain clouds of sediment stirred up during construction and prevent it from drifting downstream, said Mike Staal, river restoration project manager for the City of Grand Rapids.

    " 'If there’s turbidity in the water, it impacts the aquatic habitat,' he said. 'So what we want to do is just minimize any of the impact, keep the sediment where it is.'

    "The turbidity curtain is just the beginning of a carefully choreographed, two-year construction effort to remove four, century-old low-head dams along a half-mile stretch of the Grand River between Fulton Street and I-196. The result, officials say, will be a more natural waterway—safer for recreation, better for fish passage and more closely resembling the rapids that gave Grand Rapids its name."

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/weather/topstori

    #SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat

  5. #GrandRapidsMI - Heavy equipment hits the #GrandRiver as historic #DamRemoval begins

    Story by Brian McVicar, July 1, 2026

    "Heavy equipment rolled into the Grand River Wednesday as crews installed a temporary barrier downstream of Gillett Bridge to catch sediment and debris, the first step in a long-planned effort to remove four aging low-head dams.

    "The floating yellow barrier, known as a turbidity curtain, is designed to contain clouds of sediment stirred up during construction and prevent it from drifting downstream, said Mike Staal, river restoration project manager for the City of Grand Rapids.

    " 'If there’s turbidity in the water, it impacts the aquatic habitat,' he said. 'So what we want to do is just minimize any of the impact, keep the sediment where it is.'

    "The turbidity curtain is just the beginning of a carefully choreographed, two-year construction effort to remove four, century-old low-head dams along a half-mile stretch of the Grand River between Fulton Street and I-196. The result, officials say, will be a more natural waterway—safer for recreation, better for fish passage and more closely resembling the rapids that gave Grand Rapids its name."

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/weather/topstori

    #SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat

  6. Consumers Energy restores power after Michigan storms

    KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Consumers Energy has mobilized 300 crews to restore power after strong storms moved across southwest…
    #Energy #consumers #FOX17 #fox17westmichigan #grandrapids #neighborhoodnews #Outages #Severeweather #stormdamage #WestMichigan #wxmi
    europesays.com/3106609/

  7. Mediterranean restaurant Cava proposed in Grand Rapids

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Cava, the Mediterranean restaurant brand that has grown significantly in recent years, may be coming to West Michigan. With more than 400 restaurants across the United States, Cava promises…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanFood #Cava #grandrapids #Mediterranean #mediterraneanfood #Mediterraneanrestaurant
    diningandcooking.com/2703803/m

  8. Mediterranean restaurant Cava proposed in Grand Rapids

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Cava, the Mediterranean restaurant brand that has grown significantly in recent years, may be coming to West Michigan. With more than 400 restaurants across the United States, Cava promises…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanFood #Cava #grandrapids #Mediterranean #mediterraneanfood #Mediterraneanrestaurant
    diningandcooking.com/2703803/m

  9. Mediterranean restaurant Cava proposed in Grand Rapids

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Cava, the Mediterranean restaurant brand that has grown significantly in recent years, may be coming to West Michigan. With more than 400 restaurants across the United States, C…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanRestaurants #Cava #grandrapids #Mediterranean #Mediterraneanrestaurant #mediterraneanrestaurants
    diningandcooking.com/2703516/m

  10. Mediterranean restaurant Cava proposed in Grand Rapids

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Cava, the Mediterranean restaurant brand that has grown significantly in recent years, may be coming to West Michigan. With more than 400 restaurants across the United States, C…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanRestaurants #Cava #grandrapids #Mediterranean #Mediterraneanrestaurant #mediterraneanrestaurants
    diningandcooking.com/2703516/m

  11. Fratelli’s Italian Kitchen opening restaurant in Lowell

    LOWELL, Mich. (WOOD) — A popular Italian restaurant on Grand Rapids’ West Side is expanding to Lowell. Fratelli’s Italian Kitchen is opening a s…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Italiancuisine #Cannizzo #CourtesyMariaCannizzo #Fratelli’sItalianKitchen #grandrapids #Italia #Italian #italiancuisine #ItalianRestaurant #italiano #italy #MariaCannizzo
    diningandcooking.com/2703501/f

  12. Fratelli’s Italian Kitchen opening restaurant in Lowell

    LOWELL, Mich. (WOOD) — A popular Italian restaurant on Grand Rapids’ West Side is expanding to Lowell. Fratelli’s Italian Kitchen is opening a s…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Italiancuisine #Cannizzo #CourtesyMariaCannizzo #Fratelli’sItalianKitchen #grandrapids #Italia #Italian #italiancuisine #ItalianRestaurant #italiano #italy #MariaCannizzo
    diningandcooking.com/2703501/f

  13. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🗺️🖊️ Jerry Gretzinger started doodling a #map of a fictional #city called Ukrania during breaks at a ball bearing factory in 1963.

    Six decades later, he still works on it daily – following instructions from a custom deck of playing cards that tell him when to add #buildings, change #colors, or let parts dissolve into “the Void,” a collage of personal scraps. The map now spans thousands of hand-drawn panels.

    👉 openculture.com/2026/06/this-m

    #cartography #art #drawing #creativity #project #fiction #michigan #grandrapids

  14. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🗺️🖊️ Jerry Gretzinger started doodling a #map of a fictional #city called Ukrania during breaks at a ball bearing factory in 1963.

    Six decades later, he still works on it daily – following instructions from a custom deck of playing cards that tell him when to add #buildings, change #colors, or let parts dissolve into “the Void,” a collage of personal scraps. The map now spans thousands of hand-drawn panels.

    👉 openculture.com/2026/06/this-m

    #cartography #art #drawing #creativity #project #fiction #michigan #grandrapids

  15. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🗺️🖊️ Jerry Gretzinger started doodling a #map of a fictional #city called Ukrania during breaks at a ball bearing factory in 1963.

    Six decades later, he still works on it daily – following instructions from a custom deck of playing cards that tell him when to add #buildings, change #colors, or let parts dissolve into “the Void,” a collage of personal scraps. The map now spans thousands of hand-drawn panels.

    👉 openculture.com/2026/06/this-m

    #cartography #art #drawing #creativity #project #fiction #michigan #grandrapids

  16. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🗺️🖊️ Jerry Gretzinger started doodling a #map of a fictional #city called Ukrania during breaks at a ball bearing factory in 1963.

    Six decades later, he still works on it daily – following instructions from a custom deck of playing cards that tell him when to add #buildings, change #colors, or let parts dissolve into “the Void,” a collage of personal scraps. The map now spans thousands of hand-drawn panels.

    👉 openculture.com/2026/06/this-m

    #cartography #art #drawing #creativity #project #fiction #michigan #grandrapids

  17. Tässä kun selailee Tampereen Pride postauksista, mietin et olin vähän yllättyny ja samalla tosi iloinen et Grand Rapidsissä oli joissain kapakkien ja liikkeiden ikkunoissa Pride-, trans- ja panlippuja.

    Hyvää ruohonjuurivaikutusta. En osaa sanoo yleisistä asenteista, muutakun paikallisten kollegojen osalta, mut hienoo nähdä et ihmiset ei oo kaivautunu koloon. 💪

    Ja yllättäen reissun paras kyyppari oli homobaarissa. Kyllä, saattaa olla vähän puolueellinen mielipide. 😏

    #Pride ##GrandRapids

  18. Hype for the Future 224J: Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Introduction The City of Grand Rapids is a notable city within the western portion of the State of Michigan associated with the rapids of the Grand River historically and notable today for significant Dutch 🇳🇱 heritage, with many surnames of Dutch origin present throughout much of the area, as with the nearby community of Holland, Michigan, to the west, both in the past and in the present. Of the Dutch names associated with the region, one name in particular stands out as the name of […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  19. #Michigan USA accounts to follow:

    LOCAL NEWS
    @[email protected] - Detroit newsletter & podcast
    @grandrapidsnews - Grand Rapids news aggregator
    @[email protected] - East Lansing newsletter
    @MLivecom - Michigan local news articles

    MAKERSPACES & HACKING
    @AHA - Ann Arbor makerspace & hackerspace
    @lansing2600 - Lansing hackers' meetup group

    CULTURE
    @punx - Archive of punk flyers from Grand Rapids & area

    ACADEMIC
    @dhatmsu - Michigan State University Digital Humanities

    🧵 1/3

    #Detroit #Lansing #GrandRapids #AnnArbor

  20. #Michigan USA accounts to follow:

    LOCAL NEWS
    @[email protected] - Detroit newsletter & podcast
    @grandrapidsnews - Grand Rapids news aggregator
    @[email protected] - East Lansing newsletter
    @MLivecom - Michigan local news articles

    MAKERSPACES & HACKING
    @AHA - Ann Arbor makerspace & hackerspace
    @lansing2600 - Lansing hackers' meetup group

    CULTURE
    @punx - Archive of punk flyers from Grand Rapids & area

    ACADEMIC
    @dhatmsu - Michigan State University Digital Humanities

    🧵 1/3

    #Detroit #Lansing #GrandRapids #AnnArbor

  21. MIDWESTERN REVERSAL: POPULATION SHIFTS SUGGEST RUST BELT STAGNATION IS FAILING

    Midwest cities see population drain slow due to cheaper housing. Grand Rapids, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh show signs of recovery. What does this mean for the Rust Belt?

    #RustBeltRevival, #MidwestHousing, #PopulationShift, #GrandRapids, #BuffaloNY

    newsletter.tf/midwest-housing-