#grandrapids — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: MEAT
Everyone in #GrandRapids
You can now safely shop at Sobie Meats. The MAGA owners have left the building.
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CW: MEAT
Everyone in #GrandRapids
You can now safely shop at Sobie Meats. The MAGA owners have left the building.
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CW: MEAT
Everyone in #GrandRapids
You can now safely shop at Sobie Meats. The MAGA owners have left the building.
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CW: MEAT
Everyone in #GrandRapids
You can now safely shop at Sobie Meats. The MAGA owners have left the building.
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CW: MEAT
Everyone in #GrandRapids
You can now safely shop at Sobie Meats. The MAGA owners have left the building.
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Taco Bell on Michigan, a restaurant of urban legend, reopens after renovations https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/14034/ #FOX17 #FOX17News #GRANDRAPIDS #Michigan #Restaurant #Restaurants
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#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."
#SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat
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#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."
#SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat
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#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."
#SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat
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#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."
#SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat
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#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."
#SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Michigan #GrandRapids #FishPassage #BringBackTheRapids #AquaticHabitat
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Kent County Airport, Grand Rapids, Michigan Postcard
#michganhistory #Airport #Travel #Michgan #GrandRapids #History #Aviation #Avgeek #AirportArchitecture
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1930 Grand Rapids Airport Postcard
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Kent County Airport, Grand Rapids, Michigan Postcard
#UnitedAirlines #DC6 #Airport #Travel #Michgan #GrandRapids #History #Aviation #Avgeek #AirportArchitecture
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Investigation launched after bald eagles found dead in UP’s garden peninsula https://www.allforgardening.com/1736454/investigation-launched-after-bald-eagles-found-dead-in-ups-garden-peninsula/ #FOX17 #Fox17WestMichigan #garden #gardener #gardening #GrandRapids #NeighborhoodNews #WestMichigan #WestMichiganLocalNews #wxmi
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Iowa Beef Experience / The End Result
Bands Iowa Beef Experience The End Result Venue - Venue name: The Ice Pick - Address: 1128 2.0 Street Muskegon MI - Date: Saturday, January 11, 1992 - Time: Doors Open: 8pm (sharp) - Admission price: $5.00 -
#WeAintBuyingIt from Home Depot, Amazon and Target, and we really need alternatives for the long run.
https://bookshop.org and https://libro.fm have got you covered for books, ebooks and audiobooks AND work to support local bookshops.
What are your favorite alternatives, online or local?
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Its really hard to #resist "40% off!" but #WeAintBuyingIt now through Dec 2. Send a message, find ways to support local and small businesses that support your community, and remind your friends!
#Democracy takes work and right now we vote with our dollars.
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Wine, Beer and Food Festival returns
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A big weekend is here now that the Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer & Food Festival returns. The festival, now in its 18th year at DeVos Place, is this Friday and Saturday. This festival is bringing 1,200 wines, beers, ciders, and spirits from around the world, 200 more than last…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #fox17 #FOX17news #grandrapids #michigan
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2392015/wine-beer-and-food-festival-returns/ -
Lovelies and other lovelies, this is what I did after work tonight
#TeaganAir #FlightTraining #Flying #PilotTraining #FlightSchool #PA28 #grandrapids
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Freight company plans 352 jobs, new headquarters in West Michigan
from MLive.com
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Michigan mom's aggressive TikTok tater tot tutorial goes superviral. Cooking video with metric tons of attitude sends Jenison 30-year-old's profile skyrocketing. By Adam Graham.
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First Black female-owned record store opens in Grand Rapids.
https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/first-black-female-owned-record-opens-in-grand-rapids/
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CW: Grand Rapids UICA closing
The UICA (Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts) in Grand Rapids is closing. What a bummer.
https://www.uica.org/uica-update-120822
I remember going to see art films at the Race Street Gallery in high school in the 80s. It was an intellectual wonder for a pretentious teenager like me.
UICA was acquired by Ferris State University in 2013, and lost its mojo shortly thereafter, eventually moving in 2021 into the stodgy old building that had formerly been the stodgy old Grand Rapids Art Museum.
https://kcad.ferris.edu/news/the-art-of-right-now-for-40-years-running.html
I may not have paid it much attention in years, but I feel bad for the current generation of pretentious teenagers in my hometown who have one less place to find fellow weirdos and be inspired to do interesting things. I’m sure they’ll be fine, but it’s a drag this town can’t support something like the UICA.
#art #uica #GrandRapids #michigan #news #ContemporyArt #FerrisState #kcad #kendall #KendallCollege