Dozens of outdoor workouts scheduled as GR Fitness Fest kicks off April 30
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and last updated 2021-04-28 21:09:09-04
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich â It s a chance to get outside and get active GR Fitness Fest kicks off Friday, April 30 and runs through May 9.
Organizers says 80 workouts will be offered during the ten-day inaugural festival around the city.
The festival aims to provide a boost to businesses in the fitness industry that have been impacted by pandemic restrictions and closures. We actually have over 50 gyms and fitness centers involved so there s a big variety. It s everything from yoga to HIIT, to cycling classes. The GR Parks is actually doing kayaking demonstrations in the river, explained Rich App, Retail, Retention & Attraction Specialist for the Grand Rapids Chamber. This is a great opportunity for us to actually show people the different gyms that are out there, give the gyms and salons a different way of thinking of how they can maybe
Grand Rapids Hotel District initiative merges with Center City Business Group
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and last updated 2021-04-28 08:58:37-04
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Grand Rapidsâ city-wide Hotel District initiative is partnering with the Center City Business Group to create the Hotel District â Business Association.
The previously separate entities will work together to maximize efforts, efficiencies and resources to better education and service visitors and âstrengthen the fabric of downtown Grand Rapids,â according to a news release Wednesday.
Retailers and restaurants will be able to get insight on conventions, concerts, public events and cultural attractions in the Hotel District, while hotels will be better equipped to inform guests about experiences downtown businesses have to offer.
Grand Rapids Business Journal
CATEGORY: Food
BUSINESS: Amore Trattoria Italiana
Amid the garbage fire that was 2020, a plucky local celebrity chef used her platform to lead the way in helping others across West Michigan while also working to reinvent her own business during a year that required flexibility and creativity for restaurants to survive.
For her generosity, leadership and advocacy for the restaurant industry in its worst year in living memory, Jenna Arcidiacono chef and co-owner of Amore Trattoria Italiana in Comstock Park is the Business Journal’s 2020 overall Newsmaker of the Year, as well as Newsmaker of the Year in the food category.
Grand Rapids restaurant owners, residents team up to save the Broadway Bar It’s like It’s a Wonderful Life, when they bring the money to George to help him out. Because that’s what we’re doing,. Author: Alana Holland (WZZM13) Updated: 6:11 PM EST December 18, 2020
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. The holiday season and the Broadway Bar go hand-in-hand in Grand Rapids. December is the busiest time of year for the bar, and the time when they make the majority of their business.
However, this year, with indoor service for restaurants and bars still closed, the bar is hurting. We’re usually beat by the end of the year, said owner Cynthia Berrignton, Now, we d give anything just to work.