Westside Neighbors Unite for Post-Flood Community Clean Up this Weekend
With the recent flooding along the Grand River, one local neighborhood is organizing and taking action. Westside neighbors will come together for the 5th Westside Community Clean Up this Saturday, April 27th. City dwellers from the downtown residential community are partnering with local businesses and area non-profits to recruit volunteers for this Saturdays Westside Clean [...]
Women for the Westside Event, Thursday, March 7
You are all invited to a happy hour meet and greet next week called, Women for the Westside. The purpose of this event is to create an opportunity to celebrate women, diversity, unity and our love for the Westside. We are going to have featured beverages that we will name after Westside landmarks, a women-powerment [...]
Downtown neighbors work together to clean up 10,000 lbs of garbage and invest in the cities West Side!
Downtown neighbors are teaming up on Saturday May 19, to pick-up the trash left behind the cities’ West Side during the long winter months. The fourth annual West Side Community Clean Up will mobilize volunteers and arm them with maps, trash bags and rubber gloves for the three hour power clean up. “Last year, 30 [...]
Despite unseasonably warm weather, WinterWest planning continues!
Despite the unusually warm temperatures of the past month, organizers of the annual WinterWest event are pressing on with plans for the event which will be held at Richmond Park on Grand Rapids’ Westside from January 27 – February 12. “This weather has been crazy, but it hasn’t deterred us from moving forward with our [...]
WelcomeWest – Rock the Rapids Ticket Give Away Contest!
WelcomeWest – Rock the Rapids Ticket Give Away Contest WelcomeWest is teaming up with Rock the Rapids for a Ticket Give Away Contest to highlight the event AND promote Westside businesses. Winners of the WelcomeWest-Rock the Rapids Ticket Give Away will win four tickets to one evening at the Rock the Rapids Festival, taking place [...]
LiveWest Home Makeover – Before and After
Check out the Before and After pictures from the LiveWest Home Makeover!
Where I “LivedWest” in May
The Month of May has come and gone and our hyperlocal experiment, LiveWest, has now wrapped up. Just as we had hoped, new discoveries were made and we’ve added a few establishments to our regular Westside rotation. Not only have I enjoyed shopping/eating/drinking at new places, but I’ve also enjoyed sharing about my experiences on [...]
Vintage Bowling
WelcomeWest hosted a vintage Rock’n’Bowl night at Wenger’s Bowl last Friday – what a blast! All told, 30-35 people showed up dressed in their best vintage duds, most of which was found right here on the Westside at either Flashback or Captain Bizarro’s Treasure World on Leonard. Erica Curry VanEe walked away with the award [...]
The Math of LiveWest
A math update from a LiveWest participant – I’ve spent $375.76 in 18 days of LiveWest, roughly $20 per day at Westside establishments. This has been spread around to at least 18 different businesses, and a few of these more than once. The beauty of LiveWest lies in its practicality. While I may be spending [...]
Union Square & River House Residents Join the Movement!
Submitted by Erica VanEe & Christian Frank – Thirty downtown residents teamed up on April 30th to pick-up the trash and debris left behind during the long winter months. The route for the third annual Westside Community Cleanup included approximately 20 city blocks and several high priority areas identified by the Michigan Department of Transportation, [...]
