Good afternoon Grand Rapidians! I hope you are all having a great weekend. This has been a very exciting week at IHEARTGR as we have been exploring the many amazing businesses in the Medical Mile neighborhood! I am so excited to announce our Small Business Saturday this week, your Grand Rapids Symphony! Established in 1930, the Grand Rapids Symphony has been a huge part of our community for...
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Happy Saturday! This week has been a strange one with it SNOWING on the FIRST DAY OF SPRING! What in the world, Michigan?! While we await for the weather to actually feel like spring, we are going to continue uncovering the wonders (big and small) of the Medical Mile! In this, we have decided for our blog post today to be all about the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce! Woot woot! If you are like me...
Hello and welcome back to a super awesome Small Business Saturday today! As many of you may know, we are covering the Madison Square neighborhood and are finding some really awesome places! Yesterday we posted about Rising Grinds Cafe, which is attached to the LINC UP building. How lucky are the staff there? I bet you I would be in that cafe nearly every day for a fresh cup of coffee or some...
Happy Saturday, friends! We are coming back for Small Business Saturday and bringing you a much-loved market in the Grand Rapids area. Ken’s Fruit Market has been the place to shop in Alger Heights since 2010 when they first opened their doors. Bringing to the neighborhood a local and genuine market for the people! The owner, Ken Courts, used to shop in this same building as a kid. It has...
Hello to you! We hope you are having a wonderful weekend so far and thank you for tuning in to yet another Small Business Saturday Blog! Today we will be talking about the oh-so-magnificent Martha’s Vineyard, where all your dreams come true. That’s right folks, this is the place to be! Especially if you are in need of the basics. You know, like… wine! But also an assortment of bread, deli, jams,...
Welcome back, friends, to another blog post about the small businesses we LOVE in Grand Rapids! This week we toured around the Wealthy Heights neighborhood and sure enough, it did NOT disappoint. As we thought about which business to highlight, Art of the Table was at the top of our minds. I mean, how cool is it that they were only the second store to open on Wealthy!? Having to rehab the building...
Let me tell you about the cutest shop you ever did visit, located in Eastown! Rebel Reclaimed (1555 Wealthy St SE) has been a neighborhood fave and IG inspiration for years. It all began in a 400 sq ft space on E Fulton in 2010 and gradually grew in charm and space as it relocated in 2013 to a storefront on Robinson. This is where I first stepped into Rebel. I remember walking in seeing a sign...
Hello friends! Today we bring you a business that was a little out of my comfort zone. I have done a few yoga classes in my life, but most were free and I sat in the back of the class not expecting to learn much and trying not to embarrass myself! This afternoon was such a different experience for me and I am excited to share it with you. I began my journey at Funky Buddha Yoga with the...
Alright guys, here we are heading into another week of Small Business Saturday blog posts. This week we had quite a few of our followers reach out expressing their love for Van’s Pastry Shoppe! Since I have never been we thought this would be the perfect first experience. I am going to start out by telling you all that I LOVE pastries and especially donuts. When people ask what my favorite food is I...
Hello friends! Today I am going to tell you a little bit about this incredible consignment shop located in the East Hills neighborhood called Urban Exchange. If you haven’t heard, this place is amazing and here are some reasons why we love them: You can bring your clothes here and earn money off of what you sell! As long as your clothes are “current fashion” and in excellent condition, they will do...