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Target gets a New Look

Target gets a New Look

Recently I noticed a lot of equipment in the parking lot adjacent to the Target store located in Greenridge Mall on Alpine Ave NW.

Today I spoke to Melissa, one of the store managers, and she told me the store is going through a complete makeover, both inside and outside and this store is the second one in the Grand Rapids area to have this done.

Once the renovations are completed at the end of June, the store will have a completely new painted look on the outside and the inside will have a new design. The store will be carrying a limited amount of fresh produce along with more coolers for refrigerated products and lots of new shelving designs throughout the store.

Whitecaps to donate in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month

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Comstock Park, MISunday, May 20, 2012, the West Michigan Whitecaps will honor National Child Abuse Prevention Month by donating $0.50 from each individual ticket sold to the Children’s Assessment Center.  All proceeds will be used to provide essential services for children who have been sexually abused in Kent County.  Tickets for the 1:00 p.m.

Move over, Milwaukee, Make Way for Alpine Township

Move over, Milwaukee, Make Way for Alpine Township

Milwaukee has long been known as the beer capital of the world.   According to good sources, Milwaukee's beer had no special  ingredients but the men behind the breweries did.  "They were savvy, aggressive business men, and much of their success was achieved through vision, hard work and sound business sense." These same ingredients can be found in the men behind Perrin Brewing Company, Jarred Sper and Randy Perrin. Coupled with their passion and enthusiasm, and boasting to have one of the best brewmasters in the world should soon make Alpine Township famous...

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Jeff Vander Werff speaks about agriculture and technology

Jeff Vander Werff speaks about agriculture and technology

Guest speaker at Thursday's Rotary meeting was Jeff Vander Werff, a Sparta farmer and  field agronomist with extensive knowledge in a very wide range of crops. 

Jeff talked about the many electronic tools used in today's farming from growing crops to animal husbandry.  Jeff also discussed how social networks on the Internet can help teach people about farming.  He discussed how local companies use local products in their stores and restaurants and how locally grown products end up on our shelves far more than we imagined. 

When asked what he thought was the greatest threat to agriculture he surprised a lot of Rotarians by stating government...

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The First Drop

The First Drop

The HopCat Bar Downtown Grand Rapids was packed, partially due to a beer tasting event hosted by Perrin Brewing Co.  Randy Sper, one of the partners of Perrin Brewing Company offered guests the opportunity to be amongst the first to taste one of their products brewed at  5910 Comstock Park Drive NW in Alpine Township.  Talking to some of the samplers, the brew received lots of praise.  According to MLive, the microbrewery...

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Remember Mill Creek Days?

Remember Mill Creek Days?

Remember Mill Creek Days?  Many local residents remember the parade along West River Road and the festivities and booths at Dwight Lydell Park.  The event was sponsored by the Comstock Park Jaycees and the entire community participated in one form or another.  Mill Creek Days stopped over a decade ago and the Jaycee organization disbanded.

Wouldn't it be nice if a community event of that nature was revived in the Alpine Township/Comstock Park community?  Dawn Swafford happens to think so.  Dawn is a long time resident of Alpine Township and is employed at Edward Jones.  Both her and Financial Advisor...

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Kenowa Hills Public School Hosts Business Forum

Kenowa Hills Public School Hosts Business Forum

What does career ready mean to you as a business owner?

How is the Kenowa Hills Public School System preparing students for life after school?

Those were some of the questions posed by Kenowa Hills Superintendent Gerald Hopkins  to community  business leaders at Wednesday's business forum held at Kenowa  Hills Junior High School.  The forum gave school administrators and board members the opportunity to hear directly from those people that interview and hire new employees, and what it is they look for in  prospective employees.  It also gave the guests the opportunity to... ...READ MORE