So What is GR REALLY Like?

Posted by Kristen - March 5th, 2010

A lot of you are coming from far-lung lands, or at least Indiana, and have never been to West Michigan. I am sure that you have an image of what Grand Rapids is like — is it conservative Dutch people? Farms next to a big lake? A little town full of Amway salespeople?

Grand Rapids tends to surprise people. We are a medium size city (200,000 in the city, 1.5 million in West MI). We have a passion for the arts–Grand Rapids is home to Michigan’s only professional ballet company, has the first gold-LEED certified Art Museum in the world, is home to the nation’s largest art contest, ArtPrize. We are huge foodies (no pun intended) and have great restaurants. We are committed to sustainable living and green initiatives.  GR is a friendly, walkable, fun city – your evenings here will be filled with hopping local pubs, unique meals, great performances, or just chilling in your plush hotel room.

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2 Responses to “So What is GR REALLY Like?”

  1. Anoop Atre
    March 5th, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    Sounds great. I can’t believe I didn’t hang in GR, my brother went to school in KZ : ) Well better late than never.

  2. Leslie Burke
    March 14th, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    Grand Rapids also has excellent microbreweries downtown and the Amway Grand Plaza hotel is truly a beautiful hotel. The cities museums are all within walking distance of the hotel as well.

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