🌱 GR Looking To Fill Boards + Taco Chain Is Coming To Town

Grand Rapids MI

16 February, 2022

8:41 PM

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Hey, people of Grand Rapids! It's me again, Erica Zenn, your host of the Grand Rapids Daily. First, today's weather: Snow, 2-4in; breezy, colder. High: 32 Low: 14. Here are the top 3 stories in Grand Rapids today: Grand Rapids is looking for people who love their city to fill 84 vacancies across its boards and commissions. Requirements to serve on each board varies by position, but Mayor Rosalynn Bliss is urging citizens with a passion for community service to investigate and ultimately apply. (MLive.com) Cleveland-based taco restaurant, Barrio, is set to open this spring in downtown Grand Rapids. The chain currently has 12 locations in Ohio, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Its latest location will be opening this spring on the first floor of the historic Helmer Building in downtown Grand Rapids. (MiBiz: West Michigan Business News) Three hundred more homes with contaminated wells have been slated to receive city water in the Grand Rapids area. The contamination originally comes from waste that was dumped unlined dump sites around Belmont in the 1960s, which seeped into the groundwater. The project in total is expected to cost the city around $14 million. (MLive.com) From our sponsor: Hey Grand Rapids, are you looking to buy a house, refinance or just explore your options? Check out the new Patch Mortgage Center for all your home financing needs! Today in Grand Rapids: Food Center Open - Streams of Hope (11:00 AM).An Evening with Author Nikki Grimes - Virtual (6:30 PM). From my notebook: Congratulations to Officer Marla Booher on her retirement after 27 years of service! (Facebook) Grand Rapids Ballet is excited to bring you a behind-the-scenes look at its upcoming performance of Cinderella! The show will kick off its 50th Anniversary celebration next week. (Instagram) Loving the Grand Rapids Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers Alrighty, you're all good for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with your next update. — Erica Zenn About me: Erica Zenn is a Masters Student in Applied Psychology at the University of Southern California who originally hails from Chapel Hill, NC. With a bachelors degree from Cornell University, Erica is an expert verbal and written communicator who brings extensive experience in employee engagement and customer experience of companies. Erica is passionate about community building, and loves using her writing and communication skills to bring people together.