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Peaches McCahill: ‘Always Make Sure You Can Buy Your Own Lipstick’

Peaches McCahill: ‘Always Make Sure You Can Buy Your Own Lipstick’

Peaches McCahill is first and foremost a professional, but formality crumbles when she begins describing her passions—her family and her career. Although she has lived through her share of heartache, the formation of her company—The McCahill Group—–has been sincere....

Smart Exercise

Smart Exercise

The best kind of exercise is the kind you don't dread. For Ahme Boveé, a love for Pilates has kept her fit, healthy, and in business for fifteen years. As the founder of Pilates in East of East Grand Rapids, Ahme is sharing her passion for a healthy body and mind with...

Closet Crazy

Closet Crazy

Closets could be caves full of clutter. Unused items pile up year after year, taking up valuable space for new items you just bought. Your closet should be easy to navigate when you start your day. Allard Design offers some welcome tips to help you and inspire your...

Making a Connection

Making a Connection

International singer and song writer Amanda Vernon says it's "complex" to be on the road for a year-long tour with her husband and two toddlers—"but not much more complex than just having toddlers." Since July, the foursome has made stops across the continental United...

From the Ground Up: Building Stronger Communities

From the Ground Up: Building Stronger Communities

Diana Sieger has captained the ship of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation since 1987. Since then, the organization has grown in assets from $35 million to $260 million, and with Diana at the helm, citizens of Kent County and beyond are reaping the benefits of her...

Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment

As a mother of three, Melody VanderWeide knows keeping kids active, entertained and stimulated takes variety. She put her multitasking know-how to good use in founding the ever popular, ever updating website for all things kid-friendly, GRKids.com. Melody was a...

What Does Jazz Mean to You?

What Does Jazz Mean to You?

Jazz vocalist Edye Evans Hyde is passionate about music in general, but jazz is her go-to, all-American, art in the form of music genre. From traditional to smooth to funky to improv, Edye knows jazz provides freedom of performance and freedom of the soul.  ...

Landscaping Made Easy

Landscaping Made Easy

If you want to enjoy your outdoor space with minimal work, you’re not alone. The number one landscaping trend this year is rooted in low-maintenance, high-hardiness plants. But maintaining a beautiful, albeit undemanding, property takes initial planning. That’s where...

Fixing What’s Been Broken

Fixing What’s Been Broken

According to 2011 surveys, annually there are 1.6-2.8 million runaway children in the United States. In Michigan alone that year, there were more than seven thousand runaway children. Muskegon County runaways numbered 460. Julia Koch of The Hope Project says these...

Bilingual Impact, Cross-County Change

Bilingual Impact, Cross-County Change

Veronica Ramirez Garcia is a full-time mom. And for the past nine months, she's also been the full-time executive director of the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Her focus on minority business growth and developing core values for local entrepreneurs and...