Back by popular demand, GrandJazzFest is dancing back into town this August. And the lady behind the music couldn't be more excited to double the play time and expose West Michigan to the many genres of jazz. Audrey Sundstrom is gathering bands from Grand Rapids...

Helping the community in everything she does describes Meredith Gremel perfectly. She’s a former owner of her own marketing, communications, and advertising firm. She’s one of the owners of Reds on the River Restaurant, in Rockford. She’s the director of public...

At twenty-four years old, Molly Clauhs, owner of The Silver Spork, has become an entrepreneur with a keen eye for food and business. After moving to Grand Rapids in May of 2011 because of her fiance's job, Molly worked as an innkeeper while figuring out how to create...

Patricia (Patty) Christopher started out teaching special education and was a psychologist in the schools until she retired four years ago. That’s when she decided to take the leap in fulfilling her dream of becoming a pastry chef—more specifically, a...

A child sees her mother as capable, protective, nurturing. She is there to discipline, but also to doctor scraped knees and egos, and to get excited about accomplishments big or small. But when a mother becomes ill, how can she help her child understand that life is...

Julie Miller is living with lupus, an autoimmune disorder with no cure and with symptoms that perplex doctors. Yet, more than 1.5 million Americans—ninety percent of them women—are currently affected by this disease. What's even more staggering is the fact that had...

Life is good. And through the lens of a camera, it's even better, especially for Terri Gillis. As the owner of her own photography studio in Rockford, Terri is invited into life's most precious moments and is utterly thrilled to capture time and make it last...

When she was working as a marketing coordinator in Grand Rapids, Carla Flanders' boss asked her what her ideal job would be. Carla said she wanted to meet great people, plan big events, and be the behind-the-scenes person responsible for putting all of the big-picture...

Liz Merriman, whose first degree and career were in welding, is used to working in a male-dominated field. As a graduate of Compass College of Cinematic Arts, the producer and production manager is on set with mostly men. But that doesn’t intimidate this go-getter,...

Everyone has their own traditions like favorite holiday pasttimes and secret family recipes. These legacies are threaded through the generations, and although some traditions might change, there are others that can stand the test of time–taste test, that is.Bisera...