Engage in the Community!

Engage in the Community!

2019 is the Year of Relationships. Consider this an official declaration. I am challenging all of you reading this to get involved in local organizations and associations and volunteer. Younger professionals, listen up: The network and connections you build now will...
5 Ways to Amplify Your Personal Brand

5 Ways to Amplify Your Personal Brand

Are you doing all you can to get the message of your personal brand out in the community? Kim Bode, Principal at 8THIRTYFOUR Integrated Communications, has some tips for those who want to go further. I had a great conversation this past week with a good friend of...
Where Is the Sisterhood We Were Promised?

Where Is the Sisterhood We Were Promised?

It’s time for us all to come together. Women are experiencing a time in our history where we are finally being heard. We have marched nationally. We have worn hats named after our anatomy. We have become TIME Person of the Year. We have garnered national...
The West Side is the Best Side

The West Side is the Best Side

I might be a little biased in thinking the West Side of Grand Rapids is the best, considering 834 has resided there for close to six years and has watched it burgeon into what it is today. If you ask residents and business owners, the West Side has always been...