The Urban Doom Loop continues, with the collapse of the downtown economy, rampant office vacancy in the central business districts .. . . oh, wait.

130 more employees, this time from Blue Cross, headed downtown; this will bring the total number of Blue Cross employees in the downtown office to over 400.

#GrandRapidsMI #UrbanDoomLoop

https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/health-care/cgr-bcbs-steketees-20260421/

Let #FISA702 expire unless it is fundamentally reformed to include protections for the Fourth Amendment. Contact your representatives today!

#indivisible #KentCountyMI #GrandRapidsMI #WestMichigan

https://www.kentcountyindivisible.org/preparing-for-the-next-fisa-702-vote/

Interested in hearing from organizing groups in the Grand Rapids MI area? Join us at the Unity in the Community event happening April 16th at Fountain St. Church.

#GrandRapidsMI #WestMichigan #Indivisible

Do you live in #WestMichigan and have been looking for a way to get more involved in working to help make change locally and across the state? Kent County Indivisible is looking for volunteers to help us do just that.

#Indivisible #GrandRapidsMI #KentCountyMI

Grand Rapids: Condemn Kent County prosecutor for not charging two officers involved in killing of Da'Quain Tre Johnson

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.

The Grand Rapids Alliance is stunned but not surprised at the decision by Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker to shield the murderers of Da’Quain Tre Johnson. We condemn this decision and are filled with emotion alongside his family as they will no longer get their day in court due to the inaction of the justice system in Grand Rapids. We call upon the Attorney General Nessel to rectify this and bring charges against these officers.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/grand-rapids-condemn-kent-county-prosecutor-for-not-charging-two-officers

#EnergyPrices in #KentCountyMI have gone up by 23.3% in the past 5 years. You can use this tool to see how they've changed over the years for you and how they compare to the rest of the US.

https://electricity.heatmap.news/

#michigan #grandrapidsmi

Reminder that GrrCon tickets are for sale! Come to Michigan and hang out!!

https://grrcon.com/tickets/

#grrcon #infosec #conference #grandrapids #grandrapidsmi

RE: https://mastodon.social/@0xYumeko/116321594535558700

Oh yes please. "The costs outweigh the benefits": yeah maybe just for the utility companies...

#michigan #GrandRapidsMI

RE: https://mastodon.social/@miwebguy/116318741165600692

You can earn $25 dollar gift cards with your commute. #GrandRapidsMI