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Archived
Articles, 12-7-2007
Historical Move Opens
Opportunity For Minorities, Women In Building Trades |
Kent County Commissioner W. Paul
Mayhue and chair of Kent County Black Elected
Officials presents the memorandum of understanding
designed to assure a larger presence of minorities
in the construction industry. A group of local
governmental officials and representatives from
various organizations signed the historic document
at the end of the news conference, Wednesday,
December 5, 2007. |
By Rick Pulliam
The Grand Rapids Times
12-7-2007
Grand Rapids – A group of local governmental
officials and representatives from various
organizations and agencies have taken a major step
toward assuring a larger presence of minorities in
the construction industry.
Elected officials, West Michigan Minority
Contractors Association (WWMCA), and Associated
Builders and Contractors Building Trades Unions
(ABC), signed a unprecedented memorandum of
understanding, dedicated to developing a stronger
minority workforce.
The signing took place at the end of a news
conference, Wednesday, December 5, 2007, to announce
the unified effort.
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Volunteers Needed To Help Local Working Families Receive Millions In
Tax Credits |
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The Grand Rapids Times
12-7-2007
Grand Rapids, MI – The Kent County Tax Credit Coalition has launched
a community effort to recruit volunteers to complete income tax
returns for working families who are eligible for the federal Earned
Income Tax Credit.
“We are seeking people to join our team of volunteers helping
eligible low-to-moderate income families in Kent County find their
way through the tax-filing maze and to keep more of what they
earned,” said Brenda Brame, program manager of the Kent County Tax
Credit Coalition, housed at Heart of West Michigan United Way.
Tax volunteers help local residents with household incomes,
including children, of $39,783 or less.
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Report: Cultural Competence Critical For Survival
of West Michigan Economy, Quality of Life, Regional Success |
The Grand Rapids Times
12-7-2007
Grand Rapids – Can closer ties among different cultures and more
understanding and acceptance of different cultures make an impact on
the economy in West Michigan?
A recent area commissioned report answers yes.
Earlier this week, the West Michigan Chamber Coalition (WMCC)
released, Strategies for a Culturally Competent Region, outlining a
plan of action for the West Michigan Region to promote diversity and
cultural competency as its top strategy for economic success.
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Celebrating 50 Years of History |
The Grand Rapids Times
12-7-2007
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, The Grand Rapids Times
serves African American communities providing local and national
news and information with a positive emphasis, but does not skirt
hard issues.
In 1986, Yergan (now deceased) and Patricia Pulliam purchased The
Grand Rapids Times from the founder, John Bankston.
Bankston started the newspaper in 1957 after owning Faces and
Places, a small photo magazine, for a short time.
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Pioneer
Land Developers |
The Grand Rapids Times
12-7-2007
Four African American men accomplished what many saw as impossible,
especially in the 1960’s. Sam Triplett, a local Grand Rapids area
high school teacher; Joseph Lee, a social worker; Dr. Julius Franks,
a dentist; and JE Adams, a teacher and administrator with the Grand
Rapids Public Schools joined together and formed the Auburn Hills
Land Developing Company.
With joined forces, they developed Auburn Hills, a residential area
on the northeast side of Grand Rapids, that came to be known as the
Fuller - Sweet neighborhood.
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Growing Up Black in Grand Rapids |
The Grand Rapids Times
12-7-2007
On the surface, it appeared to be a divider.
Underneath, it had much more significance as a marker for major
changes in neighborhood and housing patterns among Blacks in the
city.
Marcella Alvis lived in different neighborhoods – at one time, as
far south as Hines Street in Wyoming.
In her youth, she lived long enough on King Street, near Wealthy
Street and Grandville Avenue, to be considered a West Sider.
For the children in her generation in the 20s and 30s, the split was
real.
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