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Update: It’s been nearly two years since we first posted this project. We thought we would never be able to follow-up with a completed version after the owner listed it for sale. Fortunately, one of our clients is the new owner and just finished remodeling the property [...]

Great house. From the outside, you would never expect what is inside. The lot that the house was built on was originally purchased in 1914. Construction of the home took 14 years, and was wrapped up in 1928. The house never left the possession of the family, being passed through 3 generations. Most recently, it was held up in probate and finally sold to one of our clients purchased it last week.

Though the exterior was kept up rather [...]

After a successful contest last year, and positive feedback throughout the fall and winter, we are pleased to announce the Second Annual Urban Pharm Urban Farm Contest. The contest starts now, and ends on midnight 7/31/10.

The Contest
Contestants must create and maintain a garden. It can be a vegetable or flower garden. If there’s some type of cool garden that we don’t even know about [...]

Update: Almost ready to go!

Originally posted 10/23/2009: This duplex is quite the project. I do not envy the contractors working on this one. Our client asked us to do a walkthrough before he bought it to let him know what we thought. Upon walking in, we turned right around and left. We said no way. The smell. The stained walls. I think we probably got some sort of disease from breathing the air. You get the picture…

Anyways, I stopped by the other day and was pleased to see that they have [...]

While looking through some old folders in my computer, I stumbled across some images created when we started Urban Pharm about 3 years ago. These images existed before we had a logo, and were intended as concepts to be used for various marketing materials–flyers, website headers, logo, etc. Nothing fancy here; just some playing around with Photoshop and MS Paint.

This made me reflect on how far we have come in a short period of time. In July of 2007, we managed less than a dozen properties. A year later, we were well over 100. By July 2009, we doubled in size again and added a full time employee to help us with leasing and collecting rent. Though we are a small business that will not take over the world or redefine the way property management [...]

ArtPeers announces an open call for submissions of original, local music, through 01.21.10. The groundbreaking modern dance collective DITA (Dance in the Annex) will set new choreography to four of the submitted tracks. The musicians will perform live at Wealthy Theatre, accompanying DITA, and playing additional songs of their choice. Bands will receive professional audio/video recording and still images of the performance, to use as a stand-alone music video, and for promotional use.

The 04.21.10 event, called Trip The Light, benefits ArtPeers efforts to incorporate as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. “We can better serve local artists and the community, as a nonprofit organization [...]

Update: This property is just about ready for new residents. A great deal of work was done to the structure to level the floors on the main level. Supports were added, beams were replaced, and the entire house was jacked up (in the literal sense…not the slang sense). As the things leveled out, walls and floors cracked and were repaired. Things are greatly improved now.

Originally Posted 11/3/2009: We are happy to be managing another home in the Cherry Hill neighborhood (part of the greater East Hills neighborhood and Uptown). This house was build in 1870. I can’t believe that it is nearly 140 years old. There are some signs of age [...]

Update: That was a quick one. All done!

Originally posted 11/14/2009: This is a cool duplex, kiddy-corner from a tavern and a stones throw from Leonard St. businesses. We have been pretty quiet in the West Grand neighborhood lately, but are happy to be back. Each apartment is rather large, and filled with hardwoods and tile. The upper unit has a great deck that will get some attention to make sure it is safe and secure. There’s really not a whole lot more to tell [...]

This is about as random of a blog post as they get, but I thought some of our clients may be interested in seeing who is coming to our website (this blog included, but as a very small component). Others may get a kick out of who is looking at housing in Grand Rapids [...]

Here we are a week and a half away from the infamous Black Friday and two weeks from Cyber Monday. As we sift through our closets to see what we can re-gift, look at the naughty list to see who we can skimp on, and analyze the budget and credit card limits to see what we can spend, now is the perfect time to commit to keeping our holiday spending local. I know it can be tough to resist a good, old-fashioned stampede at the Wal-Mart at 5 am on a brisk post-Thanksgiving morning, but consider the benefits of buying your gifts at our fine local retailers (from Local First).

On average, 73% of money spent locally stays in the local economy. Alternatively, only 43% of money spent at non-local companies is recirculated in West Michigan.

Local goods, on average, don’t travel as far to reach the store. This means that there is less of an environmental impact.

Local business owners give more to local charities and non-profits than non-local business owners, strengthening our community.

Local business owners are vested in our community, and are more likely to invest in and care for our community than non-local owners.

Most new jobs are created by local businesses.

Products sold by local businesses tend to be more unique, making for very special gifts [...]

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