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The Baxter Community Center Turns 40!

What: Baxter Community Center 6th Annual Opening Doors Celebration
When: November 12, 2009
Where: JW Marriott, Downtown
Why: To celebrate 40 years of helping the community
What they do: Provide a variety of community services from daycare to health services.
How you can help: Make a donation (financial or item for silent auction), become a sponsor, purchase a ticket and go, bid for items at the silent auction, or volunteer. Call 616-456-8593 or visit them online for more information. [...]

The community is getting busier and busier lately in Baxter. This is awesome, and I know many people familiar with Baxter will agree with me.

First off, the Baxter Community Center is holding Baxter Community Connections on July 13th, from 9am to 5pm. People in the community can get free diabetes screening and attend seminars to get information about measles, nutrition, asthma management, and more. For the kids, there will be crafts, Freddie the Fire Truck, games, and numerous other activities.

Second, the Baxter Community Center is in need of non-perishable goods [...]

UPDATE: It’s all wrapped up–paint, landscaping, and all. I’ve been itching to work out on the deck, but 90+ degree temps will keep me in the a/c for the time being. Mmmmm…cedar bark…delicious.

Originally Posted 5/19/09: Pardon our mess while we make a few improvements. Plans include new exterior paint, rotted [...]

During the summer months, one of the busiest guys on our staff is Matt, AKA “The Lawn Guy.” Matt is responsible for making sure that the lawns of our properties look as good as possible. This, of course, comes with many challenges. Not only does Matt have to mow the lawns of all our multi-family properties, he also doubles as an inspector and garbage man. His inspector duties entail driving by all of the houses that should be maintained by tenants and writing violations if the grass is too long, there is trash in the yard, and so on. He then goes back to check on it a day or two later to make sure the problem has been resolved. His garbage man duties, however, are the most frequent topic of conversation during our regular meetings.

Between litter, trash dumping, and improper garbage put out on trash days, Matt generally makes numerous trips to the dump each week [...]

This site was brought to my attention today, so I had to pass it along. If you click on Urban Agriculture, there is a list of available community gardening space in the city. There is a ton of other cool stuff on the site too. Check it out the next time you get a free minute.

Weekend of 6/5 – 6/7

The Festival of the Arts is celebrating their 40th anniversary. Lots of great art, music, food, dancing, and so on. The forecast looks beautiful, so it should be a perfect weekend to celebrate the arts in downtown Grand Rapids.

Then, on Sunday night, Uptown is presenting a performance of Noises Off. I posted it earlier here. I still have a few tickets left, so let us know ASAP if you’re interested.

Finally, don’t forget about the WSBA celebration of Asparagus this Wednesday at the Wealthy Theatre [...]