Dynamic Variation:

Community Insights: What We Heard About Tourism

It’s fair to say that the team at Experience Grand Rapids is passionate about the hospitality and tourism industry. We know it’s a vital economic driver and positively contributes to the quality of…

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More Than Tourism - A Summer of Deepening Community Ties

As the region’s destination marketing organization, Experience Grand Rapids takes pride in – and leverages – the fact that Grand Rapids is a fantastic four-season destination. As a tourism…

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Celebrating ArtPrize: Experience GR's Support

For eighteen days, art is exhibited in galleries and storefronts. Parks and museums. In restaurants, public spaces, and venues of all kinds throughout downtown and nearby neighborhoods. Experience…

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Grand Rapids: An Artful Community

Art matters to Grand Rapids. Especially public art. That affinity is evidenced in the city’s veneration of La Grande Vitesse , a 42-ton steel sculpture by Alexander Calder that graces Calder Plaza in…

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GR Beer Tourism is Booming

Known as “Beer City USA,” Grand Rapids has lots of reasons to celebrate its booming craft beer industry – 38.5 million reasons, to be exact. An independent study showed that the regional economic…

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A destination we call home

It all starts with a visit The work of a destination marketing organization like Experience Grand Rapids can be thought of as two sides of the same coin—we advocate for, invest and engage in…

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