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🌱 Patch AM: How a judge’s ruling could turn down downtown Grand Rapids concerts

Also check out Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer on the Grand Rapids Patch calendar

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Good morning Grand Rapids! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a judge's ruling could turn down downtown Grand Rapids concerts
  • Which new developments just cleared key hurdles around Grand Rapids?
  • How one Grand Rapids woman brought a national suffrage convention here

Also on today's calendar: Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: A couple of thundershowers, with a high of 84 and low of 70 degrees.
  • Monday: Mostly cloudy and very warm, temps: high: 88, low: 73. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 87 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Judge orders Acrisure Amphitheater to comply with city's noise ordinance after neighbor complaints (fox17online.com) — A Kent County judge has ruled that Acrisure Amphitheater must follow Grand Rapids' noise ordinance after hundreds of complaints from downtown condo residents about loud concerts and rehearsals. City officials are weighing next steps, including possible ordinance changes, while neighbors push for a long-term sound-control plan that protects both their homes and the growing riverfront entertainment scene.
   

• Coca-Cola plans demolition, 6 other projects considered by Grand Rapids-area planners in August (mlive.com subscription) — Grand Rapids-area planners just advanced several projects that could reshape daily life, from Coca-Cola's truck storage expansion on Butterworth Street to new housing in Walker, Kentwood, Wyoming and Ada. Approvals and hearings this month cover condos, townhomes, single-family neighborhoods, a spec industrial building, and a new gas station off M-6, signaling major growth across the metro area.
   

• This Grand Rapids native led Michigan's fight for women's right to vote (mlive.com) — A pioneering Grand Rapids suffrage leader, Emily Burton Ketcham, spent three decades turning her hometown into a center of activism for women's voting rights. Born and educated in Grand Rapids, she led state organizations, befriended Susan B. Anthony, and even brought a national suffrage convention to the city in 1899, leaving a lasting civic legacy.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Maner Costerisan recognized as one of West Michigan's Best Places to Work —Ines Tomic Read on Patch
  • I'm going to adopt a cat.
    I'd love a ragdoll or ragamuffin or mancoon or siamese.... definitely looking for a long hair or medium length kitty.... does anybody have any plans… (Nextdoor Heartside-Downtown)
  • Oil leak contained in a lake at Millennium Park in Kent County.
    2:51AM on Aug 29: Officials have contained an oil leak in a lake at Millennium Park in Kent County, with the Kent County Parks Department and EGLE… (Nextdoor )
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  • Suburban Inns, Inc. posted a job opening for Housekeeper - Embassy Suites in Grand Rapids. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grand Rapids here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Grand Rapids

  • Vote for the Grand Rapids area's Thursday Night Hero from prep football openers (mlive.com)

Walker

  • PHOTOS: Peters Stops in Walker on Day 5 ... (senate.gov)
  • Historic well in Kent County's Millennium Park leaks oil into small lake (wwmt.com)

Wyoming

  • Press Release: Hillary Scholten Announces $249,404 in Federal Funding for West Michigan Public Safety Projects (quiverquant.com)
  • Orchard View kicks off 2026 with offensive explosion, Cardinals roll past Wyoming (localsportsjournal.com)

Ok Grand Rapids! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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