City Built Brewing
City Built Brewing
"We are the home of ancient ales and island infusion. CBBC is for other malts and urban gormandizer."
CITY BUILT BREWING COMPANY
Founded but Edwin and Dave in 2014, they use their passion and extensive knowledge to bring a new taste to the craft brewing community in Grand Rapids.
We have everything you need from delicious handcrafted brews, to tasty cuisines like Puerto Rican inspired small plates. Be bold, try something new at City Built Brewery.
820 MONROE AVE NW SUITE 155
GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503
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Things are moving right along at City Built, here are some new photos so that you can enjoy all the changes.
WMAES
WMAES
- 90% of our seniors continue to higher education.
- We are proud to have a 22:1 ratio, giving students the one on one attention they deserve.
- Every day students have an up-close, hands-on opportunity to study a wide variety of ecosystems on our 62-acre campus.
About
West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science strives to provide an environment that will foster creativity, promote academic achievement, and develop sound character and citizenship principles emphasizing responsibility to the environment and society, while maintaining and improving each child’s self-esteem and self-concept.
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Gildas Club GR
Gildas Club GR
Gilda’s Club is:
Locally Based and Independent
Even though Gilda’s Club is affiliated with the Cancer Support Community, a network of 44 Clubs across North America, Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids is independently operated by a locally based Board of Directors. We are our own charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Supported 100% through Charitable Gifts
We support our free programs entirely through cash donations and gifts primarily given through individuals (80%), foundation grants and corporate support (10%), and fundraising events (10%). We receive no government grants, fees for service, health care reimbursements, or ongoing funds.
Sustained by Volunteer Power
While we have a core professional staff at Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids, part of the way we are able to offer our program free of charge is through the incredible efforts of our volunteers – who donate their time in many ways to the Clubhouses and program.
Skillfully Led with a Focus on the Program
Under the leadership and guidance of the Board of Directors and our President, we are proud to say that 79 cents on every dollar raised goes to our programs. Twelve cents of every dollar helps us raise the funds needed to support our Clubhouse and programs, while the remaining nine cents goes to administration. One hundred percent of every dollar raised stays right here in West Michigan.
About Gildas Club
Our Mission
Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids provides free emotional healthcare to children, adults, families, and friends on any kind of cancer journey or those grieving the death of someone in their life due to any cause.
Our History
Founded with love by cancer survivors, we officially opened the doors of Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids on February 15, 2001. However, the grassroots movement to bring a Gilda’s Club to our community began in the spring of 1996 by local philanthropist Twink Frey. As a cancer survivor, she knew personally the lack of social and emotional support resources available to her when she was going through her diagnosis, treatment and life altering “after effects.” She was joined by two other local cancer survivors – Deb Bailey and Susan Smith – and together, these three women set about the task of founding Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids.
The Acres
The Acres
The acres
This Frank Lloyd Wright house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It seamlessly blends into its natural surroundings, like many of his designs. It's been in the original family since it was built and retains all of its natural characteristics: concrete floors, skylights, Honduran mahogany, and built-in bookshelves and desks.
The house is just over 2,400 square feet, with three bedrooms, and two full baths. Here’s a look inside this rare midcentury gem.
Overview
The Weisblats moved into their house in 1951. It was the first Acres home completed and is joined by the Eppstein and Pratt homes in the same neighborhood, it was designed using Wright’s “in-line” plan. The workspace, living, and dining areas are again nearer to the street toward the southern end of the plan, while the original bedrooms and baths are lined up along a gallery running north.
The Weisblats participated in the construction of their home, the crew made all the concrete blocks by hand on site yet Wright did not send over any instructions so there were many evenings spent figuring out how to make the blocks.
Inside, the only major room without windows is the workspace. A door to the small, walled yard at the southeast corner of the house allows some light inside, but the primary source of light in the workspace is a skylight that was part of Wright’s original plan.
In 1961, an addition, designed by John Howe and William Wesley Peters, was made to the Weisblat House, adding a long gallery, a utility room, a full bath, another study, a green house, and a potting shed. Though it differs somewhat in construction method, “it seems a natural extension of the original house.” A fourteen-by-twenty-foot pond was also dug at this time.
Other than the 1961 addition, no other changes were made to the Weisblat house, and all interior and exterior surfaces retain their originally specified finishes.
Located in a subdivision in Galesburg, MI, just outside Kalamazoo, stands four Usonian homes built by Frank Lloyd Wright. One of those homes, the David and Christine Weisblat House, is for sale for the first time. The price? $510,000.
The subdivision known as The Acres, was created in 1949 by a group of scientists who worked at Upjohn in Kalamazoo (there’s also another Wright subdivision located right in Kalamazoo, near Western Michigan University). The plots are circular, with trails and wooded areas throughout.
