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2010 USA Table Tennis at DeVos Place
The Local Organizing Committee was led by the West Michigan Sports Commission and USA Table Tennis Foundation president Dell Sweeris (Grand Rapids, Mich.), who is also a USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame inductee. The local organizing committee also includes support and leadership from the Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention & Visitors Bureau, DeVos Place, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel and the City of Grand Rapids.
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Cygnus 27 chef honored by Pure Michigan award
The 43-year-old Austrian native was among those honored at the recent Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Mackinac Island.
Absenger started his culinary career in America working four summers at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, the same place where he received his award.
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Graduate Recognition Luncheon at DeVos Place
It is free for each graduate and one guest to attend. For each additional guest the cost is $15 at the door. The cost for graduates is being covered by New Hope Baptist Church, a private foundation, several businesses, and individual community supporters. If you would like to attend and/or contribute $40 as an individual community supporter please contact New Hope Baptist Church at (616) 452-4278 for more information.
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31st Annual West MI Home and Garden Show
Purchase your tickets online and receive a full year subscription to Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Discounted tickets are available at all participating area Home Depot locations. Discount weekday adult admission coupons are available online at www.GRHomeShow.com and at Wendy's.
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Ultimate Sport Show at DeVos Place
Show hours are Thursday, from 3:00 to 9:30; Friday, from 11:00 to 9:30; Saturday from 9:00 to 9:00; and Sunday from 10:00 to 5:00. Admission is $9 for adults and $4 for children 6 to 14. Kids 5 and under get in free.
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2009 WAVE Awards Winners Announced
The WAVE winners and a guest, along with their employer, will be formally recognized during a special ceremony at 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, November 12 at the Grand Rapids International Wine & Food Festival in the Steelcase Ballroom at DeVos Place, downtown.
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Grand Rapids International Wine & Food Festival
General admission is $15. Tickets are available at the DeVos Place and Van Andel Arena® box offices, Ticketmaster ticket centers including D&W Stores and select Family Fare locations, charge by phone: 1.800.745.3000 or on-line: ticketmaster.com.
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SMG/DeVos Place® Wins Prime Site Award
Facilities & Destinations’ 2009 Prime Site Awards are based on the opinions of those in the industry directly involved with site selection - association and corporate meeting planners and executives, independent meeting planners, and trade show
managers.
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Chairs at DeVos Place leave nobody behind
The chairs are part of a line called Cachet, manufactured by Steelcase, a Grand Rapids company. According to the Steelcase website, they were designed by Peter Jon Pearce, and incorporate the little link that gives them the "bounce." They are made of a composite material that is 99 percent recyclable by weight. There are about 8,000 in the convention center. To the general public, the chairs retail at $319 each.
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2009 Cottage & Lakefront Living Show/Grand Rapids Fact Sheet
For everyone looking to rent, buy, build, improve, or simply to enjoy a home on the water.
Over 300 exhibitors! Architects and designers; lakefront builders; cedar and log home builders; boats, docks, and lifts; interior design and cottage-style furnishings; landscapers, home improvement and more.
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FaceSpace Spring Ticket Giveaway is Underway
Van Andel Arena and DeVos Place plan to give away tickets to upcoming shows to their fans on Facebook and friends on MySpace. The FaceSpace Spring Ticket Giveaway is part of the quarterly giveaways the arena and convention center/performing arts theater hand out to patrons on their social networking websites.
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11th Annual West Michigan Women’s Expo Slated for March 13-15
Women’s Expo is slated to run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, March 13, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 15. Advance tickets are $5.50 each. Admission at the door is $7.50 for adults and $5.50 for children ages 6-14. Children 5 and under are admitted free.
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ShowSpan announces its 2009 outdoor sport show schedule
ShowSpan, Inc., Michigan’s largest producer of consumer shows, today announced 2009 dates for its six major sport shows in the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Lansing markets. The lineup includes shows for anglers, boaters, hunters, conservationists, campers and RV owners.
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CVB Hires New President
The Convention and Visitors Bureau has hired Douglas Small as its new president. Small, with 26 years of experience in the hospital industry, comes to Grand Rapids from Denver where he is senior vice president of that city's Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, which has an annual budget of $16 million and 63 full-time employees.
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Antiques Roadshow
The very popular Antiques Roadshow will make a stop in Grand Rapids at DeVos Place on Saturday, August 9th.
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BlueWater Technologies Inc. Achieves Women’s Business Enterprise Designation
Southfield based BlueWater Technologies Inc, a turnkey technology provider including Design & Engineering; Systems Integration; Live Events and Information Technology Services, has received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the MICEED, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
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The Bob & Tom Comedy All-Stars Tour
The Bob & Tom Show, heard coast to coast (locally aired in Grand Rapids on WBFX 101.3) will be taking the stage in the Steelcase Ballroom at DeVos Place on Wednesday, December 31 at 7:30 PM.
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Home and Garden Show
DeVos Place is filled to bursting with the 2008 West Michigan Home and Garden Show. All the products and services, seminars and demonstrations, contests and attractions you expect from this incredible show are here.
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West Michigan Women's Expo
West Michigan Women’s Expo will celebrate its 10th anniversary with its largest show to date in downtown Grand Rapids March 7-9.
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