🌱 Spectrum Health New Construction + New Samaritas Dementia Care

Morning, neighbors! Miranda Fraraccio here with today's edition of the Grand Rapids Daily.

First, today's weather:

Warm with clouds and sun. High: 73 Low: 54.

Here are the top stories today in Grand Rapids:

1. Spectrum Health has filed a Brownfield Plan Amendment for its new Center for Transformation and Innovation, an eight-story office tower planned for the Monroe North neighborhood near downtown Grand Rapids. The City of Grand Rapids Brownfield Redevelopment Authority plans to consider the measure at an Oct. 27 meeting before it goes to city commissioners for final approval. (MiBiz: West Michigan Business News)
2. Samaritas Senior Living in Grand Rapids now offers a new program specifically for dementia care. Their care focuses on the person, not the disease. The staff understands each person's needs, history, personality, faith, and values -- then uses this information to guide them on how to meet the resident's physical, emotional, cognitive, spiritual, and social needs. (Fox17)
3. Broadway Grand Rapids will be hosting Hamilton from Feb. 8 - 2. Tickets go on sale today at 10 am. (WOODTV.com)
4. The City of Grand Rapids announced it's changing the name of two streets in honor of two historic civil rights leaders. (Fox17)
5. A 27-year-old Grand Rapids man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for a fatal shooting in early 2020 outside of a liquor store. (MLive.com)

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Today in Grand Rapids:

• VSFAC Council-Foundation Meeting - Walker City Recreation Department (7:30 AM)
• Ottawa and Allegan Open House - Kid's Food Basket (4:00 PM)
• Rain Barrel Workshop - Roosevelt Park Pop-Up Shops (6:00 PM)
• Integral Ecology as the Beating Heart of Catholic Discipleship (7:00 PM)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.