Planning a West MI Wedding? We’ve got some local recommendations for ya!

Planning a West MI Wedding? We’ve got some local recommendations for ya! Wedding season is approaching which means that we HAVE to talk about planning a wedding in West Michigan of course. We had to keep our list below centered around the Grand Rapids area specifically due to the popularity of wedding services in the […]

Women Owned Businesses in the Grand Rapids Area

Women Owned Businesses In honor of Women’s History Month, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some of the fantastic Women-Owned businesses in the Grand Rapids area! There are endless amounts of small local businesses in the city that are women-owned and we are SO proud to call Grand Rapids home, which is why […]

Spring in West Michigan

Spring in West Michigan Each season brings new and exciting opportunities!​ Greater Grand Rapids and West Michigan are great places to be in any season. Spend your time downtown Grand Rapids in the winter for World of Winter, hop over to The Tulip Festival in Holland in the Spring, spend time at Lake Michigan in […]

Must Visit Black-Owned Businesses in the Grand Rapids Area

Local Black-Owned Businesses In honor of Black History Month, we at The Local Element wanted to take this as an opportunity to highlight some of the fantastic Black-Owned businesses in the Grand Rapids area! We are sure that you will quickly add these businesses to your list of favorites after visiting, we love them and […]

The Ultimate Grand Rapids Mocktail Guide

The Ultimate Grand Rapids Mocktail Guide Have you heard of “Dry January”? If you haven’t it’s a campaign (and a popular trend) that takes place in January to quit alcohol for the betterment of your wellbeing. It’s essentially a one-month-long New Years resolution. The overall goal of the campaign is to encourage people to think […]

The Ultimate GR Dinner Restaurant Guide

The Ultimate Grand Rapids Dinner Guide Grand Rapids is full of locally owned restaurants that make for such a fun night out on the town! We’ve composed a list of our top 10 places to grab dinner in Grand Rapids and hope you’ll put it to use the next time you’re looking for a place […]