
The Factory Blog

Town Hall Meeting for April 2022
On Wednesday April 6, 2022, The Factory held a Town Hall meeting to discuss our transition to our new space, updates to amenities, and a few other tidbits. We’ve also included slides from the meeting for our visual readers! Thank you! We start our meeting by acknowledging the efforts…
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Coffee Tasting with Sparrows Coffee
What a fun and caffeinated morning we had at The Factory on May 5th,…
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Expert Series are back!
In years past, we held periodic Expert Series for our community to share our…
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Moving Checklist
Now is the best time to submit your change of address with the USPS…
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New space update #2
Hello friends!We wanted to share with you some photos of our new space build…
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Ron’s Story
Hi my name is Ron, I’m a Pastor at City Chapel here in Grand…
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Sarah’s Story
My name is Sarah Thorpe and I’m a creative strategist at IDW. When the…
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The Factory – Past, present, and future
But the most important aspect of The Factory is the community. We have a…
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Town Hall Meeting for January 2022
Our January 6th, 2022 town hall meeting we discussed our upcoming move to our…
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We’re Moving!
After 12 years at 38 Fulton, we are taking a major/important step of growth…
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And we are back to blogging
Did you miss us writing about our journey at The Factory? We did so…
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Our next coLearning course “Become an iOS Developer” beginning April 22nd
In partnership with Michigan’s Shifting Code – The Factory is excited to announce our…
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Hiring: coLearning Admissions Recruiter
The Factory is a coworking space in downtown Grand Rapids, MI designed for collaboration.…
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Rescheduling Jan 2014 classes
Thanks to the feedback we got, we are rescheduling the coLearning classes so more…
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GR GiveCamp at The Factory
This year over 100 volunteers helped 17 non-profits develop new websites, establish databases, improve…
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Sharing The Community at Midwest UX
The local technology community of Grand Rapids hosted this year’s Midwest UX. The excitement…
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Amazing Members – Oct 21st Edition
Derek Lolli, (@deriklolli), a Factory member, just had an app accepted into the Apple…
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coLearning visits Thinkbox Creative
One of the many great experiences of the coLearning program is the site visits…
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Amazing Members – Oct 14th Edition
The Factory is 4 years old. We feel old. Jason Swett, @JasonSwett, Factory member,…
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Weekly News – Oct 4th Edition
We’re Growing… Homes of Hope is building a living building in Grand Rapids for…
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