About
Tami VandenBerg | 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan 2024
April 23, 2024
5 Women Business Owners You Should Know in East Hills GR
March 31, 2023
Shining Example #94 featuring Tami VandenBerg
October 4, 2021
Powerful Women Let’s Talk – 037: Tami VandenBerg
March 15, 2021
From lemonade stand to CEO: Six GR business leaders recount how they paid their dues
December 8, 2017
Housing
Grand Rapids business owner, activist launches effort to combat homelessness
March 1, 2024
Woman is opening home for homeless veterans
February 8, 2024
Grand Rapids City Commission Votes on Homelessness Ordinance Changes
July 25, 2023
Grand Rapids Adopts Public Space Ordinances
July 26, 2023
Grand Rapids Commission approves new ordinances targeting unhoused people
July 26, 2023
What One Crowdfunding Campaign Reveals About Why It’s Hard for U.S. Cities to Address Violence.
October 19, 2020
A place to call home: Well House opens permanent housing for homeless youth.
January 26, 2017
This city needs to wake up’: The fight for affordable housing in Grand Rapids.
March 11, 2017
In Grand Rapids, This Nonprofit Buys Abandoned Houses for the Homeless
October 5, 2016
US charity purchases houses to provide homeless people with a future
September 24, 2016
Non-profit puts homeless into previously vacant homes; takes 121 people off the streets
September 23, 2016
Talking to Tami VandenBerg about Well House on WJRW
June 12, 2015
Heart for the homeless
June 1, 2014
Putting Vacant Housing to Good Use
January 19, 2014
Well House removing barriers for providing housing
June 21, 2013
Well House 19:1 fundraiser goes through end of year, plus concert Jan. 16
December 20, 2013
Fenced off abutment doesn’t solve anything, says local homeless advocate
November 26, 2013
Non-profit: 19 housing units available for every single homeless person in Kent County
November 18, 2013
Clean needle exchange program in Grand Rapids is proving successful
June 7, 2011
Business
The Pyramid Scheme celebrates, reflects on a
decade of success
October 18, 2021
Live music tickets, wedding dresses selling fast as final COVID restrictions lift
June 22, 2021
Frustration grows as Michigan music venues encounter delays in COVID aid
March 1, 2021
Bars and restaurants respond to contact tracing order October 30, 2020
Dead Prez to Cabildo to Pinback to The Coup: The Pyramid Scheme’s Top 10 Memories Playlist
August 25, 2020
Michigan music venues urge lawmakers to ‘Save Our Stages’
August 20, 2020
Stayin’ Alive: Independent music venues band together to survive COVID-19, plan for future
May 14, 2020
The Pyramid Scheme toasts five years of charismatic, eclectic and sweaty live shows
April 21, 2016
Foundation set for the Pyramid Scheme
June 22, 2010
Michigan Bar Mints Its Own Currency
July 5, 2007
Cannabis
The ethical consumer’s guide to recreational cannabis in Grand Rapids (July 7, 2021)
Tami VandenBerg Speaks at 2021 Virtual Hash Bash (April 21, 2021)
Tami Vandenberg, Co-Founder of West Michigan Cannabis Guild Says Vote
(October 13, 2020)
A Legal State: Women in Marijuana Give Their Perspective on Michigan’s Green Frontier (April 2, 2019)
Grand Rapids seeks to raise African-Americans’ stake in marijuana boom
March 26, 2019
Homegrow Under Threat as Michigan Legalization Takes Effect
December 7, 2018
Tami VandenBerg Appointed to MI Legalize Board
October 17, 2017
Local Politics
Meet Civic Investor Tami VandenBerg: Passionate advocate for access to housing
(August 14, 2017)
3 Questions with the Candidate: Tami VandenBerg (August 2, 2017)
2017 Grand Rapids City Commission 2nd Ward candidate Tami VandenBerg
3 finalists for Mayor Rosalynn Bliss’ old seat
(January 26, 2016)