The Rudy Bruner Award collaborates with local and national partners to organize and produce Exploring Urban Excellence online events and webinars that explore the complex process of creating and sustaining excellent urban places.

The Grand Rapids Downtown Market

The Grand Rapids Downtown Market

The Grand Rapids Downtown Market ties philanthropy, market economics, food-centered business and economic development together in one structure. This webinar, produced in partnership with University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, brings together the market’s President and CEO Mimi Fritz, Market Ventures Inc. President Ted Spitzer, and Taubman’s Director of Real Estate Initiatives Marc Norman for dialogue about the market’s role as a community catalyst.

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