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One thing I love about the Midwest is that we get to experience every season in full force. With that, optimism becomes a key part of any Mid-Westerners life – and GR is no exception. With the change in weather, you always want to look back and appreciate what is leaving (“But I just got comfortable!”). So, we find things to look forward to! Yes, my flip flops have been stored away, but walking past Rosa Parks Circle today, I realized the ice skates can come out for our city-center outdoor skating rink. The days may get dark faster, but that is great for GR, because the lights are up on the trees that line the streets for a beautiful scene. My favorite moment in the transition of fall to winter is the first snow. It’s a beautiful sight falling from the air, and then it disappears the moment it hits our heated sidewalks – a perfect combination for this outdoors-challenged girl. In GR, it seems like every season “Tis The Season” to look forward to something new!Photo by: Balthazar Korab
I had something new on my checklist the other day –
picking up the Mayor’s dry cleaning. Never thought that task would make it to my list, but when GR’s Mayor Heartwell agreed to do a Welcome Video to a very special group coming to GR this January (The Religious Conference Management Association), we needed to get him a blue shirt with our logo on it! The only shirts he had from us were green – which wouldn’t work out too well when filming in front of a Green Screen (think about the days when the weather forecaster has a little bit of green in their tie and you can see right through them – now imagine the whole shirt!).
One of the new, cutting edge things we offer is a Streaming Video. This is a great way to do Attendance Building by sending out a video welcome to conference attendees that arrives in their e-mail. Its so new, everyone opens it us to see what it is! Usually the conference president or host films the video, inviting everyone to attend. Check out the video sent to RCMA members: www.meetgrandrapids.com/rcmainvite.php
Can you imagine a better way to boost registration then showing attendees a video of GR?
One thing I love about the Midwest is that we get to experience every season in full force. With that, optimism becomes a key part of any Mid-Westerners life – and GR is no exception. With the change in weather, you always want to look back and appreciate what is leaving (“But I just got comfortable!”). So, we find things to look forward to! Yes, my flip flops have been stored away, but walking past Rosa Parks Circle today, I realized the ice skates can come out for our city-center outdoor skating rink. The days may get dark faster, but that is great for GR, because the lights are up on the trees that line the streets for a beautiful scene. My favorite moment in the transition of fall to winter is the first snow. It’s a beautiful sight falling from the air, and then it disappears the moment it hits our heated sidewalks – a perfect combination for this outdoors-challenged girl. In GR, it seems like every season “Tis The Season” to look forward to something new!
