by Denise

Last night was our first appreciation party, *cleverly* named SUPER-lative! We’re pretty zeroed in on Grand Rapids, but from what staff has heard, it seems like The Rapidian is some sort of experimental journalism darling right now. Flattered, of course, but none of it is even remotely possible without the obvious: Our reporters.

We’re two months shy of our first birthday, and we couldn’t have done any of this without our volunteers on all different levels. Among the many unsung heroes of The Rapidian are those who email us feedback about the site, our devoted editors (Darin Estep, Mark Rumsey, Kolene Allen, Rickey Ainsworth, Jen Proctor, Linda Gellasch, Roberta King, Kevin DenDulk and Maryann Lesert), cheerleaders of the project and the most unsung of them all: Ron Woldyk, our Web developer.

Staff is putting together a video article of our recent appreciation party. Stay tuned to The Rapidian; it’ll be up early next week!