Hi I live near Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
Cool! I hear it's he second largest city in Michigan
Yeah, It used to be a big furniture manufacturing center. There is still five of the largest companies there
It's also in the Grand River I think. That's pretty neat!
The ships could naigate on the river up to the fall line and had to stop there.
I also heard Grand Rapids has 188,040 people!
They get a lot of snow in the winter, because of lake effect snowstorms. 
I like snow, but I'm not sure I'd like a lot of it. I think it's also nicknamed 'River City'
They have a lot of popular musical venues for concerts and performances.
buried with his wife Betty on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in the city. The city's main airport and one of its freeways are also named after him.
History.
History Native American settlement.
For thousands of years, succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples occupied the area. Over 2000 years ago, people associated with the Hopewell culture occupied the Grand River Valley. Later, a tribe from the Ottawa River traveled to the Grand River valley, fighting three battles with the Prairie Indians who were established
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan and the largest city in West Michigan. It is on the Grand River about east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 1,005,648, and the combined statistical area of Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland had a population of 1,321,557. Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County.
A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is