LITE 98.7 » grand rapids http://lite987.com The Best Variety Of Yesterday And Today Fri, 24 May 2013 04:08:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Like Utica's Couch Project, Rust Belt Michigan City Responds to Dying City Accusation with Record-Breaking Lip Dub Video http://lite987.com/like-uticas-couch-project-rust-belt-michigan-city-responds-to-dying-city-accusation-with-record-breaking-lip-dub-video/ http://lite987.com/like-uticas-couch-project-rust-belt-michigan-city-responds-to-dying-city-accusation-with-record-breaking-lip-dub-video/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 19:43:18 +0000 Eric Meier http://lite987.com/?p=11798 Utica hosted the Couch Project to show pride in our city.  Here's another creative response to criticism of another old industrial city.

In the battle between Grand Rapids, Michigan and Newsweek, the final blow may have been dealt by Grand Rapids.

After Newsweek called it out by naming it one of America's "dying cities," the good people in town responded with a record-breaking lip dub to the tune of ‘American Pie’ by Don McLean.

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