{"id":27,"date":"2012-06-27T01:52:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T01:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2012-08-16T11:00:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T15:00:53","slug":"location","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2012\/location\/","title":{"rendered":"Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Grand Rapids 2012 will take place in the DeVos Center on Grand Valley State University&#8217;s Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n<h3>Street Address<\/h3>\n<p>GVSU Pew Campus, Building E (starts in Loosemoore Auditorium)<br \/>\n401 Fulton St. W<br \/>\nGrand Rapids, MI 49504<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gvsu.edu\/cms3\/assets\/C6EE62EC-E0C1-54F2-D0212D5174A27DAF\/pdf\/Map%20Loosemore.FrontLot.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GVSU Pew Campus Map<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n<h3>Parking<\/h3>\n<p>Grand Valley has a number of parking lots surrounding their downtown campus, all of which are free on the weekends (as are the city&#8217;s metered spots). We recommend you park in either the DeVos lot or the Fulton St lot, both of which are directly behind where we&#8217;re meeting and literally across the street from one another. Plus, they&#8217;ll be pretty much empty except for us this weekend. Here&#8217;s a handy map to illustrate this better:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2012.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/06\/gvsu_map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"791\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2012\/location\/gvsu_map\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/gvsu_map.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1041,707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Parking Instructions\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/gvsu_map-300x203.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/gvsu_map-1024x695.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/files\/2012\/06\/gvsu_map-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"Where To Park at GVSU\" width=\"640\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/gvsu_map-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/gvsu_map-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandrapids.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2012\/06\/gvsu_map.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Street Map<\/h3>\n<div class=\"googlemaps\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"  src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;source=s_q&#038;hl=en&#038;geocode=&#038;q=401%20Fulton%20Street%20West,%20Grand%20Rapids,%20MI%2049504&#038;aq=&#038;sll=42.964261,-85.680503&#038;sspn=0.008526,0.018539&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;hnear=401%20Fulton%20St%20W,%20Grand%20Rapids,%20Michigan%2049504&#038;t=m&#038;z=14&#038;ll=42.964261,-85.680503&#038;output=embed\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h3>Driving<\/h3>\n<p>There are several major in-roads to the city: US-131, I-96, I-196 and then some. If you&#8217;re coming from the south and taking US-131, there is some construction as you get closer to town. You could route around it, but it&#8217;ll probably take just as long as sitting through it. So, plan on an extra 10-15 min beyond what your GPS suggests.<\/p>\n<h3>Air Travel<\/h3>\n<p>If you prefer to fly in, Grand Rapids does have its very own airport: <strong>Gerald R Ford International Airport (GRR)<\/strong>. A taxi will cost ~$20 from the airport to just about anywhere downtown. Otherwise, Detroit and Chicago are both ~3hr drives and Lansing is about 1.5hrs.<\/p>\n<h3>Hotel Recommendation<\/h3>\n<p>We recommend the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holidayinn.com\/hotels\/us\/en\/grand-rapids\/grrpe\/hoteldetail\" target=\"_blank\">Holiday Inn, Downtown Grand Rapids<\/a>. It&#8217;s just across the street and around a corner from where the conference is being held, and only a few blocks from where we&#8217;ll have the after-party. There are several other hotels in the area, so find what will work best for you.<\/p>\n<h3>About Grand Rapids<\/h3>\n<p>Whether you already realize this or not, Grand Rapids is home to a number of notable WordPress figures. In fact, Grand Rapids was recently ranked #9 in a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/pics\/why-start-united-states-innovation?slide=8#9\">list of 15 unexpected tech scenes<\/a>\u00a0and so we\u2019re holding our very own WordCamp to celebrate. Join us and help demonstrate that West Michigan is as technologically rich and diverse as the West Coast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Grand Rapids 2012 will take place in the DeVos Center on Grand Valley State University&#8217;s Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids. 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