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MUSKEGON — Muskegon’s magnum opus of an urban waterfront park, Heritage Landing, soon will be getting greener.

Light fixtures atop the teal lamp posts at Heritage Landing will be retrofitted this spring with new energy-efficient lights, although the county has not yet decided what kind.

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WEST MICHIGAN — Sometimes you have to know when to hold and when to fold.

After four decades of promoting arts and culture, the leaders of the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids made the tough but unanimous decision to throw in the cards. Faced with a difficult climate for state funding and the growth in its member groups’ own capabilities, the Arts Council in mid-October chose to dissolve its organization and disburse its assets to member arts and cultural organizations.

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SAUGATUCK — Lots of people were surprised when the nonprofit Saugatuck Center for the Arts announced last month it had formally merged with Mason Street Warehouse, a nonprofit equity theater group.

That’s because many thought the two groups already were the same organization.

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Cool New Meeting Places.

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GRAND RAPIDS — The USA/Canada Lions Club Leadership Forum doesn’t hit Grand Rapids until September 2015, but planning for the convention began almost a year ago when Experience Grand Rapids submitted a proposal to lure the group.

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GRAND RAPIDS — After four months of labor dissonance, the Grand Rapids Symphony and its musicians are now in tune.

The symphony’s board of directors and the Grand Rapids Federation of Musicians Local 56 agreed to a four-year contract in September, one day before the 2011-2012 season began.

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GRAND RAPIDS — During his tenure at Visit Denver, that city’s convention & visitors bureau, Doug Small witnessed the overwhelming success of Denver Restaurant Week. As current president of Experience Grand Rapids — the greater Grand Rapids area convention and visitors bureau — Small believed that the event would work well in his West Michigan downtown.

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HICKORY CORNERS — Driving along M-43 just north of Gull Lake, motorists might notice a plat of land with what might seem like an inordinate number of barns, but most people probably just keep on driving. They don’t know what they’re missing.

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GRAND RAPIDS — If Doug Small were in need of a plumber, he’d choose one with a license over one without.

The Experience Grand Rapids president used this as an illustration to explain how his organization’s recent accreditation from the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program (DMAP) could aid in drawing more conventions. Experience Grand Rapids serves as the convention and visitors bureau for the greater Grand Rapids area.

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GRAND RAPIDS — West Michigan is capturing its share of the $6 billion national youth and amateur sports tourism bounty, with thousands of gifted athletes converging on the region for competitions.