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. 
I bet! I heard it was also the hometown of Gerald Ford who was the US President