“We just haven’t seen these kinds of things happen before.”

The coronavirus has displaced events that have come to define our community, events that decades of Grand Rapidians look forward to all year long: among them are Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids Pride, and the Amway River Bank Run. CEO of the Amway River Bank Run Russ Hines talks to Elyse Wild about making the decision to reschedule race day for the first time in the River Bank Run’s 42 year history.