This is where i grew up: Holland, Michigan. My cousin, Lisa, had this on her blog and i was so proud. It's funny because since i've moved to New Jersey, people say to me, "You're not from around here, are you?" "No, why?" "Because you're so nice". Hmmm...doesn't bode well for New Jersians but I know what they mean~it's a different kind of friendly. Do I like living in New Jersey? Absolutely! Would I ever move back? Probably not. But it sure does warm my heart to know that the little town i grew up in is being honored. It definitely was a great place to grow up!! Congrats, Holland.
This week a Gallup Poll was released which showed Holland MI as the 2nd happiest place to live in America. Only Bolder Colorado ranked higher.
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer featured Holland on the national newscast aired February 17, 2010. ABC affiliate WZZM Grand Rapids MI also did a piece. Both pieces featured video from Holland's Hometown Station 1450 WHTC and Talk of the Town Host Juke Van Oss.
Van Oss was inducted into the Michigan Broadcasters Hall of Fame in July 2009 http://michmab.com/awards/awards_hof.html.
Holland Mayor Kurt Dykstra guided the crews from the ABC Television Network and ABC affliliate WZZM Grand Rapids and chose WHTC as one of the places (and the only radio station) the crews needed to visit to get the story on Holland.
Here are links to stories and videos on this great accolade for Holland, Juke Van Oss and WHTC:
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_story.aspx?storyid=118617&catid=14
http://www.wzzm13.com/video/default.aspx?menuid=242#/Latest+Video/Happy+Holland+Gets+National+Attention/50790483001/50624700001/67117431001
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/michigan-town-happiest-places-america/story?id=9865005
http://new.whtc.com/news/articles/2010/feb/17/holland-national-media-spotlight-over-survey-resul/
http://www.whtc.com/stationfiles/whtctv.asp
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