It started with a class. In spring 2026, 17 students enrolled in Introduction to Creative Writing through Grand Valley State University's Bellamy Creek Program. By the end of the course, the writing that the students produced, and the process of getting there, prompted a new question for faculty in GVSU's Writing Department: What if there were a way to create that kind of space for people at Bellamy Creek who were not currently enrolled in the university's program? That quest