The Family Health Center provides primary, preventive, and supplemental health services, including dental and mental health care, to more than 50,000 active patients in Kalamazoo County. This year, Family Health Center is saying "thank you" for 50 years of support and expansion.
A boxing academy, a guitar shop, a visual artist, a lawn care/landscaping service, a coffee shop, a chiropractor, and a carpentry shop were among the 90 small businesses in 16 Kalamazoo neighborhoods to receive shares of $450,000 made available in the second annual Kalamazoo Micro-Enterprise Grant program.
The 2-year-old nonprofit organization of attorneys in Kalamazoo takes a holistic approach to criminal defense to help defendants in the criminal justice system. It hopes the work is the start of a process to get people who are accused of crimes get on a track out of the system.
Regulars at Fairmount Dog Park in Kalamazoo say it's a place where you become friends – just by having a common ground, which is the park.
When it came to evaluating Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety's response to civil unrest in 2020, consultants say they tried to "find where that truth is in the spectrum. But it’s not all one way or another."
En las Escuelas Públicas de Kalamazoo se han implementado planes para tratar de asegurar que los estudiantes latinos se mantengan al día con sus lecciones y triunfen académicamente.
A night to get to know your local public safety officers has grown to so much more. This year opportunities to learn how to train for good-paying jobs were part of the celebration in the Northside Neighborhood.
Plans to try to assure Latino students keep up with their lessons and succeed academically have been put in place in the Kalamazoo Public Schools.
The rate of vaccinations has slowed in Kalamazoo County over the last six weeks. The demand for COVID-19 inoculations has dropped from a peak of 3,000 to 3,500 per clinic during the winter months and early spring, a Kalamazoo County health officials says to 30 to 40 shots per clinic presently.
DeMargeo White was one of 100 who received a Kalamazoo Micro-Enterprise Grant last year and it helped his business move from a part-time gig to a full-time enterprise. This year another 90 businesses will have the opportunity for the same type of cash infusion for their work.
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