Essayist drawn back to Southwest Michigan

Jennifer Owens, a  vice president of Southwest Michigan First in Kalamazoo, recently offered her view on what it is about Southwest Michigan that makes coming home so easy to do.

She told the Kalamazoo Gazette those who have questioned her decision to relocate had never visited Southwest Michigan.

Excerpt:

I spent several weeks visiting the region and was amazed that every person I met was a regional ambassador. In other parts of the state, people say I am just here because of a job or I am here because my family is here. Yet, what I found in Kalamazoo is that people make a conscious decision to stay. I can’t tell you the number of residents who not only were selling me on the region, but also their individual neighborhoods. It seemed each had found their personal haven. Everywhere my husband and I went we found ambassadors as well as family-friendly neighborhoods, eclectic restaurants and a bustling alive city.

To find out what else drew Owens, please read the rest of her viewpoint.

Source: Kalamazoo Gazette