Coverage of community groups bringing about changes, innovations, and solutions in their community.
As other communities struggle with how to help those facing eviction, Calhoun County and Battle Creek agencies and groups are finding ways to assist those in danger of losing their homes.
Residents of the Stuart Neighborhood have said they want more business within walking distance and it is coming with the Westgate Commons development going up at 615 W. Kalamazoo Ave.
Kevin McCarthy is an active, moderate Republican. He says, "All my fears of how Trump and his hardcore followers would endanger the country came to fruition on Jan. 6, 2021."
The City of Kalamazoo and the regional United Way are partnering to help city-based businesses with fewer than 50 employees that need funds for personal protective equipment.
After deadlines for redevelopment come and go, BCU buys out current owner of McCamly Place Hotel in downtown Battle Creek and searches for financing to restart the project.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that food waste in the U.S. is the largest stream of municipal waste-to-landfill, accounting for about 22 percent of what is dumped. A trial program in the Vine Neighborhood could be doing something to address that.
Meet Caroline Bissonnette from the 2020 class of On the Ground Community Correspondents.
Eric Pessell, Health Officer with Calhoun County’s Health Department says this surge of cases is the highest they have seen. "The current number of hospitalizations is the highest yet," he says. "We need to figure out a way to head it back down."
Meet Community Correspondent Katie Platte from the 2020 class of On the Ground Community Correspondents.
“I just didn’t want to see teachers have to pay for things out of their own pockets,” Angee McCormick McCormick said. That's why she scaled up a project she started at Parkwood Elementary to cover the whole school district. The KPS Supply Closet.
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