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Lunchtime Live an invitation to enjoy lunch in the park

What’s more fun? Taking your bag lunch to the break room to eat or going to Bronson Park where you can listen to music, buy lunch from a food truck, […]

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Adams Outdoor donates five pieces of property to Land Bank
Hopkins landowners donate property to Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
Project 20/20 invites Battle Creek to discuss aspirations
Unseen Kalamazoo Tour
Finding what usually goes unseen in Hidden Kalamazoo

The number of people interested in a tour of "Hidden Kalamazoo" may have caught its organizers by surprise, but the rewards outweighed the minor inconveniences.

Nutrition industry recognizes Covance and BCU for innovative partnership
Public invited to share ideas on Oshtemo Township parks improvements
Michigan Hosts the Architectural and Industrial Design Event of the Year

State Historic Preservation Office launches blockbuster show June 14 at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills. 

Through Our City: A comic about the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail

Because there is more than one way to tell a story Southwest Michigan's Second Wave asked artist Simon Borst to create a graphic way of telling of the tale of the Kalamazoo Valley River Trail. He presents a story of gaps in the trail and what they mean for trail users. 

Kalamazooans rally around the Beer City USA vote

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