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Battle Creek Battle Jacks sold: New owner Scott Miles plans new era for team

The Battle Creek Battle Jacks enter a new era under owner Scott Miles, a Massachusetts businessman investing in fan experience, community engagement, and competitive summer collegiate baseball in the Northwoods League.

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New KSO President Amy Williams is on a mission to make orchestral music feel like home

Amy Williams, the new president of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, brings a community-focused vision shaped by her success in Savannah, aiming to make symphony music more accessible and inviting to people across Kalamazoo.

Kalamazoo and Calhoun County seniors helped to age-in-place through Milestone’s home-repair program

Milestone Senior Services helped an Oshtemo senior replace a failed furnace and rebuild an unsafe ramp at no cost through grant-funded home repair and accessibility programs serving Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.

Jazz went fearless, strange, and brilliant at the Gilmore Finale — and Kalamazoo loved it

At the Gilmore Piano Festival finale in Kalamazoo, Grammy-winning pianist Sullivan Fortner and fellow jazz innovators delivered a daring, emotionally charged performance that proved the city’s audience is sophisticated enough to embrace adventurous modern jazz.

House show or hair show? Inside Kalamazoo’s ‘secret’ salon concert scene

A downtown Kalamazoo hair salon is transforming into an intimate monthly live music venue, where Trim Salon owner Patti Ann McNulty hosts folk and Americana concerts in a uniquely DIY community space.

Kalamazoo asks residents to take a close, personal look at streets on walking audit for ‘Design It! Downtown’

A lively Downtown Kalamazoo walking audit highlights community-driven ideas and upcoming “Streets for All” improvements aimed at creating a safer, more welcoming, and pedestrian-friendly city center.

From ancestral trails to two-way roads: How Kalamazoo streets keep changing with the times

Kalamazoo’s shift from one-way to two-way streets reflects centuries of evolving transportation as the city reimagines a more walkable, people-centered downtown.

KNC trails are open and free to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays in May, from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. with limited admissions capacity.
Voices of Youth: Six ways to improve climate change education in Kalamazoo Public Schools’ high schools 

According to a recent survey, many Kalamazoo Public Schools students feel undereducated about climate change and want more comprehensive instruction that covers its causes, impacts, and solutions.

Neighborhood nonprofit rehabs houses to help new homeowners and break the rent cycle

Edison Initiatives was formed to help others become homeowners and build wealth.

Great Lakes, local consequences: Indigenous voices on why Line 5 matters in Kalamazoo

In Kalamazoo, Indigenous students and leaders are mobilizing against Line 5, perceiving its threat to regional watersheds and a clash with values of long-term environmental stewardship.

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