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After overcoming a life-threatening illness, Battle Creek entrepreneur Nicole Hart launched New Eden Microgreens with support from local business organizations, bringing fresh, health-focused products to stores and restaurants across Southwest Michigan.
The Village Network of Battle Creek is dissolving after helping direct more than $1.25 million to BIPOC-led organizations and entrepreneurs, saying its mission to build community-led economic justice networks has successfully created lasting local momentum.
A new six-week Storefront Growth Lab in downtown Kalamazoo will help Southwest Michigan retail, restaurant, and service business owners improve profits, marketing, operations, and long-term growth through hands-on coaching and peer collaboration.
Kalamazoo Choral Arts and the Queer Chorus of Kalamazoo present "Considering Matthew Shepard," a powerful choral performance that transforms tragedy into a message of remembrance, community, and hope.
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.
High school students and educators in Kalamazoo warn that growing reliance on artificial intelligence tools in classrooms may undermine critical thinking, encourage cheating, and impact creativity and mental health.
In Kalamazoo, longtime Metro Transit leader Rob Branch turned lessons from his father and a passion for skilled trades into a 40-year career overseeing fleet operations that keep the community moving.
Jazz prodigy Esteban Castro returns to the Gilmore International Piano Festival in Battle Creek as a 2026 Young Artist Award winner, bringing a career that began on a toy piano to the Kool Community Center.
In Kalamazoo’s Douglas neighborhood, the Kalamazoo Friends Meeting blends silent Quaker worship with decades of local activism, from peace advocacy to community care at Adda Dilts Peace Park.
Maid in Battle Creek has expanded into Kalamazoo, growing from a local startup into a two-city cleaning company with a team of employees, commercial and residential clients, and a continued focus on personalized service.
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