The Kzoo POD Community continues to search for a place the unhoused can call home
Progress is being made in finding a home for the POD community for the unhoused. Here's the latest.
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Kalamazoo’s Jamauri Bogan, former WMU running back, now running a business and scoring with Zone 32
Real estate developer Jamauri Bogan, 26, is creating an affordable housing and commercial project on the Northside that is "outward-focused and centered around serving people." Zone 32 takes its name from the number Bogan wore in football. He says the sport taught him the power of “we” rather than “me.”
New Executive Director for KNHS leads a super busy nonprofit on the cusp of a growth spurt
From a position with Downtown Kalamzoo, Inc. to working with the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Beth McCann helped build up Kalamazoo's cultural image. In her new position as Executive Directory of Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services, she is building community in a different way – through affordable housing. "We need, what, 7,000 housing units right now?" says McCann. "I can't build 7,000, but hopefully, I can make a dent."
Kalamazoo Public Safety’s Community Service Team looks to build relationships with the unhoused
KDPS Sgt. Amil Alwan says Public Safety doesn’t have all the answers to homelessness or how to address those suffering from mental health, substance abuse, and other issues. But officers say, “If we build the connections with the community services providers that we have in this area, we can have a unit that can have a hand-off with those other services to help do long-term solutions to these issues.”
Downpayment Assistance in Kalamazoo expands to help more people buy homes
As the affordable housing crisis continues, some Kalamazoo organizations are finding new ways to provide downpayment assistance to help first-time home buyers purchase a new home.
Kalamazoo County Housing Millage portal opens for creative new solutions
In a move to consolidate housing funding requests for housing, the Kalamazoo County Housing's AmpliFund Portal is seeking to become a one-stop funding source for ARPA and county resources.
It’s time for our annual round-up
What were 2022’s most-read Southwest Michigan Second Wave’s stories? Read on to find out what you might have missed.
Home Start Initiative believes its approaches to affordable housing will help project move forward
Services from financial education to emotional health and daycare are part of the package that is Playgrown Home Start, a community of 10 homes near what was once a tent encampment of the unhoused. The project is seeking funding and the project leader says: "I have faith in our grantors, I have faith, I have so much faith in this project and our team."
Milestone Senior Services helps elders stay in homes — one furnace, handrail, and ramp at a time
Milestone Senior Services administers several programs and services to help seniors and the disabled live independently, including home repairs and the installation of safety features. “They really care,” one senior says. “A lot of people might come in and do something. But these people really care.”
Community Homeworks of Kalamazoo helps make the critical repairs that keep people in their homes
For Community Homeworks work is laser-focused on critical home repairs in homes that have health or safety issues its Executive Director Chris Praedel says. "Is there a current or imminent health or safety risk to the homeowner or their family? If the answer is yes, then that's the project we want to prioritize."
Kalamazoo’s Jamauri Bogan, former WMU running back, now running a business and scoring with Zone 32
Real estate developer Jamauri Bogan, 26, is creating an affordable housing and commercial project on the Northside that is "outward-focused and centered around serving people." Zone 32 takes its name from the number Bogan wore in football. He says the sport taught him the power of “we” rather than “me.”
New Executive Director for KNHS leads a super busy nonprofit on the cusp of a growth spurt
From a position with Downtown Kalamzoo, Inc. to working with the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Beth McCann helped build up Kalamazoo's cultural image. In her new position as Executive Directory of Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services, she is building community in a different way – through affordable housing. "We need, what, 7,000 housing units right now?" says McCann. "I can't build 7,000, but hopefully, I can make a dent."
Kalamazoo Public Safety’s Community Service Team looks to build relationships with the unhoused
KDPS Sgt. Amil Alwan says Public Safety doesn’t have all the answers to homelessness or how to address those suffering from mental health, substance abuse, and other issues. But officers say, “If we build the connections with the community services providers that we have in this area, we can have a unit that can have a hand-off with those other services to help do long-term solutions to these issues.”
Downpayment Assistance in Kalamazoo expands to help more people buy homes
As the affordable housing crisis continues, some Kalamazoo organizations are finding new ways to provide downpayment assistance to help first-time home buyers purchase a new home.
Kalamazoo County Housing Millage portal opens for creative new solutions
In a move to consolidate housing funding requests for housing, the Kalamazoo County Housing's AmpliFund Portal is seeking to become a one-stop funding source for ARPA and county resources.
It’s time for our annual round-up
What were 2022’s most-read Southwest Michigan Second Wave’s stories? Read on to find out what you might have missed.
Home Start Initiative believes its approaches to affordable housing will help project move forward
Services from financial education to emotional health and daycare are part of the package that is Playgrown Home Start, a community of 10 homes near what was once a tent encampment of the unhoused. The project is seeking funding and the project leader says: "I have faith in our grantors, I have faith, I have so much faith in this project and our team."
Milestone Senior Services helps elders stay in homes — one furnace, handrail, and ramp at a time
Milestone Senior Services administers several programs and services to help seniors and the disabled live independently, including home repairs and the installation of safety features. “They really care,” one senior says. “A lot of people might come in and do something. But these people really care.”
Community Homeworks of Kalamazoo helps make the critical repairs that keep people in their homes
For Community Homeworks work is laser-focused on critical home repairs in homes that have health or safety issues its Executive Director Chris Praedel says. "Is there a current or imminent health or safety risk to the homeowner or their family? If the answer is yes, then that's the project we want to prioritize."
