Neighborhoods

Coverage of activities happening at the neighborhood level as told by the neighbors themselves. Coverage of the characteristics of given neighborhoods. Coverage of ways neighbors are making their community better.

Historic survey of Edison means a look at every house in Kalamazoo’s largest neighborhood

As a historical survey of the Edison Neighborhood gets underway residents can expect to see surveyors taking pictures of every house and commercial building in the area.

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New Creamery apartments in Kalamazoo’s Edison Neighborhood shows the issues of affordable housing

Everyone wants more affordable housing but these days it’s not that easy to build, a Kalamazoo developer who put together The Creamery project in the Edison neighborhood says.

Introducing Sharon Dever, Community Correspondent from the Vine Neighborhood

Meet Sharon Dever from the 2020 class of On the Ground Community Correspondents.

Community composting trial in Vine leads the way for Kalamazoo’s neighborhoods

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.

Food of the Vine: You’ve got to be hip to eat at Hoodies

You have to know someone who knows Sherri to find out how to locate Hoodies. Or read this story.

Introducing Katie Platte, On the Ground Community Correspondent from Vine

Meet Community Correspondent Katie Platte from the 2020 class of On the Ground Community Correspondents.

YWCA’s 24-hour childhood learning center pushes ahead in Kalamazoo’s Edison Neighborhood

YWCA is continuing to plan for the opening of the YWCA Edison Children’s Center, a 24-hour drop-in center that will provide affordable child care for infants to 3-year-olds as well as second- and third-shift childcare for children up to age 12.

Two organizations waive rent in Kalamazoo’s Vine Neighborhood

Vine property owners say they want to get ahead of the COVID-19 crisis so they decided to provide rent relief.

New authentic Mexican restaurant coming to Kalamazoo’s Edison Neighborhood

New Mexican restaurant gets ready to move into space in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood after Jersey Giants moves on. 

Neighborhood legacy: The Ferraro family has been growing in the Vine for over 60 years

Kalamazoo's Vine then and now as told by a family who has lived there since 1959, the Ferraro family.

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