Introducing Sharon Dever, Community Correspondent from the Vine Neighborhood
Meet Sharon Dever from the 2020 class of On the Ground Community Correspondents.
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.
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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.
The little school that could: El Sol Elementary is making the Vine neighborhood a worldlier place
At El Sol Elementary School in Kalamazoo's Vine neighborhood, they are teaching students who will be global citizens.
Owners of historic homes cherish their caretaking role ‘in the stream of American history’ in Vine
How old are the houses in Kalamazoo's Vine neighborhood? Some of them date back to 1850. And those who own them love restoring them to their former glory.
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.
The little school that could: El Sol Elementary is making the Vine neighborhood a worldlier place
At El Sol Elementary School in Kalamazoo's Vine neighborhood, they are teaching students who will be global citizens.
Owners of historic homes cherish their caretaking role ‘in the stream of American history’ in Vine
How old are the houses in Kalamazoo's Vine neighborhood? Some of them date back to 1850. And those who own them love restoring them to their former glory.
