As origin stories go, the Battersons have a real one to tell. Within days of opening the doors of New Story Community Books the state of Michigan shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This is how they have stayed in business.
The Village reemergence plan in Battle Creek will focus on systems change, breaking down historic barriers, and creating access and opportunity.
Battle Creek Food Reimagined is a new attempt at revitalizing food entrepreneurship and innovation in Battle Creek.
Imagine a food system in which the people who produce, distribute, and consume food also control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution. It's called food sovereignty and Zoo City Farm and Food Network is working to bring it to Kalamazoo.
Jerry Campbell captured images of life in and around Kalamazoo for more than 50 years as a staff photographer for the Kalamazoo Gazette. Here are a few things we remember.
When the Farmers Market in Kalamazoo opens May 1 it will include the usual array of crafts, flowers, and non-food items with about 130 vendors, up from about 80 last year. There will be a soft opening April 24 with a limited number of vendors.
A shift from sit-down dining to takeout in family portions and curbside pick-up, plus the support of Kalamazoo diners from across the city, have helped Comensol's keep the lights on.
Funding will help the neighborhood get creative in purchasing buildings and spaces and pairing business economics and co-op models that will help people and People of Color to start and run good businesses, says Pastor Chris McCoy, as he imagines new development in Washington Heights.
Residents of the Stuart Neighborhood have said they want more business within walking distance and it is coming with the Westgate Commons development going up at 615 W. Kalamazoo Ave.
Stuart neighborhood resident Colleen Woolpert's artistic interest has always been tied to understanding the differences in how people perceive things. And the manner of artistic expression -- TwinScope Viewer, a hand-held device that she invented is used to see stereograph images in public exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and beyond.
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