“I love what I do because we really get to change someone’s life and give them a better life,” says Miisha Greier, Property Manager for South Shore Commons. Her comments came as Battle Creek officials toured South Shore Commons Permanent Supportive Housing development in Gary, Ind. to learn more about this style of housing that helps keeps residents housed.
A Q&A with Battle Creek officials and nonprofit leaders who toured South Shore Commons to learn about supportive housing
In 2021 Housing Resources, Inc., served 2,608 Kalamazoo County households who were facing eviction, housing crisis, or homelessness -- $11.1 million in financial assistance for emergency housing-related costs. And even more in COVID relief for renters. They are expecting even greater need for 2022.
Kalamazoo’s Milwood Neighborhood Association meets in person and the message is one of coming together as a community.
What happens when a "family" conversation among those in Battle Creek's Black community ends up as the topic on a weekly Facebook live show?
Over 150 breweries from Australia, Hong Kong, the U.S., Brazil, Canada, Belgium, the U.K., and other countries are supporting Ukraine. A Kalamazoo brewer, Final Gravity, is among them. One Ukrainian brewer calls it a crucial sign of support.
Just because it takes a serious workout to get in shape for the Kalamazoo Marathon doesn't mean it can't be fun. That's where Run Camp comes in.
DHD#10 uses a variety of evidence-based programs and approaches to create a broader culture of health through their policies, systems, and environmental change work.
As the conditions around COVID change testing will continue to be part of the "new normal" Calhoun County officials say. Tests are currently available at a number of local organizations.
The Michigan Homeowners Assistance Fund program was created last year to prevent homeowners from losing their homes as a result of mortgage delinquencies the program and was established under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to mitigate hardships associated with the pandemic. Kalamazoo County Treasurer Thomas Whitener tells how it can work for county residents.
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