A Recipe for Abundance: Kalamazoo artists, food vendors, musicians, unite to reimagine community
"A Recipe for Abundance" is a free community event in Kalamazoo using art, food, and music to inspire connection, care, and local resilience.
City of Kalamazoo unveils possibilities for housing development in Edison neighborhood
The City of Kalamazoo has put together conceptual plans that would encourage143 to 200 homes on the nearly 15-acre lot that was once home to the former Health and Human Services building. Soon, the Edison Neighborhood will be weighing in on the idea.
From seed to storefront: Battle Creek’s first food co-op to open in September
Uproot Market and Eatery, Battle Creek’s first community-owned food co-op, is set to open this fall, aiming to provide fresh, local, and affordable food to underserved neighborhoods while fostering community ownership and food equity.
Answering the cry: A Kalamazoo rehabilitator’s journey of love, loss, and saving wildlife
“We need to start thinking of wildlife, particularly urban wildlife, as native, indigenous to the land that we developed. As such, we need to learn how to coexist in a way that we don’t feel like they’re encroaching on us, but rather that we’re encroaching on their habitat."
Delivering change: Bronson Battle Creek Hospital slashes C-Section rates for safer births
Bronson Battle Creek Hospital has been recognized for significantly reducing its cesarean section rate—placing it among Michigan’s top hospitals—through targeted initiatives aimed at improving maternal care and addressing health disparities.
Access to affordable, reliable child care as vital for dads as moms
People often think of child care as a women's or a mother's issue. However, access to affordable, reliable, high quality child care equally benefits fathers.
Poet’s Press: “The Streets Still Remember,” reflections on growing up on Kalamazoo’s Northside
Poet's Press, a Second Wave quarterly series presented in partnership with the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival, launches with our first installment by poet Markeva Love and collaborating artist Taylor Scamehorn. This series features news poems — an experimental form that examines local people, places, and events through a personal, poetic lens.
Heavy music, humid nights: Kalamazoo’s RunOff brings the noise — and the heart
In a sweltering Kalamazoo garage known as The RunOff, a tight-knit DIY music community gathers for a night of blistering metal, haunting sax solos, and family-style chaos — raising the volume, and funds, in equal measure.
A different kind of fight club: ChampsDen is a place to spar and a safe haven for young people
ChampsDen Boxing Club in the basement of a home in the Edison neighborhood was created in 2019 by Kalamazoo native Jadschi Green who has boxing in his blood.
Local love in action: BCCF Block Party wraps listening tour with impact, investment, and inclusion
The Battle Creek Community Foundation wrapped up its listening tour with a downtown Block Party, unveiling its Annual Impact Report and highlighting over $8 million in community investments focused on health, education, housing, and grassroots initiatives.
