Pathway Home: Partnership will create new way to go from experiencing homelessness to owning a home

People can't move from homelessness to housed if there is not enough affordable housing in a community. Pathway Home is one new way that shortage is being addressed in Kalamazoo. 

Building with lots of flexibility goes up to draw industrial, manufacturing tenants to Battle Creek

Battle Creek's location between Detroit and Chicago, its Foreign-Trade Zone, three rail providers, and 25 international companies are all reasons developers believe a new spec building will draw tenants.

With 18 COVID-19 deaths in Calhoun County in two weeks, officials warn of ‘unprecedented spread’

Eric Pessell, Health Officer with Calhoun County’s Health Department says this surge of cases is the highest they have seen. "The current number of hospitalizations is the highest yet," he says. "We need to figure out a way to head it back down."

The spirit of Reycraft Drive: Good neighbors make the neighborhood great in Kalamazoo’s Milwood

Don Solesbee's neighbors say he is "the guy who does." His backyard is a social hub and he cuts the lawns and snowblows the walks of those around him. He's the one who keeps his neighbors on Reycraft connected. Some call him Mr. Milwood.

Grand Rapids resident Yvonne Woodard has had several low birth weight children and grandchildren.
As awareness of racism’s role in infant mortality grows, Michigan takes action

For Black infants, racism's impacts begin at birth – and may be deadly. But practitioners across Michigan are coming together to address it through a proposed expansion of the state's Healthy Moms Healthy Babies program.

Extra officers and proactive efforts are Kalamazoo’s strategy for potentially tense election day

What will the Nov. 3 general election day look like? The Kalamazoo City  Clerk's office and Kalamazoo Public Safety are working together to prepare for it.

The Milwood U-Pick Garden: One woman’s way to engage neighbors and spread the creative spirit

During its first season, the Milwood U-Pick Herb Garden offered neighbors a variety of herbs growing in the wide curb lawn.

Rehearsal Room to offer a place for musicians who have been displaced as COVID closes venues

The Rehearsal Room is a live concert series that’s going to give a virtual and online aspect so people can watch artists representing all types of genres brought to you by musicians who value all kinds of music from a recording space in downtown Battle Creek.

For the developer at the Mill at Vicksburg, sustainability is key

“Bringing the mill property back to life is not just about creating a special place, it’s about creating a safe environment, both inside and outside the building,” says Developer Chris Moore.

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.

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