Kalamazoo has a really strong history of papermaking, printing industry, and education in the humanities. For 15 years the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center has been drawing on that history to make sure book making (and more) lives on.
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.
Public Media Network's 2020 voter guide and candidate statements provides a platform for candidates to reach voters without having to pay for commercial air time, and in formats that allow them to discuss issues in more detail.
In Calhoun County, there are tens of thousands of homes built before 1978. And in the City of Battle Creek, 15,000 homes were built before 1978, the year lead-based paint was banned. Between 60 and 70 percent of them have lead-based paint. The Lead Safe Program provides lead-abatement to residents who qualify.
The nonprofit Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities has spent decades providing a variety of services for Dearborn residents, most recently using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education funding to make physical activity more accessible to all.
Giving residents more ways to engage with one another is the mission behind Milwood’s first-ever website.
Futures for Frontliners was created to provide a tuition-free pathway to college or a technical certificate to essential workers who do not have a college degree, including those who lack a high school diploma. It is the first program of its kind in the United States.
One half of Kinetic Affect. The co-founder of Speak It Forward. A best friend. Father to Ethan. A man who listened. An inspiration to many. Kalamazoo will say goodbye this weekend.
The state recently reinstated and expanded the program, which aims to improve children's daily nutrition, build their healthy eating habits, and invest in Michigan's local food economy.
The self-guided online program invites you to learn more about historical race-centered inequities in national, state, and local systems and institutions and how they came about. It's sponsored by the United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region.
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