Voices of Youth: Transportation and getting to school, a photo story
The latest installment in the Voices of Youth series looks at transportation and getting to school and discusses solutions to late buses.
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Grant award jumpstarts new trail development in Oshtemo Township
A two-mile section of the historic Fruit Belt Rail Corridor was added to Oshtemo Township’s park properties last fall and a new grant award will allow it to begin to be readied for use this summer.
Spring means it’s time to turn the bikes toward Lake Michigan for the Kal-Haven Trailblazer
On May 7, bikers will return to the Kal-Haven Trail to celebrate spring, Michigan, wheels, and gears. The Trailblazer, an annual community ride on the Kal-Haven Trail, will be back after being put on hold by COVID.
Stadium Drive construction begins as Kalamazoo moves to slow traffic and create complete streets
The Stadium Drive project now underway will make the wide four-lane road into a "gateway" for downtown Kalamazoo and Western Michigan University. The project is also a gateway to the city's complete streets goals.
Issue Media Group Launches Rural Innovation eXchange
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the company’s latest online media project – Rural Innovation eXchange (RIX). RIX will focus on the innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation and community development taking place in rural Michigan and feature the work of rural talent and content creators.
Let’s talk: Overcoming roadblocks to transportation in rural and urban communities
People and organizations are working to help residents outside of city limits get from here to there. Today's urban planning aims to make it possible for all -- pedestrian, bicyclist, bus passenger, and motorist -- to use streets in a safe, accessible, and practical manner.
Poems on Buses is back: Friends of Poetry brings youth poetry to Metro Transit riders once again
It's been a long time since the Kalamazoo Friends of Poetry presented poems on local buses. Now the poems are back. They are some of the winners of the Poems That Ate Our Ears Contest.
Neighbors worry about plans for Portage Road. City says changes will come slowly and are needed.
Rumor and misinformation have riled up residents who live near a narrow corridor of businesses and homes between West Lake and Austin Lake on Portage Road. A City of Portage steering committee has been studying the best way to make it safer.
Kalamazoo River Valley Trail supporters seek funds to finish the final link with trails to the east
"The trail is 99.9 percent complete, and highly utilized by a diverse group of people," Galesburg Mayor Lori West says. "It's beautiful."
Ride of 275 miles from Great Lake to Great Lake draws the biking faithful
The Great Lake-to-Lake Trails plan includes five routes through both peninsulas, linking the big Lakes. So far, Trail #1 is about 70 percent trail. And 70 people recently took the first ride on the 275-mile route.
Grant award jumpstarts new trail development in Oshtemo Township
A two-mile section of the historic Fruit Belt Rail Corridor was added to Oshtemo Township’s park properties last fall and a new grant award will allow it to begin to be readied for use this summer.
Spring means it’s time to turn the bikes toward Lake Michigan for the Kal-Haven Trailblazer
On May 7, bikers will return to the Kal-Haven Trail to celebrate spring, Michigan, wheels, and gears. The Trailblazer, an annual community ride on the Kal-Haven Trail, will be back after being put on hold by COVID.
Stadium Drive construction begins as Kalamazoo moves to slow traffic and create complete streets
The Stadium Drive project now underway will make the wide four-lane road into a "gateway" for downtown Kalamazoo and Western Michigan University. The project is also a gateway to the city's complete streets goals.
Issue Media Group Launches Rural Innovation eXchange
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the company’s latest online media project – Rural Innovation eXchange (RIX). RIX will focus on the innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation and community development taking place in rural Michigan and feature the work of rural talent and content creators.
Let’s talk: Overcoming roadblocks to transportation in rural and urban communities
People and organizations are working to help residents outside of city limits get from here to there. Today's urban planning aims to make it possible for all -- pedestrian, bicyclist, bus passenger, and motorist -- to use streets in a safe, accessible, and practical manner.
Poems on Buses is back: Friends of Poetry brings youth poetry to Metro Transit riders once again
It's been a long time since the Kalamazoo Friends of Poetry presented poems on local buses. Now the poems are back. They are some of the winners of the Poems That Ate Our Ears Contest.
Neighbors worry about plans for Portage Road. City says changes will come slowly and are needed.
Rumor and misinformation have riled up residents who live near a narrow corridor of businesses and homes between West Lake and Austin Lake on Portage Road. A City of Portage steering committee has been studying the best way to make it safer.
Kalamazoo River Valley Trail supporters seek funds to finish the final link with trails to the east
"The trail is 99.9 percent complete, and highly utilized by a diverse group of people," Galesburg Mayor Lori West says. "It's beautiful."
Ride of 275 miles from Great Lake to Great Lake draws the biking faithful
The Great Lake-to-Lake Trails plan includes five routes through both peninsulas, linking the big Lakes. So far, Trail #1 is about 70 percent trail. And 70 people recently took the first ride on the 275-mile route.
