Two new tenants bring Midlink Business Park in Comstock Township to full occupancy
Since it’s been open for business, Midlink Business Park in Comstock Township has completed in excess of three million square feet of short- and long-term leases.
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo’s name is so distinctive strangers around the world have been known to break into song at hearing the name. With such a recognizable moniker you’d think Kalamazoo wouldn’t need nicknames, but through the years changing names have reflected the city’s refusal to stand still. The Zoo, Celery City and the Mall City are a few. The innovative thinking that brought downtown K’zoo the nation’s first pedestrian mall in 1959 continues to work today. Innovators have developed thriving life sciences, biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms. They build on the expertise of Kalamazoo’s universities. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Davenport College all are centers of research, development and technology. They surround a downtown vibrating with condos, apartments and homegrown, top-notch restaurants. The universities are woven into the city’s social fabric and contribute to a cultural scene that Kalamazooans love to boast about. The Kalamazoo Symphony, Kalamazoo Institute of Art and a vibrant local theater community are a few of the offerings. Locals also love their festivals that fill the air with music and the scents of ethnic foods wafting over the Arcadia Festival grounds and the Kalamazoo River. Outdoor activities from biking on the Kal-Haven trail to disc golf and standard golf on a nationally-acclaimed course in Milham Park are the start of the city’s leisure side. Sports fans have competitive college teams, minor league baseball and hockey to follow. And it all comes with a Promise. All high school graduates who live in Kalamazoo qualify for a scholarship that pays 100 percent of their tuition at any public university or community college.
Kalamazoo’s director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is on the job at a critical time
Ten years ago, Dorla Bonner joined the City of Kalamazoo staff in community development and investment. In February she was named the city's first director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Then the world changed.
Prayer vigil set to counter report of a rally by neo-fascist group in downtown Kalamazoo
Whether on not the Proud Boys come to Kalamazoo on Saturday, Aug. 15, the city is planning to send a message that hate is not welcome here.
It’s complicated: In cities nationwide, including Kalamazoo, barriers can keep people homeless
Kalamazoo county's population is 11 percent Black while 60 percent of those in housing crisis are Black. Clearly, discrimination deeply factors into the housing inequities seen locally. Those barriers are about to be addressed.
Northside Association is working to provide neighborhood-based workforce training
A Neighborhood-Based Workforce Career Development Program designed to overcome barriers neighborhood residents face to education is training students for jobs.
Statements on gun violence in Kalamazoo from mayor and vice mayor
City officials speak to the gun violence occurring in Kalamazoo.
Gun violence in Kalamazoo refuses to take a back seat to COVID-19, BLM or other issues
Since June 1, 23 have been shot and four people have died by gunfire in Kalamazoo. Shootings are up 81percent. It is being called a gun violence crisis. The Group Violence Intervention Coordinator is working on slowing it down.
Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy seeks funds for matching grant, gets funds to monitor birds
The Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy is just $10,000 away from what it needs to obtain matching funds that will help it preserve Porter Legacy Dunes. And Cornell Lab of Ornithology has given SWMLC a $20,000 grant to monitor birds in a second effort.
Traffic calming chicanes presented to Kalamazoo residents in North Side event
A pilot program in Kalamazoo's Northside Neighborhood will help the city decide if chicanes can calm traffic there and citywide.
New project to ‘calm’ traffic on Kalamazoo’s North Side is part of city’s attempt to slow speeders
Have you heard of a chicane? Come out Thursday to LaCrone Park and find out how they could help slow down traffic.
