Lolita’s Tacos known for big flavor, big portions and a big heart on Kalamazoo’s Eastside
It is all about location, location, location for Enrique Aguilera, owner of Lolita's Tacos who has resisted being lured from Kalamazoo's Eastside.
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.
An update on the trail that will connect Great Lakes and small businesses
Here's why Mayor Lori West of Galesburg is excited about a piece of the KRVT that's expected to be completed in the spring of 2020.
KydNet steps forward into the Kalamazoo’s Eastside to help families own their summers
A get together with dual purpose connects parents with programs to help children avoid "summer slide" and neighbors with one another.
What do singing, cheerleading, and football have in common? They’re ways groups reach Eastside youth
For the artistically and athletically inclined, more programs are starting to fill the gaps for youngsters with not enough to do in Kalamazoo's Eastside neighborhood.
Kalamazoo Eastside Schools Annual Reunion is a year-round family with a special niche
Once an Eastsider, always an Eastsider, and they have the reunion to prove it.
Kalamazoo Eastside resident opens positive salon that models a way up the ladder
Solomon Carpenter has always had a message for his neighborhood. Now he wants to share the positive from his new salon in Kalamazoo's Eastside.
Eastwood Branch of Kalamazoo Public Library is an Eastside gem worth visiting
The Eastwood Branch of the Kalamazoo Public Library is a quiet space, good for studying. And it has its own light sculpture!
Ben Brown’s Eastside tiny house experiment paves the way for future Kalamazoo small homes
For so many years Ben Brown had a dream of a tiny house. Making that dream come true has made it attainable for others in Kalamazoo.
Earth Day Workday and Unveil the Trail: Great ways to celebrate spring at Bow in the Clouds
Work is underway to make the trail at Bow in the Clouds open to all and you are invited to see what that means.
With audio descriptions of what’s onstage, Civic Theatre presents ‘theater for all’
The Civic Theatre asks patrons to finish the sentence "I could enjoy your theatre more if..." and when some said they wanted to better understand what they could not see the Civic responded with audio descriptions for those with limited vision and blindness.
