Stuart Neighborhood Archives

Kalamazoo’s historic Stuart Neighborhood has a new plan for progress and preservation

By Al Jones

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April 6, 2023

As the City of Kalamazoo begins its historic conversion of downtown streets from one-way to two-way, the Stuart Historic Neighborhood has submitted its neighborhood plan to work closely with the city and for the neighborhood's own placemaking and wellbeing. As part of Imagine Kalamazoo 2025, Stuart is the eighth of the City's 22 neighborhoods to submit its plan, which will be reviewed by the Kalamazoo Planning Commission on May 4.

Apartment and commercial development hopes to open by fall in Kalamazoo’s Stuart Neighborhood

By Al Jones

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Community Development

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March 4, 2021

Residents of the Stuart Neighborhood have said they want more business within walking distance and it is coming with the Westgate Commons development going up at 615 W. Kalamazoo Ave.

Well-traveled artist and inventor calls Kalamazoo’s Stuart Neighborhood home — once again

By Al Jones

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General

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February 18, 2021

Stuart neighborhood resident Colleen Woolpert's artistic interest has always been tied to understanding the differences in how people perceive things. And the manner of artistic expression -- TwinScope Viewer, a hand-held device that she invented is used to see stereograph images in public exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and beyond.

Young couple is putting energy into historic home renovations in the Stuart Neighborhood

By Al Jones

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General

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February 9, 2021

In the Stuart Neighborhood, there are lots of houses that were built in the 1870s when the neighborhood was growing as an attractive community for businessmen and professionals. David and Emma Engerer are a young couple renovating them and renting them out.

Kalamazoo’s Stuart Neighborhood: Where every house has its own story and there’s a lot to love

By Al Jones

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General

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February 2, 2021

Within walking distance to downtown Kalamazoo and with houses that attract those who love history with their domicile, Stuart Neighborhood attracts people who know what they want.