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Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services
Nonprofits receive $4.5 million in grants from Kalamazoo Community Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation names vice president of finance
Open Doors offers more affordable housing
HRI: Going beyond shelters to help the homeless

For the past 28 years, Housing Resources Inc. has been fighting homelessness in Kalamazoo County. Here's how they do it and why it's more important than ever. Kathy Jennings reports.

Michael Evans / Adult Literacy
Adult Literacy group receives $125,000 grant
Literacy program gets financial support for second year
Downtown Kalamazoo Inc. Steve Deisler
Creative efforts will keep ‘The D’s’ at work in downtown Kalamazoo

Staff is being cut, budgets are being scrutinized, and organizational streamlining is under way for the entities that have led downtown Kalamazoo for many years. DKI's Steve Deisler talks about what's ahead as "The D's" grapple with plummeting revenues and the imperative for support for a vibrant downtown. 

Some of the 20 people involved in The Franklin Project
Neighbors turn eyesore into place children can play

Zinta Aistars has the story of how a blighted city lot became a place where children can play soccer, creating a place for them to stay busy rather than get into trouble. It's called the Franklin Project and it's about workers in the surrounding neighborhood who decided to make a difference.  

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