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Eastside Sunrise Plaza Documentary
After two years of meeting online and planning, the Eastside Sunrise Plaza Design Team was thrilled to celebrate the completion of the Eastside Sunrise Plaza in September, 2021. To get an understanding of the thought, [...]
Riverview Launch Grounds Maintenance Request for Quotes
The Kalamazoo County Land Bank Authority is requesting quotes for Landscape Garden Bed Maintenance at Riverview Launch located at 1523 Riverview Dr. Kalamazoo, MI 49004. Mandatory Site Visit prior to August 8, 2022. Bid Deadline: [...]
Kalamazoo Eastside Neigh. Assoc. Purchases 1802 East Main for Diner
KALAMAZOO, MI — In an effort to reduce blight, provide a community gathering spot and support fledgling entrepreneurs, the Eastside Neighborhood Association is converting a long vacant property. Pat Taylor, executive director of the Eastside [...]
Washington Square now Fully-Occupied!
Washington Square in Edison is now fully occupied with resident-owned and diverse businesses after seven years of Land Bank and Edison Neighborhood Association work to activate and revitalize the commercial node. In addition to Washington [...]
Eastside Sunrise Plaza featuring local artists and residents’ stories coming to East Main
The Kalamazoo Eastside Neighborhood Association and the Kalamazoo County Land Bank are excited to announce a Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) grant for Eastside Sunrise Plaza, a public pocket plaza on [...]
The Creamery: Affordable housing and quality childcare in Edison
Ten years in the making, The Creamery, a nearly 60,000 square foot community-envisioned, mixed-use development in Edison, promises to help revitalize the neighborhood by providing affordable housing and much-needed 24 hour quality drop-in childcare. As [...]
Eastside Voices Video & Book
Eastside Voices, an intergenerational oral history project featuring stories shared from current and former residents, was unveiled during the December Art Hop at the Kalamazoo Eastside Neighborhood Association. Coordinated by local artists Buddy Hannah and [...]
Downtown Kalamazoo plans to reinvest $66M in tax revenue by 2048
KALAMAZOO, MI -- A new economic growth authority expects to leverage $66 million in state and local taxes to boost business in downtown Kalamazoo during the next 30 years. Monday, the Kalamazoo City Commission approved a [...]
MDEQ awards $1.35M to turn contaminated mill into mixed-use taproom
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is supporting the cleanup of a blighted site primed for an ambitious redevelopment project. Monday, the DEQ announced it will loan $1.25 million and grant $100,000 to mitigate contamination of a historic [...]
Edison: Where helping your neighbor is what people do and diversity is a matter of pride
On a map, Edison, the most populous of the Kalamazoo’s 22 neighborhoods, is shaped like a work boot with one loose shoelace, an apt symbol for a neighborhood that is a little hardscrabble tossed with [...]
Ambitious Redevelopment Seeks $1.35M to Clean Up Shuttered Mill
Local officials are hopeful that Michigan Department of Environmental Quality funds will help clean up a blighted site primed for an ambitious redevelopment project. The county Board of Commissioners authorized its Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to apply [...]
Together, Building Blocks and Neighborhood Residents Bring About Change
From a classroom at Kalamazoo College grew a program that makes Kalamazoo’s neighborhoods safer, spruced up places where neighbors work together to make them that way. Building Blocks got its beginning in 1995 in [...]
Join us for a Community Charrette – Eastside Pocket Neighborhood
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Unveiling ‘We Are Edison’ – the Inside Out project
On March 2, 2011, JR won the TED prize at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and called for the creation of a global participatory art project. Inspired by JR’s large‐format street "pastings", [...]
PHO Grand Opening
Pho on the Block is opening its doors Friday, May 5, 2017! Please join us for a delicious bite of Vietnamese cuisine and help us welcome them to Washington Square! Read More [...]