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Kalamazoo County Land Bank Summer Hours
Kalamazoo County Land Bank Summer Hours are in effect from Memorial Day until Labor Day: Monday: 8:00-5:00PM Tuesday: 8:00-5:00PM Wednesday: 8:00-5:00PM Thursday: 8:00-5:00PM Friday: 8:00-4:00PM Please feel free to call our office if you need [...]
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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Commercial Space for Sale or Lease in Washington Square
1324 Portage Street, Kalamazoo MI 49001 Edison Neighborhood | Acreage: .1 | Year Built: 1935 | 3,900 SF The former Kalamazoo Color Lab has been vacant since 2015. It is located within an [...]
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", [...]
Merchant’s Crossing RFP
Merchants Crossing is a collection of vacant commercial buildings and parcels in the River’s Edge District. The site is just a 5 minute walking distance from downtown and is situated on the banks of [...]
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 [...]