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The progression of Eastside Square continues. Siding and brick for the building is being added and the project is continue to progress further. When completed there will be six one and two-bedroom, mixed-income, affordable [...]

Eastside Square Construction has come along since the groundbreaking in December. When completed there will be six one and two-bedroom, mixed-income, affordable and energy-efficient housing units, and 1,800 square feet of commercial space. [...]

Construction on Eastside Square is progressing. Check out the progression of the project as you travel on East Main.

Construction continues to be underway and as one passes East Main, you will be able to see the project progress. When completed there will be six one and two-bedroom, mixed-income, affordable and energy-efficient housing [...]

Since the ground breaking of Eastside Square on December 14th, there has some major progress with the second phase of Eastside Square. Construction continues to be underway and as one passes East Main, you [...]

On December, 14th the Kalamazoo County Land Bank, in partnership with the Eastside Neighborhood Association, the groundbreaking of Eastside Square occurred. Originally conceived in 2019 after three community envision events, Eastside Square experienced delays [...]

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, [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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, 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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", [...]