Local meeting primer: Kalamazoo City Commission
Discussions of Kalamazoo's 2024 economic development strategy and the draft 2025 Foundation for Excellence budget are scheduled for 5 p.m.
Discussions of Kalamazoo's 2024 economic development strategy and the draft 2025 Foundation for Excellence budget are scheduled for 5 p.m.
John Carmichael's passion for his hometown community continues with The Watershed, which opens to residents Sunday, September 15.
WITT Properties intends to construct a 48-unit housing development on 5.72 acres in White Pigeon.
The Kalamazoo Public Library will be the site for an open house on May 8 to help the community share their thoughts and ideas for economic development in the city.
The council identified key issues within the state including a lack of population growth — complicated by a lack of young people moving to or remaining in the state — contributing to a loss of tax revenue to fund schools, public amenities and quality of life within Michigan communities.
Michigan Advance's Rick Haglund says, "Michigan’s business-centric approach to economic development is lacking." But how should the state address this apparent issue? Haglund suggests taking "a more local service-based approach."