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Kalamazoo Avenue Is Being Rebuilt From the Ground Up — Here’s What to Expect

Construction begins on Kalamazoo Avenue in mid-July, and it is bigger than a road project. The City of Kalamazoo held…

A Developer Wants to Build Duplexes on West Cork Street. Here’s What the City’s Natural Features Board Said.

Three residential duplexes proposed for a group of adjacent parcels on West Cork Street cleared a key review step at…

Kalamazoo City Commission approves incentive package for 38-unit North Side housing project

The Kalamazoo City Commission voted Monday to approve a package of financial incentives for a new mixed-income apartment building in…

Streets for All: Kalamazoo Avenue reconstruction is set to begin this summer

Construction on Kalamazoo Avenue is scheduled to start in mid-to-late July 2026. The project is the first major construction phase…

Friends of Kalamazoo Historic Cemeteries Receives Historic Preservation Commission Mini-Grant

The Friends of Kalamazoo Historic Cemeteries has become a recipient of the Kalamazoo Historic Preservation Commission's O'Connor Fund mini-grant program,…

Planning Commission Approves New Office Building for Owen Ames Kimball at WMU Research Park

The Kalamazoo City Planning Commission unanimously approved a site plan Thursday for a new office building at 4755 Campus Drive…

Kalamazoo Civil Rights Board Presses for Ordinance Action, Names City Administration as Barrier

Members of the Kalamazoo Civil Rights Board used their June 3 meeting to push for concrete progress on proposed changes…

Kalamazoo Renews Assessor Contract — One Commissioner Wants a Longer-Term Plan

The Kalamazoo City Commission voted unanimously Monday night to renew a three-year contract with Wayne County Appraisal LLC for property…

Kalamazoo Avenue Planned Two-Way Conversion Is Moving Forward

The Kalamazoo City Commission voted unanimously Monday night to approve contracts that move the long-planned two-way conversion of Kalamazoo Avenue…

A Street Built for the Next 100 Years

For 60 years, Kalamazoo Avenue has been a one-way street. That's about to change slowly, deliberately, and with a price…

Kalamazoo Has Replaced More Than 6,700 Lead Service Lines and the Work Continues

More than two-thirds of Kalamazoo's lead service lines have now been replaced, according to James Baker, the city's director of…

WMU wants to add lights for night soccer. A city committee is asking questions.

Western Michigan University is planning to install lights at its soccer facility for night games, a facility that sits directly…