Stories
Imagine Kalamazoo builds on the good work that is already being done throughout the city. We will be featuring stories from the city, community, and region that inspire the plans that are being done in our city as well as featured updates on the Imagine Kalamazoo 2025 Strategic Vision and Master Plan process.
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Volunteers Sought for City-Wide Historic Resources Inventory
Feb 21, 2020
Looking for a way to get some steps in this spring while enjoying new or familiar parts of the city? Sign up to be a surveyor!
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Community Invited to Share Input to Help Develop an Adult Use Marihuana Ordinance
Jan 29, 2020
The City of Kalamazoo will be holding meetings to gain feedback on Adult Use Marihuana to develop a framework for the creation of an ordinance.
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City-Wide Historic Resources Inventory will Kick-off February 2020
Jan 24, 2020
The City will start a three-year-long historic resources inventory on Wednesday, February 5 with a kick-off event in the Van Deusen Room at the Central Library (315 S Rose Street) from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
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Neighborhood Zoning and Streets Discussions to be held throughout January and February
Jan 22, 2020
The City of Kalamazoo will host a series of neighborhood discussions in late-January through February to discuss potential zoning updates and street design with residents and community members.
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Zoning Discussion for Portage Street to be held on December 19
Dec 16, 2019
The City will host a Zoning Discussion for Portage Street on Thursday, December 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at City View in the Square (710 Collins Street) to discuss potential zoning updates along Portage Street.
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Celebrating 2 Years of Progress
Oct 22, 2019
To celebrate the Master Plan’s 2 Year Anniversary, we put together a progress report to highlight some of the work being done in our community.
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City of Kalamazoo teams with Western Michigan University to celebrate sustainability and get public input for community-wide sustainability strategy
Sep 24, 2019
The City of Kalamazoo and Western Michigan University’s Office for Sustainability invite the public to celebrate sustainability and plan to make Kalamazoo a more sustainable community at a series of events on Thursday, September 26.
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Share Your Input on Our Future Bike Network
Sep 24, 2019
As we move forward through the Street Design Project we are thinking about where future bike infrastructure should go. The existing & planned bike infrastructure map from the Master Plan is our starting point, but we have a few more questions we need your input on.
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AmeriCorps Member Service Opportunity Available within Planning Division
Sep 16, 2019
The City of Kalamazoo and Local Initiatives Support Corporation are seeking a full-time AmeriCorps member to serve as a Neighborhood Projects Coordinator.
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Walking Audits this fall will Help Inform Street Design
Sep 04, 2019
The next opportunity to get involved in the Street Design Project is by participating in Walking Audits this fall. A walking audit is an assessment of the walkability or pedestrian access of a place.
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