From cannabis to AI: Proposed Kalamazoo data center sparks questions about its future in Milwood
A proposal to convert a former Kalamazoo cannabis grow facility into an AI data center has sparked community debate over its potential impacts.
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Kick Back and Breathe series brings fresh air and urgency to Kalamazoo’s air quality conversation
“Kick Back and Breathe,” a free monthly event by the Institute of Public Scholarship, explores how air pollution impacts Black and Brown communities. Using data from local air monitors, the series empowers residents to understand their air and push for cleaner, healthier neighborhoods.
Confronting racism’s impact on affordable housing access in Kalamazoo
The enduring impact of racism on affordable housing in Kalamazoo illustrates a direct link between past injustices and present-day housing struggles.
Something stinks in ‘Paper City’: Kalamazoo residents push back on legacy of industrial pollution
“Growing up, everyone had asthma… we used to collect inhalers like they were Pokémon,” recalls Tyler Dancer while walking through his Northside neighborhood in early September. Envirosuite meters throughout the neighborhood now monitor hydrogen sulfide levels. Residents have filed a class action suit and formed a group, Kalamazoo Parents for Clean Air, to address the harmful impacts of industrial pollution.
Ten Hundred comes home: Southwest Michigan artist moves Youtube Studio from Seattle to St. Joseph
Peter Robinson, known as Ten Hundred to his YouTube followers, brought his successful art enterprise from Seattle to St. Joseph. Now he and his wife are raising their family in Southwest Michigan as his channel takes on big murals, big collabs, and an instant Kickstarter hit that raised $2.4 million.
Women leaders of Asian background connect others with their heritage in Kalamazoo
How can we recognize Asian accomplishments in Kalamazoo? Here is a handful of women who can help in that regard.
Zoo City Farm and Food takes root: Food sovereignty group works to expand its network in Kalamazoo
Imagine a food system in which the people who produce, distribute, and consume food also control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution. It's called food sovereignty and Zoo City Farm and Food Network is working to bring it to Kalamazoo.
The activists next door: A new generation of activists lift Black voices and community in Kalamazoo
Uplift Kalamazoo is living up to the mission in its name by doing the work that needs to be done. Right now that often means making sure people have food to eat.
Food of the Vine: You’ve got to be hip to eat at Hoodies
You have to know someone who knows Sherri to find out how to locate Hoodies. Or read this story.
