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Battle Creek
Back to school
Michigan Reconnect will give any resident 25 years and older with a high school diploma or GED a tuition-free education at any participating community college in Michigan. Some are already signing up for classes.
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Kalamazoo
Restoring neighborhood homes
“You’ve got to see what the property could become and see what it is now. And then just don’t take your eye off of what it could become. Just keep pushing forward to that vision and you will make it one day,” David Engerer says.
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