This summer the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced the 1,800-acre megasite in Marshall would share $5 million with two other megasites in the state to get all of them ready for development. And the past two months have been busy for the Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance. 

The Edison Neighborhood Association has become home to the Community Cupboard, an outdoor, closet-sized shed with a refrigerator to provide food at any time of day to those in need.

Anyone can be an artist, says Debra Kristen Carlton, a member of the Battle Creek Society of Artists. They're looking for those who want to join their creative endeavors.

This year’s dinner, the first in-person gathering in two years, will be held at 5 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Burma Center, followed by dinner and a program at 6 p.m. Prior to the dinner, there will be a Black Business Expo. Karen Boykin Towns, Vice Chair of the NAACP National Board of Directors, will give the keynote address.

Efforts to develop and redevelop properties in Kalamazoo’s Northside Neighborhood got a fresh-roasted jolt recently with the opening of the sixth location of the Water Street Coffee Joint.