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Feature Story A Recipe for Abundance Arts and Culture

A Recipe for Abundance: Kalamazoo artists, food vendors, musicians, unite to reimagine community

Theresa Coty O'NeilThursday, August 28, 2025
Feature Story WKKF Fellowship Building Communities

Devon Wilson elevates Battle Creek’s food justice work through national WKKF fellowship

Jane ParikhTuesday, August 19, 2025
Feature Story Permanent Supportive Housing Building Communities

Permanent Supportive Housing in Battle Creek receives $1.6 million boost

Jane ParikhTuesday, July 15, 2025
Feature Story Housing developments on Rose and Wall streets in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Community Development

Density debate: How Kalamazoo-area communities are thinking beyond single-family homes

Julie Mack for MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette Thursday, May 1, 2025
Longform On the Ground Northside Ennovy's Beauty Bar Building Communities

On the Ground, Voices of Youth, Faith in Action and more: The projects of Second Wave

Kathy JenningsThursday, April 17, 2025
Feature Story At the Douglass 15 year anniversary Building Communities

15 Years of Second Wave: A celebration of community, journalism, and solutions

Kathy JenningsThursday, April 17, 2025
Longform SWMi Journalism Collaboratie Neighborhood Inc Community Development

Neighborhood Inc. helps the unhoused find shelter in Battle Creek and St. Joseph counties

Jane ParikhWednesday, March 26, 2025
Longform A Way Home Point in Time Count Community Development

Counting the unhoused in Kalamazoo County to learn more about local needs

Mark WedelTuesday, March 25, 2025
Feature Story Pre-Approved Housig plans SWMI Journlism Collab Community Development

Kalamazoo embraces preapproved plans, zoning reform to turn vacant lots into homes

Julie RiddleTuesday, March 11, 2025
Longform Jerico SWMI Journalism Collab Community Development

Building businesses and community at Jerico in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood

Mark WedelThursday, February 27, 2025
Feature Story Blueberries SWMI Journalism Collab Economic Development

Small blueberry farm survives by going organic

Jarret Whitenack | Encore MagazineThursday, February 27, 2025
Feature Story Affordable Housing St.Joe County SWMI Journalism Collab Equitable Development Building Communities

What qualifies as affordable housing in St. Joseph County? We asked a developer, residents, and more

ALEK HAAK-FROST & FRANK STANKO, WATERSHED VOICEThursday, February 13, 2025
Feature Story Affordable Housing St.Joe County SWMI Journalism Collab Equitable Development Community Development

¿Realmente qué se considera como vivienda asequible en el condado de St. Joseph?

Alek Haak-Frost & Frank Stanko, Watershed Voice Thursday, February 13, 2025
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