COVID Update: Hospitalizations below 1K
Hospitalizations fell below 1,000 in Michigan. Meanwhile, the state’s positivity rate dropped to 4%. Things are slower in Kalamazoo, but we’re catching up.
COVID Update: Kzoo hospitalizations lowest in 5 months
Just 50 people are being treated with COVID-19 in Kalamazoo – a stark improvement over the numbers from a month ago. Meanwhile, new infection numbers continue to decline both locally and statewide.
Newly unionized Kalamazoo Public Library aides and custodians protest contract impasse
The contract talks covering a third of library workers are stuck on wages and hours.
Spoken word duo’s final act: Animated poem ‘Stargazing’
Gabriel Giron shares the inspiration behind his final collaboration with spoken word partner Kirk Latimer.
COVID Update: Six month low
The number of people testing positive for COVID each day has hit the lowest level in six months. Meanwhile, the plummeting rate of hospitalizations is slowing down. And Kalamazoo’s positivity rate took a nosedive.
Woolery’s work continues founders’ legacy
The SHALOM Woolery Sheep Barn enhances work space for an operation that has provided housing and support for area adults with disabilities for three decades.
Entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs
Room 35 has created a consultancy for other entrepreneurs with a focus on leveraging Kalamazoo’s massive networks for undercapitalized ideas and ambitious small businesses.
‘Dance can heal’
The owners of new dance studio concept Move With Joy in the Edison neighborhood hope it improves mental health and career options for others, too.
Rootead gives birth to groundbreaking family care clinic
One of the first clinics in the country for mind-and-body family care is opening in Kalamazoo. An explicit goal is to protect against the harm from a healthcare system that makes Black families particularly vulnerable.
COVID Update: Hospitalizations down, way down
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has dropped 55% from its peak just over a month ago. The positivity rate is near 10%. Unfortunately, Kalamazoo isn’t keeping up.
