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Kalamazoo, Michigan Official seal of Kalamazoo, Michigan Location of Kalamazoo inside Kalamazoo County, Michigan Location of Kalamazoo inside Kalamazoo County, Michigan Kalamazoo, Michigan is positioned in the US Kalamazoo, Michigan - Kalamazoo, Michigan County Kalamazoo Kalamazoo / k l m zu / is a town/city in the southwest region of the U.S.
It is the governmental center of county of Kalamazoo County.
Kalamazoo is the primary city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a populace of 335,340 as of 2015. Kalamazoo is equidistant from the primary American metros/cities of Chicago and Detroit, each less than 150 miles away.
One of Kalamazoo's most notable features is the Kalamazoo Mall, an outside pedestrian shopping mall.
The town/city created the mall in 1959 by method part of Burdick Street to auto traffic, although two of the mall's four blocks have been reopened to auto traffic since 1999. Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University, a large enhance university, Kalamazoo College, a private liberal arts college, and Kalamazoo Valley Community College, a two-year improve college.
Originally known as Bronson (after founder Titus Bronson) in the township of Arcadia, the names of both the town/city and the township were changed to "Kalamazoo" in 1836 and 1837, in the order given. The Kalamazoo name comes from a Potawatomi word, first found in a British report in 1772.
However, the Kalamazoo River, which passes through the undivided town/city of Kalamazoo, was positioned on the route between Detroit and Fort Saint-Joseph (nowadays Niles, Michigan).
The name for the Kalamazoo River was then known by Canadians and French as La riviere Kikanamaso.
The name Kalamazoo, which sounds unusual to English-speaking ears, has turn into a metonym for exotic places, as in the phrase "from Timbuktu to Kalamazoo." Today, T-shirts are sold in Kalamazoo with the phrase "Yes, there really is a Kalamazoo." The region on which the undivided town/city of Kalamazoo stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the region sometime before the first millennium.
Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, passed just southeast of the present town/city of Kalamazoo in late March 1680.
However, the region around present-day Kalamazoo was reserved as the village of Potawatomi Chief Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish.
Joseph, the tract that became the town/city of Kalamazoo was also ceded.
In 1829, Titus Bronson, originally from Connecticut, became the first white settler to build a cabin inside the present town/city limits of Kalamazoo. He platted the town in 1831 and titled it the village of Bronson not to be confused with the much lesser Bronson, Michigan, about fifty miles (80 km) to the south-southeast of Kalamazoo.
The village was retitled Kalamazoo in 1836, due in part to Bronson's being fined for stealing a cherry tree. Today, a hospital and a downtown park, among other things, are titled for Bronson.
Kalamazoo was legally incorporated as a village in 1838 and as a town/city in 1883.
The fertile farmlands thriving prosperous Yankee farmers who settled the encircling area, and sent their sons to Kalamazoo to turn into businessmen, professionals and company doers who started various factories. Most of the initial settlers of Kalamazoo were New Englanders or were from upstate New York. In 1959, the town/city created the Kalamazoo Mall, the first outside pedestrian shopping mall in the United States, by method part of Burdick Street to auto traffic.
An F3 tornado hit downtown Kalamazoo on May 13, 1980, killing five and injuring 79. CNR derrick car (Sylvester Manufacturing Company, Kalamazoo Railway Supply Company).
In the past, Kalamazoo was known for its manufacturing of windmills, mandolins, buggies, automobiles, cigars, stoves, paper, and paper products.
Kalamazoo was the initial home of Gibson Guitar Corporation, which spawned the still-local Heritage Guitars.
One budget model was titled the Gibson Kalamazoo "Melody Maker" Electric Guitar.
Some workers from the initial factory stayed in Kalamazoo to problematic the Heritage Guitar company. Kalamazoo was once known as the "Paper City" because of the paper mills in and near the city.
Early in the 20th century, Kalamazoo was home to the brass era automobile business Barley.
Kalamazoo was also command posts of the Checker Motors Company, the former manufacturer of the Checker Cab, which also stamped sheet metal parts for other auto manufacturers.
Most of Kalamazoo is on the southwest bank of a primary bend in the Kalamazoo River, with a small portion, about 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2), on the opposite bank.
Several small tributaries of the Kalamazoo River, including Arcadia Creek and Portage Creek, wind through the city.
The northeastern portion of Kalamazoo sits in the broad, flat Kalamazoo Valley, while the portions of Kalamazoo climb into low hills to the west and south.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Kalamazoo has a total region of 25.11 square miles (65.03 km2), of which 24.68 square miles (63.92 km2) is territory and 0.43 square miles (1.11 km2) is water. Kalamazoo's suburban populace is positioned primarily to the south, in the town/city of Portage, and to the west in Oshtemo and Texas townships.
At least part of the municipal waterworks for Kalamazoo is provided by the watershed contained inside the Al Sabo Preserve in Texas Charter Township, Michigan, immediately southwest of Kalamazoo.
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The town/city of Kalamazoo is generally divided into 22 neighborhoods, many of which are served by a neighborhood association.
In 2007, Kalamazoo was titled to Fast Company (magazine)'s 'Fast 50: Most Innovative Companies 2007', in recognition of the city's Community Capitalism approach to revitalize the economy.
In 2012 Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked Kalamazoo fourth of the Ten Best Cities for Cheapskates. The town/city was titled in Nerd - Wallet.com's 2014 'Top 10 Best Cities for Work-Life Balance'. Kalamazoo has many small-town breweries and brewpubs that produce a range of beer styles.
Perhaps the best-known is Bell's Brewery, established as the Kalamazoo Brewing Company in 1985 by Larry Bell. The brewery has period from its initial Kalamazoo location, which homes the Eccentric Cafe, to another brewery in close-by Comstock.
In 2014, Battle Creek's Arcadia Brewing Company opened a new operation (brewhouse and pub) in downtown Kalamazoo.
In recent years, at least two improve affairs have evolved from the burgeoning craft beer trade in the Kalamazoo region (Kalamazoo Beer Week (annual), Kalamazoo Craft Beer Festival).
In 2015, the Give a Craft beer trail and passport were introduced. A shuttle bus (Kalamazoo Brew Bus) service and party bike tour service became available in 2016.
Olde Peninsula, one of Kalamazoo's small breweries.
In 2015, Rupert's Brew House entered the Kalamazoo craft spirits market. Two additional distilleries, Green Door Distilling, formerly Revival Distilling and Kalamazoo Distilling Company, are in the licensing stage. Kalamazoo is also home to Kalsec, another flavorings company, which was established by Paul H.
Founded as the Kalamazoo Spice Extraction Company, Kalsec is owned and managed by Todd family descendants. Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet designs and manufactures outside kitchen equipment. Fabri-Kal, a supplier of food service and other containers produced from thermoform plastic or plant-based materials (Greenware product line), has directed corporate command posts in Kalamazoo since the 1960s. The business closed the Kalamazoo-based manufacturing facilities in 1991, but returned an period manufacturing capacity to Kalamazoo in 2008 with the opening of a LEED-certified 400,000 square foot (37,000 m2) facility. In recent years, the company's product lines have introduced sustainable and plant-based materials, and innovations to reduce the plastic content of consumer and other packaging. Parker Hannifin Aerospace's Hydraulic Systems Division (HSD) is positioned at 2220 Palmer Ave in Kalamazoo, MI.
The Upjohn Company was a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm established in 1886 in Kalamazoo that is now part of the Pfizer Corporation.
The bulk of the facilities exist in Portage, Michigan, but many also exist in Downtown Kalamazoo.
Western Michigan University School of Medicine (WMed) is a collaboration involving Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching hospitals, Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare.
Kalamazoo hospitals include: Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital, Bronson Methodist Hospital, and Borgess Medical Center.
In 2014, Newell Rubbermaid established a global product design center in Kalamazoo, consolidating fifteen global design units at a single locale within the Western Michigan University Business Technology and Research Park. The Business Technology and Research Park is also home to design firm TEKNA Solutions. In 2015, Kalamazoo-based landscape design and manufacturing firm Landscape Forms, Inc., received five National Design Awards. The economic evolution organization Southwest Michigan First was established in Kalamazoo in 1999, with a focus on Community Capitalism. The organization was recognized as a Best and Brightest Company to Work For in 2013, and has received Fast Company (magazine) commendations for innovative strategies to advancement the economy. In 2015, two members of Southwest Michigan First were chose for Development Counsellors International's "2015 40 under 40," top 40 young economic developers in the United States. Other notable Kalamazoo businesses include: PNC Bank Kalamazoo was formerly the corporate HQ of First of America Bank, which consolidated with National City Bank in 1997.
Mophie, a smartphone accessory company, was kick-started in a Kalamazoo barn in 2006 (as m - Station) Kalamazoo has a higher crime rate than the nationwide average.
The murder rate was 12.5 per 100,000 in 2010 and 7.9 in 2014. The 2016 Kalamazoo shootings by Jason Dalton claimed 6 lives and caused 2 serious injuries in Kalamazoo County.
Between 2008-2013 a gun was used in only 61% of homicides in Kalamazoo county compared to 77% statewide. The ground of Kalamazoo College.
Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University.
The college has four campuses in Kalamazoo, (West Campus, East Campus, Parkview Campus and Oakland Drive Campus) as well as a several satellite campuses throughout Michigan.
Kalamazoo College, a private liberal arts college established in 1833 is positioned on a hill opposite WMU's initial campus.
Kalamazoo is home to Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Davenport University, and Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center (KAMSC).
Construction of the new Kalamazoo Valley Community College Culinary and Allied Health ground began in August 2014. It had also been the home of Nazareth College, which closed in 1992.
The enhance schools are managed by Kalamazoo Public Schools.
Every resident graduate of the Kalamazoo Public Schools is provided with a scholarship for up to 100% of tuition and mandatory fee costs for four years at any enhance college or improve college in Michigan, starting with the class of 2006.
This program is known as the Kalamazoo Promise. Books and room and board are not included. In 2014, it was announced that a several private universities would also be encompassed as Promise-eligible schools. In 2015, Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo received Communities in Schools' nationwide Unsung Heroes award in recognition of elementary school programs aimed at overcoming cultural and language barriers faced by students. On New Year's Eve, downtown Kalamazoo is the site of an annual New Year's Fest celebration.
Next to Milham Park is the Milham Park Golf Course. Completed in 1936, the 18-hole, par-72 course is entirely inside the town/city limits of Kalamazoo.
In recent years, the Kalamazoo Nordic Skiers club has groomed and maintained skate ski and classic ski trails for improve use.
In 2002, the Kalamazoo Public Library was titled "Library of the Year" by Library Journal. The library includes a chief locale and four branch libraries, and until 2010, a bookmobile system. In 2014, the library opened 'The Hub', a digital lab open to the enhance for digitizing photos and video, producing podcasts, preserving old vinyl records, cassettes and VHS tapes, and other services. Kalamazoo's theaters and performing groups include the Kalamazoo Civic Players, New Vic Theatre, Farmer's Alley Theatre, Crawlspace Theatre Productions, and the Barn Theatre in close-by Augusta.
Plays and musicals are also performed at Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University.
A universal of Kalamazoo Valley Community College, The Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI) encourages and educates animation artists, promotes Kalamazoo's animation industry, and provides improve entertainment. In addition to a biannual festival, KAFI sponsors affairs such as film screenings and workshops throughout the year.
The city's most prominent art exhibition is the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, whose compilation has more than 3,600 works and a focus on 20th-century American art.
The Kalamazoo Valley Museum, established in 1881, is an American Association of Museums accredited exhibition directed by Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
The Gibson Guitar Corporation, established in Kalamazoo in 1902, spurred small-town musicians to play a wide range of styles, from classical and folk to undivided rock (the business relocated to Nashville in 1984).
In 2016, the Kalamazoo FC, a National Premier Soccer League team. The Kalamazoo College Hornets and Kalamazoo Valley Community College Cougars also have a several collegiate athletic teams.
Kalamazoo is the hometown of New York Yankees all-star shortstop Derek Jeter, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Greg Jennings, and retired running back T.
The world's number one pro bass fisherman Kevin Van - Dam, Washington Nationals pitcher Scott Olsen and Chicago White Sox first baseman and gold glove winner Mike Squires were born in Kalamazoo.
The United States Tennis Association Boys 18 and 16 National Tennis Championships are hosted every summer by Kalamazoo College.
The Kalamazoo Rugby Football Club, established in 1988, competes in the Michigan Rugby Football Union. Kalamazoo is served by one daily newspaper, the Kalamazoo Gazette, which now prints three editions weekly as of early 2012.
Business Review Western Michigan, a business-to-business printed announcement headquartered in Kalamazoo, covering Western Michigan news, was rolled into MLive online coverage in late 2012.
WWMT, West Michigan's CBS / CW affiliate, is licensed and operates out of Kalamazoo but serves the entire West Michigan region.
Fezter also created Kalamazoo's first cable tv system, then known as Fetzer Cable; it is a predecessor of Kalamazoo's current cable franchise, Charter Communications.
The Public Media Network, positioned in downtown Kalamazoo, hosts media outlets including Charter cable channels 19, 20, 21, 22, and 95 where daily enhance access programs are produced and aired to the public.
Kalamazoo is part of the West Michigan tv market, which also includes Grand Rapids and Battle Creek.
Most channels that serve the entire market are receivable in Kalamazoo, including WWMT, WOOD-TV (NBC), WXMI (Fox), WZPX (Ion) and WLLA (religious).
Some channels based in the northern part of the market reach Kalamazoo through a satellite or translator, such as WTLJ Muskegon (religious, through W26 - BX), WGVU-TV Grand Rapids (PBS, through WGVK), and WXSP-CD Grand Rapids (My - Network - TV, through WOKZ-CA).
WOTV in Battle Creek broadcasts ABC programming for the southern part of the market, including Kalamazoo.
Charter offers all West Michigan channels on its fitness to Kalamazoo subscribers, including WZZM, the ABC partner for Grand Rapids and the northern part of the market.
The call letters stood for Kalamazoo District Schools (now Kalamazoo Public Schools).
The airways broadcast is still owned by Kalamazoo Public Schools although the EFE program has been discontinued.
FM airways broadcasts which serve Kalamazoo include: WCXK 88.3 - Kalamazoo - Christian Top 40 WIDR 89.1 - Kalamazoo - College/Variety WKDS 89.9 - Kalamazoo - High School/Variety WNWN 95.5 - Kalamazoo - Urban Adult Contemporary (translator for AM 1560) WVFM 106.5 - Kalamazoo - Adult Contemporary AM airways broadcasts which serve Kalamazoo include: WKZO 590 - Kalamazoo - News/Talk (CBS) WKMI 1360 - Kalamazoo - Talk (ABC) WKPR 1420 - Kalamazoo - Religious (daytime only) WQLR 1660 - Kalamazoo - Sports (FOX) Radio stations from Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Lansing are also heard in Kalamazoo.
The ground of Kalamazoo College lies to the right.
US 131 traversing downtown Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo has rail service provided by Amtrak, with the station positioned downtown and combined with a newly renovated bus terminal.
Kalamazoo also has a freight service provided by Grand Elk Railroad running north to Grand Rapids, Michigan and south to Elkhart, Indiana.
Bus service to and through the town/city is provided by Greyhound, Indian Trails and the Kalamazoo street car.
The Kal-Haven Trail, heavily used by cyclists, runners, walkers, and snowmobilers, extends to downtown Kalamazoo.
It runs 34 miles (55 km) between South Haven, Michigan, to a trailhead just west of Kalamazoo.
Between that trailhead and South Haven the trail is run by Van Buren County, even the parts inside Kalamazoo County.
The section east of the trailhead was opened in 2008 and extends to downtown Kalamazoo.
It's known as the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail and is run by Kalamazoo County.
Kalamazoo's name is a familiar reference in prominent music, since its exotic sound makes it a "great word for a lyric". Its use as metonym for a remote place is discussed above "although when it comes to both Timbuktu and Kalamazoo, most of that brag-worthy exotic allure is merely in their names." Nonetheless, various music use the city's name in their song title or lyrics.
In chronological order the rest include: "I've Been Everywhere" by Hank Snow (1962) (album of the same title) and Johnny Cash (1996) Unchained reworked from the initial 1959 Geoff Mack Australian-place-names version made prominent by the singer Lucky Starr; "Down on the Corner" (1969) by Creedence Clearwater Revival on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys veiled by a dozen other groups though the reference is not to the town/city but to one of the "Kalamazoo" line of budget priced guitars produced by Gibson; "Kalamazoo" (1995) by Luna on Penthouse; "Cold Rock a Party" (1997) by MC Lyte on Bad As I Wanna B; "Kalamazoo" a song by the modern trio Primus on the 1997 Brown Album'; "Top of the World" by Rascalz (1999) on Global Warning; "Kalamazoo", a song by Ben Folds on the 2004 EP Super D; and "Kalamazoo" (2009) by Mike Craver on his album Shining Down. The town/city was also mentioned in the chorus of the song "Gotta Get Away" by The Black Keys, from their album Turn Blue ("I went from San Berdoo to Kalamazoo/Just to get away from you..."). Like Miller, the Creedence and Axton lyrics probably use the word "Kalamazoo" as an oblique reference to Gibson Guitars, which made various models titled "Kalamazoo", all prominently adorned with the city's name as their origin.
The "Kalamazoo" was one of a several names of a barns Handcar, and was produced by the Kalamazoo Manufacturing Company. The town/city of Kalamazoo, Michigan has three sister cities.
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