There's no word yet if the nearly $1 Million spent last year on new golf carts will be used at the site after the highly anticipated approval. Still, it would most definitely help solve the issue of the 'not enough golf courses' epidemic of sorts that the city has been facing for the past few years
The City of Kalamazoo has announced it will be closing the homeless encampment along Ampersee Street on Wednesday, September 29th, at 5pm. The reason given is it's a health and safety issue.
we were able to act quickly and stand up this temporary warming shelter to help keep these vulnerable members of our community safe and warm during these sub-zero temperatures,” City Manager Jim Ritsema said
This $10 million project, mainly funded by private donations, is a 4,700-square-foot, three-story building that includes a good Samaritan room on the first floor, with cots for single women needing emergency shelter. The top two floors will be allocated to women and children with apartment-style units to create more “intimate, safe and comfortable living quarters.”
A Kalamazoo area boy began an annual blanket and sleeping bag drive for area homeless in 2015 and four years later, the event and goal continues to grow.