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Kalamazoo sets public hearing for $600M industrial expansion
December 3, 2019
Brad Devereaux | MLive
KALAMAZOO, MI — The city of Kalamazoo will hold a public hearing so citizens can comment on a planned $600-million industrial expansion in Kalamazoo. Graphic Packaging International LLC plans to install a new paperboard machine on a vacant brownfield site within an industrial development district at 1421 N. Pitcher Street. The city will hold a public hearing on Monday, Dec. 16, to receive comments on the proposed expansion of Industrial Development District #10 at the location. The hearing will be held during the Kalamazoo City Commission meeting, which begins at 7 p.m...
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I might try to go - I think this expansion would be a good fit for the former Checker Cab brownfield site, (a complex of buildings that were regrettably plowed into the ground). It seems unlikely that anything other than industrial would succeed there.
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Kalamazoo City Commission approves affordable housing project
December 2, 2019
Will Kris | WKZO
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Kalamazoo has approved a purchasing agreement through the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to begin a new affordable housing project in the North Side neighborhood.
During a meeting Monday night, City Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of the project, which will be located at 447 West North Street...
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I haven't found any other details on this one yet.