Kalamazoo is a city in the southwestern US state of Michigan. This is the county area of ​​Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the main city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 335,340 in 2015. Kalamazoo is equidistant from major American cities Chicago and Detroit, each less than 150 miles away.
One of Kalamazoo's most famous features is the Kalamazoo Mall, an outdoor pedestrian shopping center. The city created the mall in 1959 by closing a portion of Burdick Street into automated traffic, although two of the four mall blocks have reopened for automated traffic since 1999. Kalamazoo is home to the University of Western Michigan, a major public university, Kalamazoo College, a private liberal arts college, and Kalamazoo Valley Community College, a two-year college.
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Originally known as Bronson (after founder Titus Bronson) in the Arcadia municipality, the good names of towns and townships were changed to "Kalamazoo" in 1836 and 1837, respectively. The name Kalamazoo comes from the word Potawatomi, first discovered in the English report in 1772. However, the Kalamazoo River, which passes through the modern city of Kalamazoo, is located on the route between Detroit and Fort Saint-Joseph (now Niles, Michigan). French-Canadian merchants, missionaries, and military personnel were quite familiar with this area during the French and later periods. The name of the Kalamazoo River was later known by the Canadians and French as La riviÃÆ'¨re Kikanamaso. The name "Kikanamaso" was also recorded by Father Pierre Potier, a Jesuit missionary for Huron-Wendat in the Assumption Mission (Detroit's southern coast), while traveling to Fort Saint-Joseph during the fall of 1760. Legend has it that "Ki-ka -ma-sung, "which means" boiling water, "referring to the footrace held every autumn by Native Americans, who must run to the river and return before the pot is boiled. Still another theory is that it means "shadow or reflect the river." Another legend is that the image of "boiling water" refers to the fog in the river as seen from the hills above the current city center. The name is also given to rivers that flow almost across the state.
The name Kalamazoo, which sounds unusual in an English-speaking ear, has become 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 Kalamazoo."
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History
The area where the modern city of Kalamazoo stands was once home to Native Americans of Hopewell culture, which migrated to the area some time before the first millennium. Their initial residency evidence remains in the form of a small mound in downtown Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to decline after the 8th century and was replaced by another group. The Potawatomi culture lived in the area when the first European explorers arrived.
Renà ©  © -Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, passes through the southeastern part of the city of Kalamazoo now at the end of March 1680. The first Europeans living in the area were feather merchants in the late 18th and early 19th century. There were records of some winter merchants in the area, and by 1820 at least one trading post had been set.
During the War of 1812, the British established smithy and prison camps in the area.
The 1821 Treaty of Chicago handed over the southern area of ​​the Grand River to the federal government of the United States. However, the area around Kalamazoo is currently reserved as Potawatomi village, Head of Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish. Six years later, as a result of the 1827 St. Joseph Treaty, the channel that became the city of Kalamazoo was also handed over.
In 1829, Titus Bronson, originally from Connecticut, became the first white settler to build a cabin within the current city limits of Kalamazoo. He crampled the city in 1831 and named it Bronson village - not to be confused with the much smaller Bronson, Michigan, about fifty miles (80 km) south-southeast of Kalamazoo.
Bronson, often described as "eccentric" and argumentative, then out of town. The village was renamed to Kalamazoo in 1836, partly because Bronson was fined for stealing a cherry tree. Today, a hospital and downtown park, among others, is named for Bronson. Kalamazoo was legally incorporated as a village in 1838 and as a city in 1883.
The lush farmland attracts the prosperous Yankee farmers who settle in the surrounding area, and sends their son to Kalamazoo to become entrepreneurs, professionals and entrepreneurs who start many factories. Most of the original settlers of Kalamazoo are New England or from northern New York.
In the 1940s, the city became the first to install the pavement.
In 1959, the city created the first Kalamazoo Mall, the first outdoor pedestrian shopping center in the United States, by partially closing Burdick Street into automated traffic. The mall was designed by Victor Gruen, who also designed the country's first closed shopping mall, which had opened three years earlier. Two of the four mall blocks reopened for car traffic in 1999 after much debate.
An F3 tornado struck downtown Kalamazoo on May 13, 1980, killing five people and wounding 79 people.
On February 20, 2016, Kalamazoo became the scene of a series of random shootings in which six people were killed. A prime suspect was arrested by police without incident.
Economic history
In the past, Kalamazoo is known for the production of windmills, mandolins, buggy, cars, cigars, stoves, paper, and paper products. Agriculture, once recorded for celery. Although most have become suburbs, the surrounding area still produces agricultural crops, mainly corn and soybeans.
Kalamazoo is the original home of Gibson Guitar Corporation, which gave birth to Local Heritage Guitars. The company was founded as "Gibson Mandolin - Guitar Co., Ltd." on October 11, 1902, by Orville Gibson craftsman. One budget model is named Gibson Kalamazoo "Melody Maker" Electric Guitar. The operation was moved gradually from Kalamazoo to Memphis, Tennessee, (Electrical Division) and Bozeman, Montana, (Acoustic Division) in the 1980s. Several workers from the original factory lived in Kalamazoo to create the Heritage Guitar company.
Kalamazoo was once known as "The Town of Paper" because of paper mills in and near the city. The Allied Paper Corporation operates several factories and employs 1,300 people in Kalamazoo during the late 1960s. When the forests of West Michigan are depleted, paper mills are closed.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Kalamazoo was home to the brass-era car company, Barley.
Kalamazoo is also the headquarters of Checker Motors Company, a former manufacturer of Checker Cab, which also stamped sheet metal parts for other car manufacturers. Checker closed on June 25, 2009, victims of the recession End of the 2000s.
Geography
Most of Kalamazoo is on the southwestern edge of a large bend in the Kalamazoo River, with a small portion, about 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2 ), opposite. Several small creeks of the Kalamazoo River, including Arcadia Creek and Portage Creek, roam the city. The northeastern part of Kalamazoo is located in the wide and flat Kalamazoo Valley, while the western part of Kalamazoo climbs to the low hills to the west and south. Several small lakes are found throughout the area.
According to the US Census Bureau, Kalamazoo has a total area of ​​25.11 sq km (65.03 km 2 ), where 24.68 sq miles (63.92 km 2 ) is land and 0.43 square miles (1.11 km 2 ) is water.
The suburban population of Kalamazoo lies mainly to the south, in the town of Portage, and to the west in the cities of Oshtemo and Texas.
At least part of the city's water supply to Kalamazoo is provided by the river basin contained in Al Sabo Preserve in Texas Charter Township, Michigan, immediately to the southwest of Kalamazoo.
Other watersheds, Kleinstuck Marsh, are popular among pedestrians and bird watchers. Kleinstuck Marsh is south of Maple Street, between Oakland Drive and Westnedge Avenue, Kalamazoo's main north-south artery.
Climate
Kalamazoo has a humid climate (KÃÆ'¶ppen Dfa, but almost Dfb) climate. Summer can be hot, humid, and relatively long, consisting of May to September. Tornadoes are rare but probably in Kalamazoo. In winter, the temperature occasionally falls below 0 Â ° F (-18 Â °). Kalamazoo has been known for a brutal snowstorm in late April, but sometimes there are winter days with no snow cover on the ground at all. Windstorms are frequent in winter.
Demographics
In 2000, the average income for households in the city was $ 31,189, and the average income for families was $ 42,438. Men have an average income of $ 32,160 versus $ 25,532 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 16,897. Approximately 13.6% of families and 24.3% of the population are below the poverty line, including 26.0% of those under the age of 18 and 11.3% of those aged 65 and older.
census 2010
At the 2010 census, there were 74,262 people, 29,141 households, and 13,453 families living in the city. Population density is 3,009.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,161.8/km 2 ). There are 32,433 housing units with an average density of 1,314.1 per square mile (507.4/km 2 ). City's racial makeup is 68.1% White, 22.2% African American, 0.5% Native Americans, 1.7% Asian, 2.8% of other races, and 4.6% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 6.4% of the population.
There are 29,141 households where 25.8% have children under 18 living with them, 26.1% are married couples living together, 15.6% have unmarried female households present, 4.5% have a home male ladder without wife presence, and 53.8% are not family. 36.8% of all households consist of individuals and 9.3% have someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 3.04.
The average age in the city is 26.2 years. 20.5% of the population is under 18 years of age; 27% between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.9% are from 25 to 44; 18.2% is from 45 to 64; and 9.4% are 65 years old or older. The determination of city gender was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.
Nearby Areas
The city of Kalamazoo is generally divided into 22 environments, many of which are served by environmental associations. The Environmental Development Division of the municipal government works with these associations to invest federal, state and local funds, including funds from the Community Development Grants program, in community development and economic growth.
Economy
In 2007, Kalamazoo was named Fast Company (magazine) 'Fast 50: Most Innovative Companies 2007', in recognition of the City Community Capitalism approach to revitalize the economy. In 2012, Kiplinger Personal Finance puts Kalamazoo as the fourth of Ten Best Cities for Dog Barkers . The city is named in "The Best 10 Best City for Work-Life Balance" at NerdWallet.com 2014.
Breweries
Kalamazoo has many local breweries and brewpubs that produce different styles of beer.
Perhaps the most famous is Bell's Brewery, founded as Kalamazoo Brewing Company in 1985 by Larry Bell. This brewery has grown from the original location of Kalamazoo, which houses the Eccentric Cafe, to another brewery in nearby Comstock. Bell Beers are distributed to 32 US states. Other local factories include Tibb's Brewing Company, Gonzo's BigDogg Brewery, Rupert's Brewhouse, Boatyard Brewing Co., One Well Brewing, and Latitude 42 Brewing Company, the latter on the southern outskirts of Portage. In 2014, Arcadia Brewing Company from Battle Creek opens a new operation (beer and pub) in downtown Kalamazoo. On a smaller scale, Olde Peninsula Brewpub, Bravo! restaurant, and Pizza and Brewing Company owned by Bilbo serve their own brewery. This area is also a hotbed for brewing homes and partners with the nearby Grand Rapids to form what is widely regarded as one of the more important American areas in the American craft beer explosion. In recent years, at least two community events have evolved from the burgeoning craft industry in the Kalamazoo area (Kalamazoo Beer Week (annual), Kalamazoo Craft Beer Festival). In 2015, traces and passports of beer Give Crafts are introduced. The shuttle bus service ( Kalamazoo Brew Bus ) and party bike tour services are available in 2016.
Distilleries
By 2015, Rupert's Brew House enters the Kalamazoo crafts spirit market. Two additional distillations, Green Door Distilling, formerly Revival Distilling and Kalamazoo Distilling Company, are at the licensing stage.
Flavoring
The A.M. Todd Company, one of the major producers of peppermint and other flavored oils, is headquartered in Kalamazoo. Its founder, Albert M. Todd, was elected to the United States House of Representatives for the 55th Congress.
Kalamazoo is also home to Kalsec, another flavoring company, founded by Paul H. Todd, Jr., grandson of Albert Todd and US Representative at the 89th Congress. Established as Kalamazoo Spice Extraction Company, Kalsec is owned and managed by Todd family descendants.
Manufacturing
- Stryker Corporation is Kalamazoo-based and manufactures medical equipment.
- Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet designs and manufactures outdoor kitchen appliances.
- Fabri-Kal, a supplier of food service and other containers manufactured from plastic or plant-based materials (thermoform product line), has operated its corporate headquarters in Kalamazoo since the 1960s. The company shut down its Kalamazoo-based manufacturing facility in 1991, but restored its expanded production capacity to Kalamazoo in 2008 with the opening of a 400,000 square foot (37,000 m 2 certified facility). In recent years, the company's product line has introduced plant-based and sustainable materials, and innovations to reduce the content of consumer plastics and other packaging.
- Hydraulic Parker Systems Division of Hannifin Aerospace (HSD) is located at 2220 Palmer Ave in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The 170,000 square foot facility designs, manufactures, and provides hydraulic components for the military and commercial aerospace sectors. It produces hydraulic axial piston pumps and motors, pump-driven electric motors, hydraulic power/supply transfer units, electrohydraulic power modules, hydraulic & landing gear actuators, accumulators, reservoirs, filter modules and valve packs.
Life sciences
The Upjohn Company is a pharmaceutical research and manufacturing company founded in 1886 in Kalamazoo; through a series of mergers and acquisitions that took place between 1995 and 2003, the Upjohn Company assets became part of Pfizer Corporation. Most of Upjohn's original facilities remain, many have been renovated and several new buildings have been built. Most of the former Upjohn Company facilities in the area exist in Portage, Michigan, under Pfizer or Zoetis operations; the others, located in downtown Kalamazoo, have been redesigned as the campus of Western Michigan University School of Homer Stryker M.D., Zoetis research and development center, and office space for Bronson Methodist Hospital.
University of Michigan Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) is a collaboration involving Western Michigan University and two teaching hospitals Kalamazoo, Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare. The new medical school has been in the planning since 2008, and was granted the Initial Accreditation of the Medical Education Liaison Committee in October 2012. Welcoming the first class in August 2014, the school is a private non-profit 501 (c) (3) supported by personal gifts, clinical income, research activities, student tuition fees, and endowment income. In March 2011, Western Michigan University received a $ 100 million prize for medical school from anonymous donors.
Global Research and Development Organization Zoetis, the world's largest drug and vaccination producer for pets and livestock, is headquartered in downtown Kalamazoo.
The city is also home to Stryker Corporation, a manufacturer of surgical and medical equipment.
Kalamazoo hospitals include: Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital, Bronson Methodist Hospital, and Borgess Medical Center.
Industrial design
In 2014, Newell Rubbermaid established a global product design center in Kalamazoo, consolidating fifteen global design units at a single location within the Business Technology and Research Park of Western Michigan University. Business Technology and Research Park is also home to TEKNA Solutions design company. In 2015, Kalamazoo-based landscape design and manufacturing company Landscape Forms, Inc., received five National Design Awards.
Economic research and development
The Employment Research Institute W. E. Upjohn, a non-partisan, non-partisan research organization, has been operating in Kalamazoo since its inception in 1945. The Institute conducts research on the causes and effects of unemployment, and steps to alleviate unemployment. The Institute also publishes Outlook Business for West Michigan , a quarterly journal that provides analysis and economic forecasts on the West Michigan economy.
The Fetzer Institute promotes and funds holistic solutions to everyday problems. Founded by John Fetzer, a broadcaster king and former owner of the Detroit Tigers and WKZO radio and television in Kalamazoo.
Southwest Michigan First economic development organization was founded in Kalamazoo in 1999, focusing on Community Capitalism. The organization is recognized as the Best and Smartest Enterprise to Work in 2013, and has received Fast Company (magazine) award for innovative strategies to improve the economy. By 2015, two Southwest Michigan First members are elected to the International Development Counselor "2015 40 under 40," 40 major young economic developers in the United States.
Business
Other well-known Kalamazoo businesses include:
- The Farmers Market, located on Bank Street, is open on Tuesdays and Saturdays, May through November.
- The Winter Street Street Market is open Saturday, December to May.
- PNC Bank - Kalamazoo was formerly the headquarters of First of America Bank, which joined National City Bank in 1997. National City has been bought and merged with PNC Bank which still has a large corporate building in Texas Township, and several locations in the center city, along with many branches in the region.
- mophie, a smart phone accessory company, started in the Kalamazoo warehouse in 2006 (as a mStation)
- Henderson Castle, an 1895 Queen Anne-style house located on West Main Hill opposite Mountain Home Cemetery, overlooks the city. It is privately owned but is open to the public and currently serves as a Bed and Breakfast, Restaurant and Spa.
Government
The Kalamazoo government is managed under the Commission-Manager's governance style. The City Commission is a city representative body, and consists of seven members, chosen non-partisan every two years. Whoever received the most votes during the election became chairman of the city council and mayor. Members who received the second largest number of votes became deputy mayor. The current mayor, Bobby J. Hopewell, elected Nov. 13, 2007, defeated Hannah McKinney, who automatically became deputy mayor.
On November 3, 2009 and November 8, 2011, electoral voters returned Hopewell as mayor and McKinney as deputy mayor.
The City Manager is the head of the city administration officer. Managers hired by, and answers, the City Commission.
Crime
Kalamazoo has a higher crime rate than the national average. The crime is spread all over Kalamazoo and is very high in the inner environment such as Edison, Northside and Vine. Crime is lower in the city center and most of the southwest. The aggravated assault rate in 2015 was 793.3 per 100,000 - 3.3 times the national average. The murder rate is 12.5 per 100,000 in 2010 and 7.9 in 2014. The Kalamazoo shooting in 2016 by Jason Dalton took 6 lives and caused 2 serious injuries in Kalamazoo County. Between 2008-2013 firearms were involved in 61% of killings in the Kalamazoo region compared to 77% across the state.
Education
Kalamazoo is home to the University of Western Michigan. The campus has four campuses in Kalamazoo, (Western Campus, East Campus, Parkview Campus and Oakland Drive Campus) as well as several regional locations across Michigan and two in Florida. The Western Campus, located west of the city center, has the largest concentration of students, programs and school services. In 2005, West Michigan was ranked # 2 on the US Wireless Campus in a national survey conducted by Intel Corporation. In 2014, WMU Homer Stryker School of Medicine (WMed) opened, welcoming the 54th inaugural class of students.
Every May, WMU hosts the International Congress on Medieval Studies. Organized by faculty and graduate students of the Institute of the Middle Ages, the Congress brought about 3,000 professors and students from around the world to present and discuss topics related to the Middle Ages.
Kalamazoo College, a private liberal arts college founded in 1833 is located on a hill opposite the original WMU campus.
Kalamazoo is home to Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Davenport University, and Kalamazoo Mathematics and Science Center (KAMSC). The construction of the new Kalamazoo Valley Community College Kulinary and Allied Health camp begins in August 2014. It is also the home of Nazareth College, which closed in 1992.
Public schools are managed by Kalamazoo Public Schools. Every graduate of the population at Kalamazoo Public Schools is awarded a scholarship of up to 100% of the tuition and four-year mandatory fee at a state university or college in Michigan, beginning with the 2006 class. The program is known as Kalamazoo Promise. Books and rooms and meals are not included. In 2014, it was announced that some private universities would also be included as eligible schools of Promise. In 2015, the Community at Kalamazoo School accepts the Community in the national Unsung Heroes School awards in recognition of the primary school programs aimed at overcoming the cultural and linguistic barriers faced by students.
Culture
The city has an Arts Council. On the first Friday of each month, the council organizes 'Art Hop'. Art Hop is a free event, where businesses and galleries in the city center showcase the works of local artists, and customers 'hop' from place to place, enjoying art, live music, and the chance to interact with local artists.
On New Year's Eve, downtown Kalamazoo is the annual New Year's celebration. The celebration is centered in Bronson Park and its surrounding places, allowing visitors to walk from place to place to enjoy performing arts performances and other activities (music, magic, comedy, exhibitions, fireworks, food). Initiated in 1985, this event has grown in scope and popularity.
Music groups and other performing artists perform in the downtown State Theater, Miller Auditorium of Western Michigan University, and the Wings Event Center.
The annual "Eccentric Day" at Bell's Eccentric Cafe celebrates the Aleentent brewery brewery on Friday December which marks the end of the final at Western Michigan University.
No more zoo in Kalamazoo. Milham Park Zoo was closed in 1974.
The Moped Army was founded in Kalamazoo in 1997.
Next to Milham Park is the Milham Park Golf Course. Completed in 1936, an 18-hole, par-72 field was completely within Kalamazoo city limits. During the winter, sled and cross-country skiing are popular activities on the golf course (free). In recent years, Kalamazoo Nordic Skiers clubs have prepared and maintained skate skis and classic ski trails for community use.
In 2002, the Kalamazoo Public Library was named "Library of the Year" by the Library Journal. The library includes the main location and four branch libraries, and until 2010, the library system. In 2014, the library opens 'The Hub', a publicly available digital laboratory for digitizing photos and videos, producing podcasts, storing old LPs, VHS tapes and tapes, and other services.
Kalamazoo theaters and groups include the Kalamazoo Civic Players, New Vic Theater, Alley Theater Farmers, Crawlspace Theater Productions, and the Barn Theater in nearby Augusta. Performances and musicals were also performed at Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University.
Animated festival
A project of Kalamazoo Valley Community College, The Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI) encourages and educates animated artists, promotes the Kalamazoo animation industry, and provides community entertainment. In addition to the biennial festival, KAFI sponsors events such as film screenings and workshops throughout the year.
The first KAFI festival attracted 235 submissions and nearly 1,000 attendees in 2002. The second festival was held in 2003. Since then, other annually schedules have been adopted. The 2007 festival attracts over 500 entries from 37 countries. In addition to an award-winning $ 15,000 animated film competition, the festival features shows for students, artists, educators, filmmakers and the general public. Past KAFI award winners include Bill Plympton, Chris Landreth and John Canemaker.
Museum
The city's most famous art museum is the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, whose collection has over 3,600 works and focuses on American art in the 20th century. KIA regularly holds temporary exhibitions.
The Kalamazoo Valley Museum, founded in 1881, is an accredited Museum of American Museum Museum that is operated by Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The museum features "live" exhibits aimed primarily at children, and has a planetarium and Challenger Learning Center.
The northeast of the city, in Hickory Corners, is the Gilmore Car Museum, which includes cars used in Walt Disney movies.
The Kalamazoo Air Zoo, just south of the city, has several dozen planes on display, from biplanes to jets.
Music
The Gibson Guitar Corporation, founded in Kalamazoo in 1902, encouraged local musicians to play a variety of styles, from classical and folk to modern rock (the company moved to Nashville in 1984). The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1921, directed by Raymond Harvey. The city also hosts the International Keyboard Festival Irving S. Gilmore, Bach Festival, Michigan Holy Music Festival, and Stulberg's International String Competition.
Local and indie music scene has produced pop stars like RCA recording artists. The Verve Pipe and Metal Blade, recording artist, Thought Industry.
Sports
Kalamazoo plays host to three non-college teams:
- Kalamazoo Growlers Summer Collegiate baseball team plays the game at Homer Stryker Field. The team is currently a member of the Northwoods League.
- The Kalamazoo Wings hockey minor team (aka K-Wings) plays the game at the Wings Event Center and has been playing since 1974. The team is currently a member of the ECHL which is an NHL development league.
- The Kalamazoo FC, the National Football League team, was founded in 2016.
The Western Michigan University Broncos, which competed in the NCAA NCAA Mid-America Conference, played at the following venues on campus:
- Waldo Stadium (football)
- Lawson Arena (hockey)
- University Arena (basketball and Volleyball)
- Hyames (baseball) field
- Ebert Field (softball)
- Kanley Track (track and outer field)
Hyames Field hosted two of the first College World series held in 1947 and 1948. The US Future President George H. W. Bush was the first baseman for Yale in the 1947 series.
The Kalamazoo College Hornets and Kalamazoo Valley Community College Cougars also have several college athletic teams.
Kalamazoo is the hometown of New York Yankees all-star shortstop Derek Jeter, retired recipient Greg Jennings, and retired runner T. J. Duckett. The world's number one bass fisherman, Kevin VanDam, baseball player Scott Schladberg, Adam Hall and Chicago White Sox, winner of the first baseman and gold glove Mike Squires was born in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo is also the home of long-time Detroit Tigers owner John Fetzer, who has an American League team from 1961 to 1984, when he sold the franchise to Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan.
The United States Tennis Association Boys 18 and 16 National Tennis Championships are hosted every summer by Kalamazoo College. The show features players like Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Michael Chang, James Blake and Andy Roddick, before they become professionals.
The Kalamazoo Rugby Ball Club, founded in 1988, competes in the Rugby Football Union of Michigan.
Since 2006, the Wings Event Center has been home to the Derby Derby derby team of Kalamazoo Derby Darlins. Following up on a successful 2010 event, in 2015, the Wings Event Center and Kalamazoo Curling Club will host the US National Curling Championship in 2015.
The annual Kalamazoo Marathon, USA Track & amp; Field-certified and Boston Marathon-qualifying events, are part of a walking weekend and running event.
In 1984-1986, Kaleos Kalamazoo, the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) team, played at Kalamazoo.
Local media
Newspaper
Kalamazoo is served by a daily newspaper, Kalamazoo Gazette , which now prints three weekly editions in early 2012. Western Michigan Business Review , a business-to-business publication based in Kalamazoo, covering the news of Western Michigan, rolled into MLive online coverage by the end of 2012. The main parent companies of both Sheet and Business Review are Advance Publications, Inc.
Television
WWMT, a CBS/CW affiliate in West Michigan, is licensed and operates outside Kalamazoo but serves the entire West Michigan area. The station was originally owned and operated by the famous (and former Detroit Tigers proprietor) John Fetzer, as "WKZO-TV". Along with television, Fetzer introduced Kalamazoo to radio in 1931, when AM 590 WKZO was signed in the air. Fetzer also created the first cable television system in Kalamazoo, which became known as the Fetzer Cable; this is the forerunner of the current Kalamazoo cable franchise, Charter Communications.
The Public Media Network, located in downtown Kalamazoo, hosts media channels including cable channels Charter 19, 20, 21, 22, and 95 where daily public access programs are produced and broadcast to the public.
Kalamazoo is part of the West Michigan television market, which also includes Grand Rapids and Battle Creek. Most of the channels serving the entire market are accounts receivable in Kalamazoo, including WWMT, WOOD-TV (NBC), WXMI (Fox), WZPX (Ion) and WLLA (religion). Some channels based in the northern part of the market reach Kalamazoo via satellites or translators, such as WTLJ Muskegon (religion, via W26BX), WGVU-TV Grand Rapids (PBS, via WGVK), and WXSP-CD Grand Rapids (MyNetworkTV, via WOKZ-CA ). WOTV at Battle Creek broadcasts the ABC program to the south of the market, including Kalamazoo. The charter offers all West Michigan channels on its systems to Kalamazoo customers, including WZZM, ABC affiliates for Grand Rapids and the northern part of the market.
Radio
WIDR is a free student-run commercial radio station, at Western Michigan University. It is known for playing unclear and underground music of all genres as well as some local news and talks. Broadcasting 100 watts at 89.1 FM, WIDR can be heard from a 20 mile radius from the campus.
WMUK is also on the campus of Western Michigan University. It hosts many local music programs including jazz and classic performances as well as programming from NPR. WMUK broadcasts 50,000 watts in high definition at 102.1 FM.
WKDS is the only high school student radio station in West Michigan. The station was signed in 1983 at 89.9 on an FM dial, broadcasting from Loy Norrix High School. The letters of the call were used for K alamazoo D choking S chool (now Kalamazoo Public Schools). For most of its history, WKDS is only broadcast during the noon hour and not at all on weekends. In Autumn 2004, radio stations began broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in an effort to prevent outside organizations from taking over dead WKDS. WKDS is a part of the vast Education for Employment program over the years. Radio stations are still owned by Kalamazoo Public Schools even though the EFE program has been discontinued. High school students from all regions continue to operate the station.
FM radio originating or audible radio stations in Kalamazoo:
- WCXK 88,3 - Kalamazoo - Christian Adult Contemporary
- WIDR 89.1 - Kalamazoo - College/Variety
- WKDS 89.9 - Kalamazoo - High School/Variety
- WCSG 91,3 - Grand Rapids - Christian Adult Contemporary
- WZUU 92,5 - Mattawan/Kalamazoo - Classic Rock
- WBCT 93,7 - Grand Rapids - Country
- WWDK 94.1 - Jackson/Lansing/Battle Creek/Kalamazoo - Classic Country
- WTNR 94,5 - Grand Rapids - Country
- WNWN 95,5 - Kalamazoo - Urban Adult Contemporary (FM translator for AM 1560)
- WLKM-FM 95.9 - Three Rivers - Adult Contemporary
- WMAX-FM 96.1 - Holland/Grand Rapids - Sports
- WZOX 96.5 - Portage/Kalamazoo - Alternative Rock
- WGRD 97.9 - Grand Rapids - Mainstream Rock
- WNWN-FM 98,5 - Coldwater/Battle Creek/Kalamazoo - Country
- WBCH-FM 100.1 - Hastings - Country
- WQXC 100.9 - Otsego/Kalamazoo - Oldies
- WMUK 102.1 - Kalamazoo - NPR/Talk/Classic/Jazz
- WKFR-HD2 102.5 - Kalamazoo - Classic Hits (FM translator for WKFR-HD sub-channel)
- WFUR-FM 102.9 - Grand Rapids - Christian Adult Contemporary
- WKFR 103.3 - Battle Creek/Kalamazoo - CHR/Top 40
- WVGR 104.1 - Grand Rapids - NPR/Talk
- WBXX 104.9 - Marshall/Battle Creek - Alternative Rock
- WKPR 105.1 - Religius (FM translator for AM 1440)
- WSRW 105,7 - Grand Rapids - Adult Contemporary
- WJXQ 106.1 - Jackson/Lansing/Battle Creek - Mainstream Rock
- WVFM 106,5 - Kalamazoo - Adult Contemporary
- WKZO 106.9 - Kalamazoo - News/Talk (FM translator for AM 590)
- WBBL 107.3 â € <â € <- Greenville/Grand Rapids - Sports
- WRKR 107.7 - Portage/Battle Creek/Kalamazoo - Classic Rock
AM radio station that comes or can be heard over the air in Kalamazoo:
- WKZO 590 - Kalamazoo - News/Talk - (FM translator at 106.9)
- WAKV 980 - Allegan/Otsego - Adult Standard
- WKMI 1360 - Kalamazoo - Talk
- WKPR 1440 - Kalamazoo - Religious (by day only)
- WNWN 1560 - Portage/Kalamazoo - Urban Adult Contemporary (daytime only; FM translator at 95.5)
- WQLR 1660 - Kalamazoo - Sports
Transportation
Highway
- I-94
- BLÃ, I-94
- US 131
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Bus. US 131 traverses downtown Kalamazoo. - M-43
- M-96
- A-45
Kalamazoo is served by highway I-94, US 131, M-43 and M-96. It's on the original Territorial Road in Michigan of the 19th century, which started in Detroit and ran to Lake Michigan. Much of it, but not all, later became US $ 12 - the "old" designation came when I-94 was built parallel to it - and also called the Red Arrow Highway after World War I Division. The name " USÃ, 12 "shifted south to what used to be the US 112 between Detroit and New Buffalo. Some parts of Old US 12 outside the city, especially in Van Buren and Berrien counties in the west, are still called Red Arrow Highway. The term "US $ 12" has faded from usage.
Rel
- Kalamazoo has a rail service provided by Amtrak, with a station located in the city center and combined with a newly renovated bus terminal.
- Kalamazoo also has a delivery service provided by the Grand Elk Railroad that runs north to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and south to Elkhart, Indiana. The line they rent is the main line of Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad.
Bus
- Bus services to and through the city are provided by the Greyhound, Indian Trails and Kalamazoo trolleys.
- The public bus service in the city is provided by Metro Transit.
Air
- At the southern end of the city is Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO), which offers flights across various airlines to downtown and recreational destinations. The construction of the new $ 36M terminal was completed in 2011.
More
The Kal-Haven Trail, widely used by cyclists, runners, walkers, and snowmobilers, extends to downtown Kalamazoo. It runs 34 miles (55 km) between South Haven, Michigan, to the trailhead west of Kalamazoo. Between the trailhead and South Haven, this walkway is run by Van Buren County, even parts of the Kalamazoo area. Pass trail is no longer required. The Kal-Haven is a railway line, built on the right path of Kalamazoo and the South Haven Railroad.
The eastern part of the trailhead opened in 2008 and extends to downtown Kalamazoo. This is known as the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail and is run by Kalamazoo County. No pass is required on that part.
In popular culture
The name Kalamazoo is a familiar reference in popular music, because its exotic sound makes it a "great word for lyrics". Its use as a metonym for remote places is discussed above - "though when it comes to Timbuktu and Kalamazoo, most of the exotic charms boast only in their names." Nevertheless, many songs use the name of the city in their title or song lyrics.
Perhaps the most famous and the first is (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo "(1942) by the band Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke.The song # 1 is popularly written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren.The show was recreated with Gene Morrison Orchestra as Glenn Miller Band and Nicholas Brothers (performing a memorable dance) in the 1942 movie Orchestra Wives nominated: Best Music, Original Song in Academy Awards) Harry Warren (music), Mack Gordon ( lyrics) See 15th Academy Awards.
At least a dozen (and more versions) of the song "Kalamazoo" have been recorded. In other chronological order including: "I've Been Everywhere" by Hank Snow (1962) (album of the same title) and Johnny Cash (1996) Unchained - reworked from Australia's original Geoff Mack 1959 - Name-place-a name made popular by singer Lucky Starr; "Down on the Corner" (1969) by Creedence Clearwater Revival on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys - is covered by a dozen other groups - though the reference is not for the city but for one of "Kalamazoo" the budget line of guitar prices produced by Gibson; "Kalamazoo" (1995) by Luna at Penthouse ; "Cold Rock a Party" (1997) by MC Lyte on Bad As I Wanna B ; "Kalamazoo" a song by Primus rock trio in 1997 Brown 'Album ; "Top of the World" by Rascalz (1999) on Global Warning ; "Kalamazoo", a song by Ben Folds in EP 2004 Super D ; and "Kalamazoo" (2009) by Mike Craver on his album Shining Down . The city is 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, Creedence and Axton the lyrics might use the word "Kalamazoo" as an oblique reference to Gibson Guitars, which makes various models named "Kalamazoo", all plainly decorated with the name of the city as their origin. Rapper Young Jeezy also referred the city in the song "Higher Learning" on his third album "TM103: Hustlerz Ambition".
"Kalamazoo" is one of several railroad names of Handcar, and is manufactured by the Kalamazoo Manufacturing Company.
Twin Cities
Kalamazoo City, Michigan has three twin cities.
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Numazu, Japan
- Pushkin, Russia
See also
- People from Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Kalamazoo Public Security Department
- Fourth Beach
References
External links
- Official website
- Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Find Kalamazoo Michigan
- Kalamazoo on Curlie (based on DMOZ)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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