Credit John McNeill / WMUK
Kalamazoo County has broken ground for its new court complex. The $97-million complex will be in downtown Kalamazoo.
The County will move all of its circuit and district court operations into the new building on Kalamazoo Avenue near the County s administration building. Chief Judge Alexander Lipsey says the new facility will be, in his words, a “godsend.” Having all of the different components that are presently are in the Michigan Avenue courthouse and the Crosstown courthouse all consolidated into that one facility will make things a lot easier and hopefully provide better service to the community.