A report on some of the obstacles to housing everyone in Kalamazoo
The first problem – and the biggest one, according to housing advocates in Kalamazoo – is simply that Kalamazoo does not have enough affordable housing. Demand outstrips the supply by as much as a few thousand units.
“This is the result of our housing policies that we have had for last couple decades,” said Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson, who works for Integrated Services of Kalamazoo, one of the groups leading the hotel project. (Anderson is also on the board of the LIFT Foundation, which owns the Lodge – one of two hotels recently used as temporary housing.)
Finding solutions for Kalamazoo homeless include overcoming prior trauma, criminal backgrounds
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David Nuyen, 60, a resident poses for a portrait at the LodgeHouse in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 3, 2021. Nuyen has obtained a housing voucher and plans to move into his new place in the coming weeks. Formerly home to the Knights Inn, the LodgeHouse has been part of Kalamazoo s Hotel Intervention Project and served as temporary housing for some of the city s un-housed population in recent months. The former hotel is set to undergo renovations and will become an affordable housing project. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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Deadlines loom for homeless living in Kalamazoo hotels while long-term fixes explored
Updated May 13, 2021;
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KALAMAZOO, MI Over the past four months, one former motel and one hotel, about 15 minutes apart, have become temporary homes for more than 200 individuals facing homelessness in Kalamazoo.
More than a short-term stopgap, both properties the former Knights Inn motel at 1211 S. Westnedge Ave. and an undisclosed hotel on the western side of the county have been buzzing with service providers working within strict time constraints to connect as many residents as possible to more permanent housing solutions.
“We just sort of stay humble and keep pushing through,” said Kristina Rodriguez, a mother of four who has been staying in the hotel with her children and fiancé. “It’s definitely been a learning experience.”
Vidon Vineyard makes wine history with hiring of Tiquette Bramlett
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By Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Tiquette Bramlett is not content with the title of “first Black woman hired to head an American winery.” The new president of Vidon Vineyard in Newberg just issued her first executive order: diversity.
After graduating from Chapman University in Orange, California, Bramlett spent several years working as a touring vocalist, ghost writer and logistics coordinator for a major high school basketball tournament. Believe it or not, this is not an unusual path to becoming interested in wine as a vocation.