Downtown Developments

May 20, 2019

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DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENTS
May 20, 2019

What We’re Up To

Downtown Kalamazoo is busy prepping for the kickoff to summer: June Jubilee!

The weekend of June 7-8, June Jubilee returns with all your favorites from the Do-Dah Parade to the Annual Summer Bag-of-Books Sale to Art on the Mall! Check out the full lineup of June Jubilee events here.

Paired with the traditional June Jubilee events, a robust lineup of events are scheduled downtown including Art Hop, Kalamazoo Pride and Vintage in the Zoo Hop-Up Block Party!

Upcoming Events

Beats on Bates | June-August | Bates Alley

Beats on Bates is a weekly summer music series launching Wednesday, June 5th and will continue each Wednesday through August 28.

Grab drinks or dinner at one of the Bates Alley businesses or just sit and relax and enjoy the music with family and friends.

Take a look at the lineup here.

Workout Wednesdays | June-August | Festival Place

Make sure to pack your workout gear on Tuesday nights this summer for Workout Wednesdays in downtown Kalamazoo!

Starting June 5, the Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership is partnering with local health and fitness focused organizations to provide a free fitness class at the Arcadia Creek Festival Place. Classes start at 5:30 p.m. and last until about 6:15 p.m.

Check out the schedule here.

Kalamazoo Pride | June 7-8 | Festival Place

Mark your calendars for 2019 Kalamazoo Pride June 7-8! Join OutFront Kalamazoo for two days of fun, food, family and friends while supporting your local gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and allied community.

Tickets are $10 Friday, $10 Saturday if purchased at the gate. $15 two-day passes are available here.

VITZ Hop-Up Block Party | June 7 | Bates Alley

Join Vintage in the Zoo ‪on June 7‬ for the 1st “VITZ Hop-Up Block Party!”

This event series will take place every first Friday of the month through October at Bates Alley ‪from 4-8pm‬, and will feature a tightly curated/rotating selection of the best local vendors you have come to know, artists, music, and a soon to be announced large-scale community art project!

Think of Hop-Up Block Party as a way to celebrate local vendors and artists, share your creativity, unwind from the week, and hang with friends!

Business Highlight

Bell’s Brewery
Located at 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave.
Monday – Thursday – 11 a.m. – Midnight
Friday – Saturday: 11 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. – Midnight

Meet the owner! In 1983, Larry Bell opened the Kalamazoo Brewing Company as a homebrew supply shop, followed 10 years later by the Eccentric Café, the first brew pub in Michigan to legally serve beer. Since then, the property has undergone many transformations, and has grown to incorporate a full-service restaurant, outdoor music venue and beer garden, an indoor concert venue and private event space.

What’s Unique? Home of the famous Two Hearted Ale, stop by the Eccentric Café and General Store to enjoy a variety of fresh craft beer releases, several available only at the source and only while supplies last.

What’s New? Bell’s Eccentric Café just announced the 2019 Beer Garden Concert Series. Check out details here.

How to be in the know? Check out Bell’s website and follow the Eccentric Café on Instagram and Facebook for up-to-date beer release details, concert tickets, special event announcements, and more.

In The News

Kalamazoo City Commission votes to buy public restroom for $107K

Kalamazoo chef, instructor wins Food Network baking championship

Artists create blown-glass sculptures inspired by local kids battling cancer

Late-night food truck rally series starts tonight

Bike Week is underway in Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo in Bloom kicks off community planting days

140 years of building history celebrated at Kalamazoo Ladies’ Library

Public Meetings

DDA/Downtown Economic Growth Authority Board, June 17, 3pm City Hall Community Room

DDA/Downtown Economic Growth Authority Board, July 15, 3pm City Hall Community Room

Downtown Projects

Stay up-to-date on all downtown construction and impacts to traffic by visiting:

downtownkalamazoo.org/construction

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