Stay up-to-date to the latest happenings in downtown Kalamazoo.
The Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership is excited to announce the return of Downtown Kalamazoo Chili Cook-Off and Restaurant Week this February and March.
Chili Cook-Off Kalamazoo Restaurant Week
It's a new year - whew, we made it through 2020. But even with the challenges, it wasn’t all bad. One of the things that warmed our hearts was seeing how many of you in the community banded together to support downtown businesses. You understood that these small businesses don’t have months and months of capital to live on and that they need our help to stay open.
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Kalamazoo is saying goodbye to Nature Connection after 20 years of bringing educational gifts and toys to downtown.The store at the bottom of the Epic Center, on the corner of East Lovell and South Burdick streets, will be vacant by the end of the month. The Kalamazoo Nature Center was the storefront’s original tenant in 2000.
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Murals painted by artists in Downtown Kalamazoo in June of last year will continue to be displayed downtown, accessible to the community, through an exhibit coordinated by the Black Arts & Cultural Center and at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum.
Make Room Exhibit Kalamazoo Valley Museum
Go behind the scenes, behind the curtain, backstage and take an inside look at this Kalamazoo landmark.Designed in 1927 to create the feel of a Spanish garden, there's almost nothing like the Kalamazoo State Theatre. In the early days, frequent shows were "opera, dramas, big bands, ballet, dance reviews, stage shows and movies."
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Founded in 2013, Kalamazoo Candle Company hand pours long-lasting, clean-burning, 100% natural soy candles. The company has expanded from having its products at eight stores in 2013 to more than 1,000 independent retail stores at the end of 2020. Kalamazoo Candle Company products can now be found in 35 states.
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The Kalamazoo City Commission approved an amendment Monday allowing alcohol sold from a business in the newly created social district to be consumed in Bronson Park.The vote was unanimous, and applies to drinks purchased from licensed businesses in the Central Commons Refreshment Area launched in September.
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How do you open a new business during a pandemic? And the store is dedicated to a single, not-entirely proven concept?Ask Jessica Thompson about it.
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In just 20 minutes Kalamazoo’s “Twice as Nice” flash sale on Downtown Dollars sold out, said Andrew Haan, President of The Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership.The Downtown Dollars initiative has brought in almost $150,000 in the last few months, Haan said. That amount includes customer purchases and the dollar-for-dollar match by Consumers Energy.
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The Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership opened the "Portland Loo," a public outdoor restroom facility, in downtown Kalamazoo to help aid the lack of public restrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more Local shoppers who missed out on last week’s "Twice as Nice" Downtown Dollars Flash Sale will have a second chance beginning at Noon Friday, December 18.
Buy Downtown Dollars
You can make it a date night or bring the kids along for some holiday cheer in downtown Kalamazoo. While you’re here, grab takeout or eat outdoors at one of the many restaurants near Bronson Park.
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