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Project Stories

In Southwest Michigan, many community-based organizations and municipalities have made some strides to create a more inclusive and equitable community development process to ensure every voice is heard and valued.

A residential street corner with houses, a sidewalk, utility poles, and a leafless tree under an overcast sky.

Density debate: How Kalamazoo-area communities are thinking beyond single-family homes

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Map of Lake Center Subarea showing proposed infrastructure improvements, including roads, trails, pedestrian crossings, and wayfinding markers along a north-south corridor.

Portage targets 3 areas for ‘walkable villages,’ higher density housing

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Dr. Nakia Baylis

‘A connector of people’: Village Network turns voices into action in Battle Creek

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Maliha Raza

Encore Profile on Maliha Raza, Director of Development & Operations at Kalamazoo Housing Advocates

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Two women stand indoors near a window, beside a "Housing Resources" banner and a "Community Engagement" poster on the wall.

‘Everybody needs help sometime’: Rural eviction drives cycles of housing instability

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A man, boy, girl, and woman sit closely together at a table with a heart-patterned tablecloth, smiling for the camera. Children's drawings are visible on the wall behind them.

Neighborhood Inc. helps the unhoused find shelter in Battle Creek and St. Joseph counties

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