‘I gave a lot of them their first haircut and their last haircut’
After 60 years in business, Carl Buck’s barber’s chair still spins around.
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‘I wanted to get my book in the stores I grew up going to’
The Creative Endeavor Project gives Kalamazoo area authors a space to promote and sell their books inside the Michigan News Agency, a 76-year-old family-owned bookstore and newsstand.
From computer coder to published author before 6th grade
He couldn’t yet type on a keyboard, but he loved science and had tons of support from his parents. Now a Kalamazoo elementary school student is getting ready to tell the world about it.
‘I now question the food I eat’
KVCC’s Food Innovation Center offers far more than the typical academic experience. Students are taught both the enterprise and values of an industry they want to build, from supporting area farmers to servicing local restaurants and cafeterias to serving those less fortunate. It just won a multi-million-dollar federal grant for that.
From the gym to gaming to a business idea
Playing video games was supposed to pass time until the pandemic ended and gyms opened back up. Then Jon Elms, a fitness coach, created an energy drink company for gym rats and gamers alike that is expanding beyond Kalamazoo after some help from another local business owner.
A sister by her side. A family behind her back.
It takes a will, skill, and family for two women running a cafe in the middle of rural Scotts. Yet the community is grateful they’ve taken it on, from the retired couple who offered them the chance, to their meat suppliers who are also regular diners.
‘I put all of my savings into this’
After serving her family and friends for years as a homemaker, Swapna Gorthi takes a chance on her own coffee-making and culinary skills, opening a shop with a unique menu. Coincidentally, it hasn’t been a direct path to establishing the Round About Caffe.
Design industry pipeline keeping workers in town
An education-to-employment infrastructure has brought businesses, kept workers, and made Kalamazoo a national hub for industrial design and related jobs.
Back to school
After an extensive restoration and a pandemic break, classes (and more) resume at the 143-year-old school house on a Cooper Township corner.
Spoken word duo’s final act: Animated poem ‘Stargazing’
Gabriel Giron shares the inspiration behind his final collaboration with spoken word partner Kirk Latimer.
