What are you doing tomorrow evening? You ~could~ stay home and watch Game of Thrones, or….. You could attend the Arcadia Neighborhood Board meeting ans see some ~real~ palace intrigue! This month, Marvella Vincent, the Kalamazoo Code Compliance II inspector, will be coming to the meeting. She has experience with vacant blighted structures, rental housing and property code compliance. Also... Read more
Kathleen Reilly from the City of Kalamazoo spoke with Public Services about the fall leaf pick-up and got an update for everyone. They are regularly updating this website about pick-up and where the crews are. As of today this where they are (a map of the sections can be downloaded here) Section 3 (Burke Acres) is complete and that crew is in in... Read more
On Thursday, December 13th , the City of Kalamazoo is planning a third Connected City Informational Meeting. At this meeting they will be discussing projects the City has going on or coming up related to becoming a more connected city. Some topics they’ll be talking about are: MDOT jurisdictional transfer, the Complete Street Policy, and an update to the crosswalk ordinance. The meeting... Read more
Tuesday, November 20th, head to the Arcadia Elementary School library for this month’s board meeting. A Kalamazoo city representative will attend and offer a presentation on how to best move forward with our Neighborhood Plan. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm. Hope to see you there! Read more
What are you doing this Friday evening? If you’d like to help out, members of the Western Student Association (WSA) plan a clean up on West Michigan Avenue. They’ll be gathering at 6:00 pm in front of the Office of Sustainability on the corner of Howard and West Michigan Avenue. Read more
Due to a a previously scheduled event at the Arcadia Elementary School, September’s ANA meeting will be held this Tuesday, the 18th, at the Y-Bar, 2941 Howard St, Kalamazoo, MI 49006. Join us at 6:30 pm for a discussion on how to proceed with the planning process for our neighborhood based on all the great comments we received from residents at the last... Read more
At the August neighborhood board meeting, some residents were wondering what are the responsibilities of the home owner regarding keeping sidewalks clean of snow and debris. Basically, it is our duty to make sure that we keep the sidewalks in front of our property clear. It’s also important that we keep our lawn and curb lawn mowed so that grass doesn’t grow over... Read more
After months of planning and data collection, the 2018 Arcadia Neighborhood Survey is available for you to download. Click here for the PDF. Over 150 people participated and more than 600 comments were collected. The board used this data to set the agenda of the August meeting which was well attended by city officials and neighborhood residents. (Pictures below). Read more
Join us this Tuesday, August 21st from 5pm to 8pm at the Arcadia Elementary School for this month’s neighborhood meeting. The big news will be the release of the results from the 2018 Neighborhood Survey. Several representatives from the city will also be present answer questions. This meeting will be the an important milestone in planning the long term goals for our neighborhood.... Read more
The Arcadia Elementary School is still unavailable this summer month for the ANA Board Meeting, so we’re going to have to ‘suffer through’ another get together at the Y-Bar! It’s located at 2941 Howard Street in Kalamazoo in the strip mall across from CVS and a few doors down from that amazing cookie shop, Insomnia Cookies. The meeting will begin at 6:30 pm... Read more