Because the Arcadia Elementary School is unavailable this month, the ANA Board Meeting has been moved to the Y-Bar at 2941 Howard Street in Kalamazoo. It’s 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 this Tuesday, June 19th and cover a wide range of topics.... Read more
The City of Kalamazoo Public Services Department will be hosting a Public Services Week. Their Stockbridge and Harrison facilities will be open to the public during the week of 5/21-5/24 from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm. They’ll be showcasing Kalamazoo’s services and programs, have light refreshments, and for the kids opportunity to Touch-A-Truck! Goodie give-a-ways along with displays and presentations of their activities... Read more
There will be open input sessions from 4-6 p.m. and again from 6-8 p.m.this Thursday, April 12, in the Bernhard Center lobby. The topics will be: A NEW STUDENT CENTER NEW STUDENT HOUSING NEW SUB-CAMPUS MASTER PLAN The sessions are the first steps in an initiative announced last fall to transform the area of campus adjacent to Stadium Drive (South Neighborhood) into a... Read more
After dinner this Tuesday, why not stroll over to Arcadia Elementary school and attend one of your neighborhood board meetings. Then, like me, you too can be impressed with the level of dedication your neighbors and board members have in making our little neck of the woods even better! Click on ‘read more’ to see the meeting agenda. Hope to see you there! Read more
Good news regarding repairs to the brick retaining walls along West Michigan Avenue boardering Arcadia. Yvonne Wright, Kalamazoo’s Housing Inspector, announced at a recent ANA Board meeting, “The City Engineer has decided to hire a contractor to make repairs to the retaining walls along West Michigan in spring 2018. The City owns the walls, but were going to hold the property owners responsible... Read more
The recently approved Kalamazoo Master Plan 2025 has made changes that will have a considerable affect on our Arcadia Neighborhood. Specifically, the north side of West Michigan avenue has been rezoned for multi-unit housing. A significant number of properties on West Michigan have already been purchased by a developer with plans to demolish the existing homes and build multi-unit housing. What is built... Read more
This year’s Annual Board Meeting was heavily attended! Lots of new things are planned for the coming year. Download the minutes to see what rezoning and developments are taking place in Arcadia. Learn more at a special January 24th, 2018 meeting at 6:30 pm at the Arcadia Elementary library. Download September Minutes Download October Minutes Read more
Please join us for our annual Neighborhood meeting Wednesday, October 25 at 6:30 pm where we will vote on new officers. We would appreciate having as many people attend as possible. We will also have a couple of presentations during the meeting! The meeting will take place in the library of the Arcadia Elementary School, 932 Boswell Lane! Read more
Wednesday evening, September 27th, stop by the Arcadia Elementary school at 6:30pm to join the Neighborhood Meeting. It’s held in the school library and it’s an excellent opportunity to find out what’s been going on in our neighborhood! The school is located at 932 Boswell. Read more
The Arcadia Neighborhood has its first Little Free Library! These free book exchanges allow anyone to take a book to enjoy – no strings attached! If you have books you’d like to donate, just leave them in the library which is located in front of 1109 Berkshire Drive. In addition to books for all ages, there are bookmarks for kids and treats for... Read more