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Food
Bells Brewery
Bilbos Pizza
Bravo!
Epic Bistro
Food Dance Caf
Mi Ranchito
Theo & Stacys
Water Street Coffee Shop
A rac ons
Bronson Park
Kalamazoo Nature Center
Kalamazoo Valley Museum
Kalamazoo Institute of arts
Kalamazoo Air Zoo
Kalamazoo Mall
Milham Park
Gilmore Car Museum
YES,There Really Is a
KALAMAZOOThe Peacock, Bronson Park; Ma eson (2005)
Downtown Kalamazoo as seem from Arcadia Paul (2006)
Fountain, Bronson Park; Ma eson (2005)
Informa on
www.kalamazoocity.org
www.kalamazoomi.com
www.discoverkalamazoo.com
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Kalamazoo HistoryThe area on which the modern city standswas
once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture who migrated
intothe area sometime before the rst millen -nium. Evidence of
their early residency remains in the form of a small mound
indowntowns Bronson Park.
The rst Europeans to reside in the areawere itinerant fur
traders in the late 18thand early 19th century. There are recordsof
several traders wintering in the area,and by the 1820s at least one
trading posthad been established.
In 1829, Titus Bronson, originally fromConnecticut, became the
rst white settlerto build a cabin within the present city limits.
He platted the town in 1831 andnamed it the vi llage of Bronson.
Kalama-zoo was legally incorporated as a vi llagein 1838 and as a
city in 1883.
Events
Winter
New Years Fest
Summer
Blues Festival
Dionysos Greekfest
Taste of Kalamazoo
Fall
Irish Fest
Culture
Kalamazoo Kings Baseball
K-Wings Hockey
Kalamazoo Civic PlayersKalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Bells Eccentric Cafe
Kalamazoo Public Library
Educa onKalamazoo is home to Western MUniversity, Kalamazoo
College, anKalamazoo Valley Community CoIn 2005, Western Michigan
rankedWireless Campus in the U.S. in a nsurvey done by the Intel
Corporati
The public schools are managed blamazoo Public Schools. Every
regraduate of the Kalamazoo Publicis provided with a scholarship
for 100% of tuition and mandatory feefor four years at any public
univercommunity college in Michigan, swith the class of 2006. This
progrknown as the Kalamazoo Promise
Kalamazoo Public Library, Library Journals 2002Library of the
Year; Ma eson (2005)
Waldo Library, Western Michigan University;Ma eson (2005)
Bronson Park; Ma eson (2005) Arcadia Creek Fes val Place;
Southwest MichiganFirst (2009)
