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Notable locations in Kalamazoo: Kalamazoo Country Club (A), Lakeside Children Home (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Kalamazoo: Judson Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Gate of Heaven Cemetery (1), Riverside Cemetery (2), Mountain Home Cemetery (3), Mount Olivet Cemetery (4), Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and swamps: Asylum Lake (A), Averill Lake (B), Monarch Millpond (C), Pikes Pond (D), Bryant Pond (E), Whites Lake (F), Woods Lake (G), Limekiln Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Arcadia Creek (A), Axtell Creek (B), Portage Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Kalamazoo include: Dickinson Field (1), Reed Park (2), Hayes Park (3), Harrison Park (4), Rockwell Playground (5), Jones Park (6), Milham Park (7), La Crone Playground (8), Southside Playground (9). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attractions: Art Center Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (Museums; 314 South Park Street) (1), Kalamazoo Nature Center (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 7000 North Westnedge Avenue) (2), Kalamazoo Valley Museum (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 230 North Rose Street) (3), Nature Connection (Nature Centers; 359 South Kalamazoo Mall) (4), Kalamazoo County Fair (2900 Lake St) (5), Convention & Visitors Bureau-Disn Klmzo RGNL Chmbr (346 West Michigan Avenue) (6), Kalamazoo Amusement Inc (3635 East Cork Street) (7), Flag International LLC (Tours & Charters; 6835 Countryview Drive) (8). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Hotels: Econo Lodge Kalamazoo (3750 Easy Street) (1), Fairfield Inn Kalamazoo East (3800 E Cork St) (2), Fairfield Inn (3800 East Cork Street) (3), Comfort Inn Airport (3820 Sprinkle Road) (4), Hampton Inn Kalamazoo (1550 East Kilgore Road) (5), Best Western Hospitality Inn (3640 East Cork Street) (6), Comstock Motor Court Motel (6302 King Highway) (7), Baymont Inn & Suites (2203 South 11th Street) (8), Fairfield Inn by Marriott (6420 Cracker Barrel Boulevard) (9). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Air pollution trends in Kalamazoo
Pollutant: Particulate Matter (PM2.5): 13.8 µ/m3 in 2005 (it was 15.1 µ/m3 in 2000).
Drinking water stations with addresses in Kalamazoo and their reported violations in the past:
GULL LAKE SPORTS BAR (Population served: 300, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
TWIN LAKES REFORMED CHURCH (Population served: 300, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
SCOTTS MILL COUNTY PARK (Population served: 250, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One regular monitoring violation
PRETTY LAKE #2 (Population served: 222, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
ROLLERWORLD (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 5 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
LAMPLIGHTER (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
EVERGREEN PARK (Address: 182 E "D" AVE, Population served: 190, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between APR-1998 and JUN-1998, Contaminant: Nitrate. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (APR-27-1998), St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-27-1998), St Compliance achieved (JUL-06-1998)
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE SAVIOR (Population served: 140, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Kalamazoo that have no violations reported:
- NORTHBRIDGE CHURCH (Population served: 200, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- RIDGEVIEW GOLF COURSE (Population served: 150, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- M-43 FOODMART (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NW (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- LAKE CORA HILLS LOUNGE INC (Population served: 80, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- THORNAPPLE CREEK GOLF COURSE (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PRAIRIE VIEW PARK #9 (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PRAIRIEVIEW PARK AREA 2B (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PRAIRIE VIEW PARK #3 (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- ROTA KIWAN OAKS (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Kalamazoo compared to Michigan state average:
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students above state average.
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Arenas or stadiums:
- Lawson Arena. Western Michigan University.
- University Arena (Western Michigan University). Western Michigan University.
- Wings Stadium. Capacity: 8,023.
Banks with most branches in Kalamazoo (2007 data):
- National City Bank: 10 branches. Info updated 2006-09-27: Bank assets: $134,344.8 mil, Deposits: $86,955.0 mil, headquarters in Cleveland, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1347 total offices, Holding Company: National City Corporation
- Fifth Third Bank: 10 branches. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $48,441.3 mil, Deposits: $39,126.0 mil, headquarters in Grand Rapids, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 751 total offices, Holding Company: Fifth Third Bancorp
- LaSalle Bank Midwest National Association: 7 branches. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $49,751.5 mil, Deposits: $25,446.0 mil, headquarters in Troy, MI, positive income, 269 total offices, Holding Company: Abn Amro Holding N.V.
- Comerica Bank: Oakwood Branch, Maple Hill Branch, Gull Road Branch, Kalamazoo Branch, Washington Square Branch. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $58,543.3 mil, Deposits: $45,884.0 mil, headquarters in Detroit, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 390 total offices, Holding Company: Comerica Incorporated
- Keystone Community Bank: Drake Branch, Oakland Drive Branch, at 107 West Michigan Avenue. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $208.0 mil, Deposits: $165.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Firstbank Corporation
- Charter One Bank, National Association: West Main Mall Branch at 4300 West Main, branch established on 1934-05-01; Kalamazoo at 215 East Michigan, branch established on 1886-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $45,991.8 mil, Deposits: $21,276.3 mil, headquarters in Cleveland, OH, positive income, 503 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc, The
- Flagstar Bank, FSB: 5161 West Main Street Branch at 5161 West Main Street, branch established on 1997-04-16. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $15,464.8 mil, Deposits: $7,702.6 mil, headquarters in Troy, MI, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 125 total offices
- The Huntington National Bank: Kalamazoo Branch at 251 East Michigan Avenue, branch established on 1987-06-22. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $34,914.0 mil, Deposits: $25,554.3 mil, headquarters in Columbus, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 593 total offices, Holding Company: Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
- 4 other banks with 4 local branches
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Streets and Highways |
44 | $154,409 | $42,112 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
211 | $976,513 | $55,536 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
8 | $48,746 | $73,119 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
27 | $130,181 | $57,858 | 3 | $3,246 |
| Financial Administration |
36 | $163,513 | $54,504 | 2 | $2,516 |
| Police - Other |
77 | $443,838 | $69,170 | 20 | $13,703 |
| Other and Unallocable |
49 | $193,375 | $47,357 | 0 | $0 |
| Transit |
115 | $361,254 | $37,696 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
107 | $419,433 | $47,039 | 0 | $0 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
44 | $190,893 | $52,062 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
21 | $71,532 | $40,875 | 24 | $10,824 |
| Sewerage |
118 | $516,137 | $52,489 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
857 | $3,669,825 | $51,386 | 49 | $30,290 |
Kalamazoo government finances in 2004:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $4,149,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $19,291,000
All Other: $3,071,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,064,000
Parking Facilities: $323,000
- Construction - Water Utilities: $5,409,000
General: $2,362,000
Sewerage: $2,311,000
Transit Utilities: $2,065,000
Parks & Recreation: $52,000
Housing & Community Development: $14,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $28,852,000
Sewerage: $15,681,000
General - Other: $12,140,000
Water Utilities: $7,724,000
Transit Utilities: $7,391,000
Central Staff Services: $5,666,000
Regular Highways: $4,801,000
Parks & Recreation: $3,876,000
Financial Administration: $2,970,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,018,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,860,000
General Public Buildings: $559,000
- Employee Retirement - Total Other Securities: $262,269,000
Interest Revenue: $92,590,000
Total Federal Securities: $50,233,000
Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $42,587,000
Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $33,845,000
Total Cash & Deposits: $27,242,000
Benefit Payments: $12,206,000
Local Employee Contribution: $1,478,000
Withdrawals: $184,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $2,993,000
Transit Utilities: $1,147,000
All Other: $581,000
Water Utilities: $99,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $26,539,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Police Protection: $641,000
Regular Highways: $105,000
General: $89,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Regular Highways: $824,000
General: $241,000
Police Protection: $14,000
Solid Waste Management: $9,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Transit Utilities: $1,881,000
All Other: $794,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $339,998,000
Water Utilities: $19,890,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $45,660,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $104,950,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $12,735,000
Water Utilities: $5,010,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $430,017,000
Other, NEC: $54,090,000
Water Utilities: $23,885,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $14,931,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $4,305,000
Water Utilities: $1,015,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $24,547,000
General Revenue, NEC: $5,982,000
Rents: $2,503,000
Property Sale Other: $213,000
Special Assessments: $144,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $4,464,000
Regular Highways: $2,244,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,879,000
Transit Utilities: $1,302,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $55,086,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $9,851,000
Transit Utilities: $1,300,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $430,149,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $11,038,000
Highways: $5,609,000
Transit Utilities: $3,524,000
All Other: $1,006,000
Housing & Community Development: $118,000
Water Utilities: $22,000
- Tax - Property: $36,937,000
NEC: $1,793,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $47,538,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,348,000
6.66% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,683 average adjusted gross income) | Here: |  6.66% | | Michigan average: |  5.24% |
0.22% of residents moved from foreign countries ($464 average AGI)| Kalamazoo County: | 0.22% | | Michigan average: | 0.10% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,323 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.15% | | Michigan average: | 5.98% |
0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($512 average AGI)| Kalamazoo County: | 0.06% | | Michigan average: | 0.05% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Kalamazoo:
- WKLZ (1470 AM; 10 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WQSN (1660 AM; 10 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKZO (590 AM; 5 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKMI (1360 AM; 5 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI)
- WKPR (1420 AM; 1 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI)
- WNWN (1560 AM; daytime; 4 kW; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WOOD (1300 AM; 20 kW; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WBCK (930 AM; 5 kW; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WMSH-FM (99 AM; 1 kW; STURGIS, MI; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WAKV (980 AM; 1 kW; OTSEGO, MI; Owner: VINTAGE RADIO ENTERPRISES, L.L.C.)
- WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
- WPNW (1260 AM; 10 kW; ZEELAND, MI; Owner: LANSER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Kalamazoo:
- W262AF (100.3 FM; PARCHMENT, MI; Owner: FRIENDS OF CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WIDR (89.1 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
- WAYK (88.3 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY)
- W258AH (99.5 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFAT (96.5 FM; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WKDS (89.9 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: BD OF EDUC SCHOOL DISTR OF CITY)
- W247AM (97.3 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- W219CA (91.7 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- WMUK (102.1 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
- WQLR (106.5 FM; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBCT (93.7 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKFR-FM (103.3 FM; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WRKR (107.7 FM; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WZUU (92.3 FM; ALLEGAN, MI; Owner: FORUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WVGR (104.1 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)
- WOOD-FM (105.7 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WQXC-FM (100.9 FM; OTSEGO, MI; Owner: FORUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WOFR (89.5 FM; SCHOOLCRAFT, MI; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Kalamazoo:
- WGVK (Channel 52; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WOKZ-CA (Channel 50; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WWMT (Channel 3; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF MICHIGAN, INC.)
- WLLA (Channel 64; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: CHRISTIAN FAITH BROADCAST, INC.)
- WOTV (Channel 41; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WXMI (Channel 17; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WOOD-TV (Channel 8; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- W26BX (Channel 26; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: TCT OF MICHIGAN, INC.)
- WZPX (Channel 43; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: PAXSON BATTLE CREEK LICENSE, INC.)
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