The City of Kalamazoo has been named as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People. The 100 Best competition honors communities – ranging from small towns to urban neighborhoods across America – for their commitment to provide healthy, safe and caring environments for young people. Hundreds of communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands took part in the competition.“Kalamazoo was selected because of the many extraordinary programs and organizations that exist to help our children and youth prosper,” said Commissioner Barbara Miller. America’s Promise competition adjudicators were captured by the range of organizations poised to facilitate projects that impact all children of the community. “Initiatives such as the Kalamazoo Promise [scholarship guaranteed to students who attend and graduate from Kalamazoo Public Schools] and organizations like Kalamazoo Communities in Schools [partners with individual volunteers and other agencies to develop mentoring relationships with students], Kalamazoo County Multi-Purpose Collaborative Body [primary human services collaborative, which includes executives from local government, educational systems, human service agencies and funding agencies] and Kalamazoo Youth Development Network also known as KYDNet [functions as bridge between direct services and collaboration building] work diligently to provide a strong foundation for the children in Kalamazoo and have created a great place for kids to grow, learn and become productive citizens of our community,” said Commissioner Miller.
A complete list of winners can be found here.
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