Kalamazoo County Shows Intergovernmental Cooperation to Launch Recovery Housing

Kalamazoo is poised to break ground Tuesday on The Kalrecovery Project, a 48-unit substance recovery housing development that has been years in the making. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 1:30 p.m. at 1900 Belford Street near the Kalamazoo County Health Department in the Edison Neighborhood.

This project represents what officials call intergovernmental cooperation at its best after facing multiple funding roadblocks.

Because of your commitment, members of our community will soon have access to stable high-quality homes with onsite supportive services, you helped turn a potential crisis into a case study for intergovernmental cooperation, said Matt Hollander with Edison Community Partners.

Hollander noted that securing financing took eight years and involved the federal government, the state, city of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, and many others for the 48-unit apartment structure.

The project nearly fell through last year when the federal government suddenly cancelled a $4 million dollar grant. But the Kalamazoo County board came through with money from the Opioid Settlement Fund to keep the project alive.