Business View Civil & Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 8

100 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 8 one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, and Whirlpool Headquarters is in the southwest Michigan region near Kalamazoo, along with many engineering and manufacturing companies that help support workforce development with the regional economic development partner, Southwest Michigan First. They work together to recruit, train, and ultimately employ graduating students and residents in many different industries. The city takes on more than 30,000 students every fall who attend one of the many different post-secondary educational institutions based in Kalamazoo. Outstanding schools such as Western Michigan University, that incorporates Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine; the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Thomas M. Cooley Law School; Haworth College of Business, and much more. The town also hosts Kalamazoo College and Kalamazoo Valley Community College, and ©2021 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. All rights reserved. PNC Bank, National Association. Member FDIC CON PDF 0618-0106 Proud to call Kalamazoo home today. And every day. PNC is committed to making a positive difference in the greater Kalamazoo community. B U Y I N G • S E L L I N G • P R O P E R T Y M A N A G E M E N T TEAMHARRINGTONKZOO.COM 269-569-1541 Battle Creek, could take about two hours each way for a recreational rider. The city also stakes a claim to one of the largest farmers’ markets in the surrounding area. That building and site is slated for expansion in 2022. Mitchell notes that while the recreational amenities are abundant, other amenities are largely unknown. He states, “People would never guess that we have over 450 restaurants in Kalamazoo county. That’s probably changed because of COVID, but before the pandemic it is one of the things that was not even talked about. Our county is not that big, yet we have all these amazing things that make us unique. More recently, Pfizer has put us on the map because we’re producing the COVID-19 vaccine right here in our regional area.” Pfizer is just one of the many large businesses that are headquartered in or near Kalamazoo. Those companies include Stryker, which is