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County closes on hotel purchase to convert 80 rooms for transitional family housing

2498122 · March 5, 2025
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County housing staff announced at public comment that the county closed on a recently acquired 80‑room hotel to be converted into transitional family shelter housing; management and redevelopment steps will follow.

Kalamazoo County announced at the March 4 meeting that it closed on a hotel the county plans to convert into transitional family housing. Mary Balkema, the county’s housing director, told commissioners and the public the county had finalized the purchase and expects the 80‑room property to open in early spring or early summer as a site to receive families in need of temporary shelter.

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