The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has a message for people in Kalamazoo: get involved in the community. Cory Booker was one of the speakers at the annual “Catalyst University” event sponsored by Southwest Michigan First. MLive Kalamazoo, which sponsored Booker’s address, says he urged people not to sit back and assume that others will step up to address the community’s problems. Booker has said that he’s considering a run for U.S. Senate in 2014.
KALAMAZOO, MI - Starting Feb. 1, Southwest Michigan First will be under contract to administer service programs for the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce. With Vice President Tim Terrentine as president of the Chamber, SWMF will oversee a relaunch of various Chamber programs, a spokesman for the Chamber said.
