About Kalamazoo
Every year thousands of visitors come to Kalamazoo to experience numerous world-class events, festivals, parks, and good old-fashioned hospitality. It’s not just a great place to visit; it’s a great place to work and to live.
Located halfway between Detroit and Chicago, Kalamazoo is an important destination for business, education and cultural events. Kalamazoo provides all the amenities of a big city only minutes away from quiet neighborhoods and more remote countryside or lakeside living. The maximum commute time anywhere in the city is 20 minutes — without the bumper-to-bumper traffic of large metro areas.
Even better, Kalamazoo has been cited as having a 6.3 percent lower cost of living than the national average and has received national recognition for its award-winning hospitals, and educational programs. 
Visit the links below — you will find an amazing number of activities geared toward both singles and families, the arts to sporting events, top-notch educational opportunities in K-12 public and private school systems (including the "Kalamazoo Promise") as well as five colleges offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate programs. Kalamazoo is known as a region with many high-tech capabilities for business, and has state-granted status as a "Smart Zone." International corporations such as Stryker and Pfizer employ thousands in the community.