KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A former Kalamazoo paper mill site is being cleaned up with help from a $1 million state grant, clearing the way for affordable housing units intended for people in Kalamazoo County’s problem-solving courts.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is providing the grant for the 6.6 acre property on Belford Street in the Edison Neighborhood, which now sits empty after years of discussions about how to reuse the site. It was used by Allied Paper Corporation and closed in 1997.
The development will become the William Schma House, a 48-unit apartment project that also provides support for people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.
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Doug Koop, with EGLE, told News Channel 3 that the site still contains remnants of its former industrial use…