Editor’s note: This story is part of Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave’s On the Ground Kalamazoo series. This series is funded by the Kalamazoo Community Foundation.
KALAMAZOO, MI — A lot of working people are just one medical bill, one missed rent payment, or one car repair bill from financial hardship, a new local leader says.
“I did a community health needs assessment of our area,” Arturo Puckerin says of the groundwork he did after being named executive director of the Kalamazoo Eastside Neighborhood Association last October.
CourtesyArturo Puckerin was named executive director of the Kalamazoo Eastside Neighborhood Association in October of 2024.…