KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Kalamazoo’s social district is growing, and local small businesses say the expansion is good news for their corner of the city.
The city of Kalamazoo recently voted to expand its social district on the north side, extending from Porter to Gull Street. The expansion brings three previously excluded businesses into the district: Loui’s Trophy House, Brewery Outre and Papa’s Italian Sausage.
Social districts allow customers to take a drink from a participating bar — in an approved cup — out onto the sidewalk.
Ryan Angell, a bartender at Loui’s Trophy House, said the change puts his bar in a better position to draw new customers…