Kalamazoo County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
The KCBRA will be holding a Board Member Retreat on October 9th from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Fishbeck Kalamazoo Office, held in person in the training room at 750 Trade Centre Way, Suite 200, Portage, MI 49002. – See Public Notice
The next regular meetings of the Economic Development Corporation of the County of Kalamazoo (EDC) and the Kalamazoo County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (KCBRA) will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Meeting location TBD.
The Kalamazoo County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (KCBRA) is a county-wide redevelopment authority created by the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners as allowed by Michigan PA 381, the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act. The KCBRA focuses on facilitating and supporting the redevelopment of brownfield sites throughout the county. The KCBRA has become a major resource and partner for positive economic change in Kalamazoo County helping to assess and understand contaminated sites, foster job creation, eliminate blight, re-use properties and infrastructure, and leverage investment.
What is a Brownfield?
A brownfield site is real property where expansion, redevelopment or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. Michigan further defines brownfield sites as blighted, functionally obsolete, a property adjacent/contiguous to one of the described eligible properties may be eligible, a Housing Property (One or more units of residential housing, as a dwelling or in a mixed-use project) or historic resource.
Read more about the Kalamazoo County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority in the KCBRA 2025 Annual Report