Discover the Community We Created, the Places We Built, and the Dreams We Shared. Explore the products that made Kalamazoo famous, from Checker Cabs to medical devices and pharmaceuticals … investigate how we've grown from a frontier town to a prosperous city by shopping for goods at a general store or checking out a 1960s suburban garage … and get a feel for our community at the Douglass Community Center and WKVM TV-station.