Kalamazoo with New Girl Scout Facility

Artist's rendering of Girl Scout Program and Training Center

Featured Project:
Girl Scouts Program and Training Center

IHopes for the future will be rising along with an exciting new building to break ground this year in downtown Kalamazoo. The new Girl Scouts of Glowing Embers Council Program and Training Center, to be located just across from Channel 3, will provide an unusual opportunity for "networking" of an entirely different kind! Girl Scouting is a rewarding experience. But studies have shown that girls from suburban and rural environments are often intimidated by the unfamiliar crowds, noise, and commotion on visits to larger cities.

In contrast, girls who live in urban settings are similarly intimidated when suddenly delivered to a remote natural area with few people, no lights, and a very different array of sounds.

The new Program and Training Center will provide an "urban oasis" that will help each group by providing a meeting and camping spot that brings a natural environment into the heart of the city. And perhaps most importantly, it will afford the opportunity for girls from all backgrounds and geographies to be together and get to know one another in a comfortable, non-threatening environment.

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