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2021 to Present Day
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The pilot program for air quality at the Institute of Public Scholarship was first established in 2022. During this year, the first Purple Air monitors were set at various locations around the city of Kalamazoo. The Institute contacted community members to engage them as local stakeholders to participate in our study by asking them to host the monitors. In an effort to gather wide spread data, these monitors were set up near areas at risk for higher air pollution such as factories, highways/main roads, and neighborhoods where residents such as Black and Brown people are disproportionately affected by poor air quality .
Since then, the air monitors have provided our team with an abundance of insight into what areas of Kalamazoo are impacted the most by air pollution. With renewed energy and commitment, our air quality team is dedicated to taking the data we have collected over the last three years and turn it into a comprehensive study of ambient air quality in Kalamazoo. We extend our gratitude to the original air monitor hosts for taking those first steps with us for this program. To our new air monitor hosts, welcome! We are so happy you joined our team of community scientists. |
269 AIR QUALITY DATA AND REPORTING
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