A few weeks ago, Kalamazoo was in the news. But not for a reason I would have hoped. On the morning of July 3, a train derailed rounding a bend in the tracks downtown, overturning more than a dozen boxcars and blocking major intersections. It is no exaggeration to say that the situation was an absolute train wreck, causing aggravating delays for commuters. Luckily, as I was getting in my car that morning, I received a Slack message from one of my team members alerting everyone of the … [Read more...]