Friendship Village Senior Living Community in Kalamazoo, Michigan is all about connections. Here on our beautiful 72-acre campus, you’ll find everything you need to keep learning, growing, and getting the most out of every day. Meaningful, nourishing relationships? Of course. Friendship is in our name! And because we’re a LifeCare® community, as your needs change, you can easily transition to advanced levels of supportive care right on campus.
This is the retirement lifestyle you’ve dreamed about—days filled with engaging activities, healthy, delicious dining prepared by an executive chef, and personalized health and wellness guidance with access to state-of-the-art fitness and aquatic centers. It doesn’t get any better than this, and it’s the kind of dynamic retirement living Friendship Village has been providing seniors in Kalamazoo for nearly 50 years.
Explore Our LifestyleIndependent living at Friendship Village gives you a carefree, maintenance-free lifestyle in a community of friends with an incredible range of services, amenities, and activities—always with the freedom, choice, and flexibility you want. And we’re pet-friendly!
Explore Independent LivingFrom our cozy neighborhood of spacious Garden Homes to our variety of beautifully appointed Village Apartments, we’re sure to have the perfect residence for your lifestyle.
Our light-filled and airy Village Apartments offer a range of comfortable, impeccably designed one and two-bedroom floor plans.
We’re one of a kind! Friendship Village is the only senior living community in the Kalamazoo area to offer the independent living option of freestanding Garden Homes.
Find your future here! Take a look at our interactive map to see the layout of our 72-acre campus and view the floor plans of the independent living residences that are currently available in the Village.
Exciting changes are underway! Discover The Atlee—76 elegant new independent living residences with amazing amenities. Get the details and learn how you can reserve your spot now.
Explore The Expansion
As a LifeCare Community®, we make aging in place simple. From independent living you can seamlessly transition to advanced levels of supportive care as your needs change at a predictable cost for life. Plus, you can always move into the Village at the level of care you need.
Woodside at Friendship Village offers thoughtfully designed assisted living suites with just the help you need so you can continue to pursue your passions and live life your way.
Heartfelt Connections-A Memory Care Program™ at Friendship Village provides a compassionate, whole-person approach to Alzheimer’s care and dementia care.
Our Medicare Health Center provides personalized recuperative and long-term skilled nursing care overseen by our in-house medical director.
Friendship Village offers state-of-the-art rehabilitation services with personalized care plans managed by our skilled therapy teams and overseen by our in-house medical director.
July 17, 2025 | Blog
Planning retirement is more than just finding a beautiful place to live — it’s about choosing senior living options that offer security, peace of mind, and a path forward as your needs evolve. At Friendship Village Kalamazoo, we offer Life…
July 17, 2025 | Blog, Wellness/Wellbeing
At Friendship Village Kalamazoo, a vibrant senior living community in Michigan, we believe that growing older is a chance to discover new passions, connect with others, and enjoy life more fully. Your 70s and beyond can be some of the…
November 20, 2024 | Blog, Dementia & Alzheimer’s
Assisted living or memory care? If you’ve been exploring supportive living options for a family member, you may have been wondering which could be the best fit. At Friendship Village, we’re often asked about the differences between our community’s assisted…
August 21, 2025 | 1400 N. Drake Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49006 | 2:00 P.M.
Join us at our upcoming event on August 21st to learn about our exciting Independent Living expansion—and take advantage of the opportunity to lock in 2025 pricing! Discover everything our vibrant, maintenance-free community has to offer while enjoying delicious appetizers…
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Calling all Veterans! Friendship Village Kalamazoo will be hosting a screening of the Michigan-made film, Old Heart on Thursday, July 31st at 2:00 PM in our Kiva auditorium.
This special screening with local Veterans partners with Veterans Navigator Antonia Kennedy of Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health
"A Stunning Story… Compelling, Entertaining”
-Rick Kogan Chicago Tribune
Now on national release, Old Heart honors our Veterans during the 80th anniversary celebration of World War 2 European Liberation. Watch the trailer here - vimeo.com/1088622696?share=copy
Adapted from Peter Ferry’s award-winning novel, Old Heart tells the story of Tom Johnson, an American soldier who is part of the Allied liberation of the Southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944. He teams up with a Jewish translator, Sarah van Praag, to smuggle food and supplies behind Nazi lines. Along the way, they fall in love—a bond that will stay with him long after the war ends.
Sixty years later, in the summer of 2005, Tom foils his family’s plan to move him to an assisted living facility by taking a flight to the Netherlands. He is determined to find Sarah again, the love of his life.
The Dutch Hunger Winter of 1944-45, is central to this screenplay, which has won eight best feature film awards at festivals in America and abroad. This movie is the Michigan production team’s fourth release, building on the successes of Waterwalk, Pilot Error and Coming Up for Air, which have won a dozen best feature awards at international festivals.
Lead actor Edward Gaines talks about his own story behind the film here - vimeo.com/1072204778
Co-Lead Zaneta Adams, formerly director of the Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs who also worked at the VA in Washington Administration for several years tells more about the story behind the film here - vimeo.com/1078495271
We hope you will join us for this very special screening!
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Congratulations to both of our June 2025 GEM winners, Nicole Haley and Megan Radde! Thank you for all your hard work and for always Going the Extra Mile at Friendship Village Kalamazoo! ... See MoreSee Less
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Resident Pat Craig shares her Life Story before an appreciative crowd of friends and family. What a life! Thank you for sharing your story and your spirit. You inspire us all. ... See MoreSee Less
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