About SMRC
Rooted in Kalamazoo.
Built around people.
Southwest Michigan Recovery Center is a peer-centered Recovery Community Organization connecting people in and seeking recovery with practical support, meaningful community, and opportunities to build forward.
Why SMRC exists
A practical next step
should feel within reach.
Recovery can involve more than one need at a time: someone to talk with, a connection to useful resources, a path toward work, and a sense of belonging. SMRC is being built to bring those connections together in Kalamazoo through voluntary, non-clinical peer support, employment integration, and community relationships.
Our center is established around people we serve: those seeking support, loved ones, referring partners, recovery-friendly employers, and people who want to give back.
Leadership
John Akwetey, MSc
Executive Director
As Executive Director, John is guiding the website brief around peer support, employment, resources, and meaningful community connection.
Meet our teamOur Kalamazoo location
Call before
planning a visit.
616 Cherokee St., Kalamazoo, MI 49006HOURS OF OPERATION: 10am – 6pm Monday through Friday. Please call to make an appointment.
Call (269) 532-1002 View location on Google Maps Explore Metro routesA next step. A new connection.
You don’t have to
figure it out alone.
Start with a conversation.
We’ll build forward from there.