Kalamazoo residents speaking out against car wash near Asylum Lake

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kalamazoo residents are speaking out against a possible car wash being located near the Asylum Lake Nature Preserve.

Drive and Shine Car Wash owns the 19-acres of land and have submitted a new request to build next to the nature preserve, saying the demand for the car wash is there.

Dozens of opponents gathered last night to talk about the possibility the land, currently zoned for single-family homes, could be rezoned for the car wash.

Drive and Shine tried to get the land rezoned in 2023, but was not able to.

The Asylum Lake Preservation Association says the use of the chemicals from the car wash near the preserve is unacceptable.