Village of Bloomingdale
Van Buren County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Bloomingdale is a jurisdiction in Van Buren County, Michigan, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Contact
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Village of Bloomingdale109 E Kalamazoo Street, P.O. Box 236
Bloomingdale, MI 49026
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Sourced from Van Buren County's official government site (vanburencountymi.gov), which is an official .gov source describing the Village's own contacts. Building & Electrical Inspector Artie Wilcox: 38159 24th Street, Mattawan, MI 49071, phone 269-998-4458, email southwestmichiganinspections@gmail.com — a contracted inspector rather than village staff, hedge included since this arrangement is described on the county site rather than the village's own site (village does not appear to have its own independent website). Mechanical Inspector Walter DeVisser Jr. (269-214-6696); Plumbing handled by MI Dept of Labor & Economic Growth (517-241-9313) per the same page. Village Clerk Jenelle Ashbrook, Treasurer Melissa Blackson also listed on source page but are not the permit contacts. This is a SEPARATE, DISTINCT government from Bloomingdale Township (#7) despite sharing a name and county — do not merge.
What You Need Before Applying for a Permit
Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Village of Bloomingdale's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.
Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.
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