Battle Creek motivates. With a modest cost of living, a climate less severe than Michigan’s western shoreline, and a vitality that permeates education, arts, culture, and recreation, Battle Creek residents rest assured their community extends a welcoming hand.
From pre-school to higher education, to the skilled trades and fine arts, innovative and nationally-recognized educational and training programs prepare Battle Creek residents for its breakfast food processing, world-class auto parts supply, and dynamic aviation and aerospace industries.
Battle Creek reflects the best values of America’s heartland. Its Linear Park winds throughout the city for family strolls, rigorous jogs, or bicycling in a scenic setting, while elsewhere in Battle Creek historic sites are carefully preserved. Battle Creek invests in technologies for tomorrow, taking full advantage of its outstanding public infrastructure and a city-wide OC-48 optical Ethernet fiber ring. |
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Situated in beautiful Southwest Michigan, Battle Creek contains more land than all but two other Michigan cities. This vast land resource is home to a bustling residential and business community. Public, private, and parochial schools offer numerous academic options in a quality environment. Dedicated educational institutions operate academic, industrial and specialty programs that position graduates with a globally competitive education. Battle Creek also offers a regional technology center for high school students, a school for children of Japanese executives, the State's most successful area math and science center, and an Outdoor Education Center for youth. World-renowned as a small town in the global economy, Battle Creek is a community with abundant resources, offered with an attitude that values existing business and industry and views the attraction of new business as a means of strengthening that base. Battle Creek is an energetic city on the move, ready to meet the challenges of the future. Physical beauty abounds. The Battle Creek Linear Park winds its way through the city, linking together parks and forest, lakes, rivers, and streams for joggers, strollers, and bicyclists. An impressive array of entertainment options pleases music lovers, sports fans, and families. Battle Creek has emerged as a major service corridor, with specialty shops, theaters, festivals, international corporate and philanthropic headquarters, professional and financial services, and government offices. Here, you can enjoy the assets of a progressive community without suffering the congestion of a major urban center. We welcome you, to our city, Battle Creek. |
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| Battle Creek Unlimited facilitates regional wealth creation through human, economic, and community development, by stimulating a diverse civic culture, fostering new ideas, organizational models and healthy lifestyles. |
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| ABOUT BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED
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| Battle Creek Unlimited (BCU), a private, nonprofit corporation, has received international acclaim serving as the business development arm for the cities of Battle Creek and Marshall. BCU is an enduring alliance of public, private and community leaders, guiding the nation’s first and most successful base conversion into Michigan’s largest modern industrial park - the 3,000-acre Fort Custer Industrial Park. Battle Creek Unlimited also markets the Central Business District. It has been said that the signature of a community is the condition of its central business district. Downtown Battle Creek now emerges as the major service corridor of the community. Entertainment, specialty shops, corporate headquarters, professional and financial services, and government offices reside in the central business district. Staff is onsite to maintain a viable, clean and safe downtown community. View our annual report. |
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