Battle Creek Police Department achieves accreditation from Michigan Association of Police Chiefs
Battle Creek Police Department achieves a long sought after goal. Adopting best practices and 105 professional standards leads to accreditation.
Battle Creek
With an economic development organization that is the envy of many communities, Battle Creek is a city building on its food industry roots and the land that makes it the state’s third largest city. For fun, each year the Cereal City, world headquarters to the Kellogg Co., celebrates the significance of the most important meal of the day with the World’s Longest Breakfast table. Bikers, cyclers and joggers take in the parks, forests and streams linked by a 24-mile linear park. Campers and outdoor lovers visit Fort Custer Recreation area for fishing, hiking, cross country skiing and boating. For animal lovers, African creatures, like giraffes, and Asian animals, like snow leopards, make the Binder Park Zoo a must. The Battle Creek Art Center and Battle Creek Symphony stoke the city’s cultural offerings and the new Firekeepers Casino adds to the city’s fun side. B.C’s Math and Science Center is acclaimed and secondary education needs are accommodated by Kellogg Community College, Robert B. Miller College and a branch of Western Michigan University. And Sojourner Truth, who lived here, watches over downtown from the memorial in her honor.
Couple from Battle Creek’s Historic Northside continue to find ways to help in the community
When longtime Historic Northside neighborhood residents Harold and Laurel Macon retired they did not give up on their community activism.
From business to office space, Battle Creek’s First Congregational finds new ways to help others
There are 30 different community groups that lease space or offer events at First Congregational Church in Battle Creek.
Pop-up Patisserie will feature vegan food such as savory and sweet hand pies and croissants
Paul Vugteveen is the kind of dedicated chef who makes his own soy milk, nut milk, and cashew butter, among other items so he can control the quality.
Battle Creek’s Charitable Union specializes in help that brings hope
By listening to those it serves, Charitable Union keeps its services focused on what needs to be done.
Area volunteers can help bring in the maple sap to assist with fundraising effort in Athens
Tap from maple trees has turned to green for the Athens Youth Council, which helps the community.
Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave and Issue Media Group join Michigan Press Association
Membership by the parent company of Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave will more than double the number of online-only news organizations accepted into the 150-year-old organization.
Historic Northside has resident police officer, stems neighborhood crime with multi-faceted program
Multiple programs under one umbrella make for safer neighborhoods in Battle Creek, including the Historic Northside.
Sometimes businesses need a little capital to move ahead. Small Business Action Team can help
Massage Green SPA works out the kinks in computer network with small business loan from Community Loan and Grant Fund.
Winter, summer, spring, and fall, the BCMAMS are helping somewhere in Battle Creek
You don't have to have a mustache to care about making your community a better and more fun place to live. That's the BCMAMs' philosophy despite their moniker.
