DENSO says expansion will create 125 new jobs
DENSO seeks employees for latest expansion.
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.
Region reacts to a local team’s ‘take your guns to the ballgame’ event
America cannot agree on what gun safety means. Case in point: Four months after six people die in a shooting in Kalamazoo a Battle Creek ball club goes ahead with a long-scheduled Second Amendment night and an invitation to bring guns to the ballpark. Nothing bad happens. Opponents want games to be gun free regardless.
NAACP offers ways for youth to learn how to thrive in their community
For Battle Creek’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People leveling the playing field goes beyond what most people think.
Kellogg Company establishes venture capital fund assist entrepreneurs in emerging businesses
Kellogg Company recently announced it is launching eighteen94 capital (1894) with the intent of investing in start-up food businesses that the company perceives are on the cutting edge of ideas and trends.
Dogs and big cats on their way to the Binder Park Zoo
The Binder Park Zoo is one giant step closer to its African Lion exhibit. The zoo broke ground Wednesday, April 20 on the exhibit. And a new African Painted Dog exhibit is on the way.
Slowly but surely BC Vision is bringing about change
Battle Creek organizers say they are looking farther ahead in the future thanks to BC Vision.
Healthy foods in Kalamazoo schools: How you can help
How do you serve 14,000 meals a day to picky eaters whose parents want them to make food choices they don't want to make? Welcome to the world of school breakfasts and lunches.
#Kzoostrong: A community in the aftermath
How does a community respond when six people are randomly gunned down?
Cultivating relationships, connecting kids and schools back to real food
Urban Sprout's successes show building relationships is what it takes to bring about change in how people get food.
