Battle Creek provides what you need for business success. Our revolving investment fund, technology accelerator, and equity capital fund were created specifically with your needs in mind. This section also includes information on Fort Custer Industrial Park, W.K. Kellogg Airport, Downtown, business resources, and Battle Creek Unlimited.
The world-class Fort Custer Industrial Park hosts businesses from the United States, Japan, Germany, Austria, and Denmark. Adjacent W.K. Kellogg Airport serves as a catalyst for Battle Creek's fastest growing economic sector. The centrally-located Customs Port of Entry conveys import efficiencies and convenience.
Downtown Battle Creek gets your feet tapping to weekly music festivals and outdoor entertainment. An arts and industry council connects the arts not only to exhibit venues, but also to the public schools and the workplace.
An OC-48 optical Ethernet fiber ring connects all portions of the city, providing a robust telecommunications infrastructure. |
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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 is a community development organization that will create an economic development climate that encourages business formation and investments in technology coupled with a continuing supply of real estate with infrastructure to support technology workplaces. |
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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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