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The Battle Creek area
offers business a unique environment that provides easy access to
all aspects of business services and support.
In the 1980's, as the first signs of outsourcing began to affect
area business Battle Creek met this challenge head on creating
Battle Creek Unlimited to
promote the areas economic development and it's success is easily
seen in the Fort Custer Industrial Park. More than 90
companies from Asia, Europe and the U.S. now occupy sites in the
3,000-acre, carefully planned industrial complex. Fully-serviced
land remains for continuing development, strategically located
within minutes of I-94 near I-69.
Our properties are on the cusp of the Fort Custer Industrial Park
properties give you access to many of the services and support
offered. Our buildings offer High-speed telecommunications and
Internet connections. We are adjacent to W.K. Kellogg Airport,
close to rail access, next to internationally-recognized industrial
skilled trades and customized training programs delivered on site
and via the Internet at the Regional Manufacturing Technology
Center, access to services from U.S. Customs Port of Battle
Creek and Foreign-Trade Zone.
The City of Battle Creek
is also business proactive
Battle
Creek Area Chamber of Commerce providing member services, business
representation and advocacy to produce a positive economic
environment. Their Objective: The Chamber's Business
Store is a business assistance center that provides existing firms
and entrepreneurs with professional assistance in developing
business ventures in greater Battle Creek. The Chamber's Business
Store effectively combines the resources of various professional and
volunteer organizations enabling it to offer a variety of services
at no or a very nominal charge. The activities of the Michigan Small
Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) and the Small
Business Administration (SBA) are all coordinated through the
Business Store. The Chamber is a satellite SBDC within the statewide
network of these organizations. This brings to us many excellent
professional resources, such as marketing and demographic
information, and specialized training and informational materials.
Other local organizations and professionals including universities
and colleges, loan counselors, CPAs, attorneys and marketing
specialists act as important Business Store resources.
You will be in a "Transportation Super Zone" with access to air
travel, or air cargo, Fed-Ex less then 2 miles away, Rail Service be
it
passenger
or cargo, Interstate access with I-94 just a few miles away,
trucking, UPS, etc., etc., simply put you could not be in a better
location for any kind of transportation you or your business
requires.
Full Service
Executive Office Suites - Available through Betz Properties at 2775
West Dickman Road, Battle Creek, Michigan 49037
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