BC Vision

For months now, Battle Creek’s government and community members have been working to get together a presentation that would lead to the city becoming an All-America City: an award handed out every year by the National Civic League.

15 Local Leaders are part of the cast that will deliver a program touting Battle Creek's efforts to create an equitable community through inclusive civic engagement.

In order to apply for the award, staff from various Battle Creek departments worked with representatives from the Battle Creek Community Foundation and BCVision to put together an application that highlighted the city's work on creating an equitable community.

The Battle Creek Community Foundation sprung into action once Battle Creek artist Richard Schlatter's ArtPrize-winning A. Lincoln portrait was ready to be relocated.

The Generation E Institute in Battle Creek is staging its third annual Startup Fest on Saturday, September 30, 2017, and the pace has been stepped up this year.

Brenda Hunt, CEO of the Battle Creek Community Foundation, is also a BC Vision steering committee member and tells WBCK efforts are underway to appeal to members of the community to join their efforts. "Many of our positions are basically Caucasian, so, we want to make sure...

A component of the BC Vision effort, it was recently announced, will be a community study - focused in particular on schools and inequities in education. Dr. David Kirkland, executive director of the New York University Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools, has been engaged to conduct the research...

The BC Vision Steering Committee's recent open meeting was, in part, meant to help stimulate interest and participation from residents. Steering Committee member and Battle Creek Community Foundation CEO Brenda Hunt told WBCK an application process now exists, meant to invite new blood to join the committee...

As the BC Vision effort works to transition from information gathering to actual action, teams are working to determine their roles in the process. That's the word from Battle Creek Enquirer reporter Dillon Davis, who, along with colleague Jennifer Bowman are continuing to watch the process closely...

Brenda Hunt, president and CEO of the Battle Creek Community Foundation, continues to express great optimism about the BC Vision effort underway in Battle Creek. BC Vision passed a 100-day target this week, a checkpoint in the community visioning and action plan effort...