In the 1960s, Battle Creek was a successful industrial town known around the world as the "Cereal City" due to the area's largest employers, the ready-to-eat breakfast food companies of Ralston Foods, the Kellogg Company, and the Post division of General Foods. As these long-established businesses began to downsize, automate, and relocate, the community met the new economic and social challenges by developing a downtown pedestrian mall, converting a former military base into a vibrant industrial park, and merging two municipalities into the third-largest city (by area) in Michigan. These changes, along with many others, have continued to guide this Midwestern community into the 21st century.
Author: Kurt Thornton
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 04/07/2014
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.55w x 0.35d
ISBN: 9781467111577
Author: Kurt Thornton
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 04/07/2014
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.55w x 0.35d
ISBN: 9781467111577