ARPA funds

The American Rescue Plan Act is the federal plan to help communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Battle Creek is set to receive a total of $30.5 million, half in 2021, and half in 2022.

The way we spend this money must meet specific federal requirements. We are allowed to use ARPA funds in four ways:

  • Negative economic impact
  • Premium pay for eligible workers
  • Government services lost revenue
  • Water, sewer, and broadband

We held a series of town hall talks from October to December 2021; you can watch the virtual town hall and the talk live interpreted in Burmese, both below. 

The City Commission is scoring community project requests using the Community Request Evaluation Rubric, linked below. The next public meeting about this is a commission workshop at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 10. It will be held in person at City Hall, 10 N. Division St., and streamed live on the city's YouTube channel.

Community requests and information

  1. ARPA community funding requests - full submission list
  2. BC Cultural Council
  3. Burma Center request
  4. Early Childhood graphics
  5. Kingdom Builders letter
  6. RISE Community Wellness Center proposal
  7. RISE full food distribution proposal
  1. SHARE Center full proposal
  2. The Village/CCG additional info
  3. The Village/CCG budget
  4. The Village/CCG memo
  5. Way to Happiness program
  6. Workforce Development Institute
  7. Youth Village

Additional community request documents

  1. Community Request Evaluation Rubric
  2. Community Project Supplemental Request Form
  1. U.S. Treasury Compliance and Reporting Guidance

Town hall information & Dec. 14 workshop materials

  1. Dec. 14, 2021 City Commission Workshop presentation
  2. ARPA town hall notes/summary
  1. ARPA town hall survey results
  2. ARPA town hall themes summary

City operations ARPA projects

See the table showing our previous list of city staff recommended projects for ARPA funding, addressing our operations, as well as the current list, approved by the City Commission on Feb. 1, 2022. The previous list includes links to videos our team created to help better explain the projects.

Virtual town hall talk - get the info if you cannot attend in person

Burmese live interpretation at Nov. 10 town hall


Presentations & other documents

  1. Battle Creek/ARPA information sheet
  2. City Commission information 2020-2022
  3. ARPA Frequently Asked Questions - U.S. Treasury
  4. City staff ARPA presentation
  5. ARPA Project Submissions
  6. City commissioners' ARPA proposal
  7. McCamly Plaza Hotel request presentation

Burmese information

  1. Burmese ARPA information
  2. Burmese ARPA project list
  3. Burmese ARPA town hall survey

Youth conversation information

  1. Youth conversation ARPA info
  2. Youth conversation ARPA projects

Información de Español 

  1. Español ARPA información de financiación
  2. Español ARPA Ley del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense
  3. Español COMISIÓN DE LA CIUDAD DE BATTLE CREEK 2020-2022
  4. Español Solicitud de Financiamiento ARPA
  5. Español ¿Cómo lo hicimos?

City Commission ARPA workshop - Aug. 31, 2021