OUR COMMUNITY
Midland
is a city of about 40,000 people located near the middle of the lower peninsula of Michigan.
It is the county seat of Midland County.
It is about 120 miles northwest of Detroit and 20 miles west of Saginaw Bay.
It is part of the Tri-Cities of Midland, Bay City and Saginaw
and part of the Great Lake Bay Region.
It is the home of
Dow,
MidMichigan Medical Center,
Members First Credit Union,
Mackinac Center for Public Policy,
Snow Machines Inc,
Scientific Anglers,
Modern Metalcraft,
Wysong Corporation,
Gerace Construction,
Omni Tech International,
Dow Chemical Employees' Credit Union
and many other companies and organizations.
In 2018, the Securitychoice.com
ranked Midland number 4 as safest city to retire.
In 2016, the American in Bloom Symposium
awarded Midland a first place in the 30,000-50,000 population category
for its beautification efforts.
In 2016, Midland was designated as a Safe Community
by the National Safety Council's Safe Communities America program,
the 19th city in the country to receive this designation.
In 2016, Bestplacesnow
ranked Midland as the second best place to live in Michigan.
In 2015, Livability
ranked Midland as one of top 100 best places to live.
In 2014, CNNMoney ranked Midland County
as one of eight places Where the middle class thrives.
The Movoto Real Estate Blog has ranked Midland as the number one city in Michigan.
See a Yahoo
writeup for more information.
Headlight Data
ranked Midland as one of top 4 small metro cities in country for wage growth.
In 2013,
the City-County Communications Association gave Midland an Award of Excellence for its Citizens Academy in its Savvy Competition contest.
NeighborhoodScout
ranked it as one of the 100 Safest Cities in the U.S.
Movoto
rated Midland as the Best City in Michigan.
In 2010, the Midland area was ranked 3rd in Top Metro Areas (under 200,000 population) in nation for "Economic Growth Potential" by
Business Facilities Magazine.
It was also ranked 3rd as "Alternative Energy Industry Leaders".
Forbes Magazine
ranked it as one of the four best small cities to raise a family.
In 2009, it was named "America's Best Tennis Town" by the
United States Tennis Association.
The League of American Bicyclists has given Midland a Bronze rating as a Bike Friendly Community.
In 2008,
it was ranked 11th in a study of top micropolitan "dream towns" in the US by
bizjournals.
For several years
America's Promise Alliance has ranked it
in the 100 Best Communities for Young People.
In 2007,
American Music Conference ranked
it as one of Best 100 Communities for Music Education.
For several years, the
University of Michigan-Dearborn iLabs eCities research has given Midland a 5-star rating for developing a positive entrepreneurial climate.
For over 20 years, the
Arbor Day Foundation has noted Midland as a Tree City.
