Midland, Michigan Midland, Michigan Official seal of Midland, Michigan Location of Midland, Michigan Location of Midland, Michigan Midland, Michigan is positioned in the US Midland, Michigan - Midland, Michigan Counties Midland, Bay Midland is a town/city in the U.S.
It is the governmental center of county of Midland County. The city's populace was 41,863 as of the 2010 census.
It is the principal town/city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area, part of the larger Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Combined Statistical Area.
In 2010, Midland was titled the no.
By the late 1820s, Midland was established as a fur trading post of the American Fur Company supervised by the post at Saginaw.
The Dow Chemical Company was established in Midland in 1897, and its world command posts are still positioned there.
Through the influence of a Dow Chemical plant opening in Handa, Aichi, Japan, Midland and Handa have turn into sister cities. The Dow Corning Corporation and Chemical Bank are also headquartered in Midland.
In 1969 the town/city unilaterally defined a Midland Urban Growth Area (MUGA), which at the time was a territory two-miles around the town/city limits of Midland in an attempt to control urban sprawl.
The central policy was that as the only capable supplier of drinking water, the town/city would furnish water services to commnities outside the MUGA such as the close-by village of Sanford, but would not furnish to water services to the region inside the MUGA without annexation to the town/city of Midland thus controlling most of the expansion in the county.
Since 1991 however, the policy has since been revised with a series of Urban Cooperation Act Agreements with encircling townships which has allowed case-by-case redrawings of the MUGA line to allow Midland to sell water to the encircling townships without annexation. In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 25.9% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Midland uses the council-manager form of government.
The mayor and the mayor pro tem are chosen from the propel council by a vote of the council, who also appoint the town/city manager and town/city attorney, who serve at the pleasure of the council. Federally, Midland is positioned in Michigan's 4th congressional district, represented by Republican John Moolenaar.
Then "County Connection" a private run enhance transport for those outside the town/city of Midland but still inside Midland County both for a nominal fee.
US 10, a freeway passing the northern edge of Midland, joins with Bay City on the east; Clare and Ludington (as a two-lane highway) to the west.
M-20 joins Midland with Mount Pleasant and Big Rapids to the west.
While the vast majority of the town/city exists inside Midland County, a small portion of the town/city extends into Bay County.
Most of the city's region is incorporated from Midland Township.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 35.69 square miles (92.44 km2), of which, 33.70 square miles (87.28 km2) is territory and 1.99 square miles (5.15 km2) is water. Climate data for Midland, Michigan Midland Public Schools Midland Academy of Advanced & Creative Studies K-12 College Preparatory Delta College Midland Center (DCMC) Midland Center for the Arts Midland has many cultural opportunities in fields ranging from music and theater to science and the arts.
The Midland Center for the Arts brings hands-on exhibits in science, art and technology, at the Alden B.
The Center also provides two state-of-the-art auditoriums for audiences of 400 to 1500 to appreciate everything from the Midland Symphony Orchestra and Center Stage Theatre, to experienced programming through MATRIX: Midland.
Midland County Historical Societies Heritage Park provides an opportunity to explore Midland County's history through a range of avenues.
Doan Midland County History Center homes a research library, gift shop and the interactive Dorothy Dow Arbury Midland County History Gallery, which provides hands on exhibits for seeking Midland County's history.
Dow Historical Museum, which explores the history and expansion of the Dow Chemical Company established in Midland by Herbert H.
Midland City parks number 72 with over 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) of park land.
A BMX track is positioned in Midland's Stratford park.
Winner of a 2005 Michigan Cool Cities grant (a grass-roots, volunteer-based training program to revitalize a downtown area), Downtown Midland offers dining, shopping and entertainment for the whole family.
Midland County's fitness of natural pathways continues to grew with the recent addition of the Chippewa Trail, which joins to the Pere Marquette trail.
Also in the recreation mix are two golf courses, the Midland Community Center (with multiple swimming pools and exercise facilities), the West Midland Family Center, the North Midland Family Center, the Midland Gymnastics Training Center, the Midland Community Tennis Center and the Midland Curling Center.
Midland's Dow Gardens feature 100-acre (40 ha) of flower and vegetable plant nurseries, plus an arboretum.
Dow Memorial Library, Midland's enhance library titled in his mother's honor.
More than 100 places of worship county-wide represent a range of denominations and architectural styles, earning Midland the nickname "City of Beautiful Churches". Midland's Volunteer Center recruits upwards of 2,000 volunteers each year, and the United Way of Midland County supports 25 improve organizations.
Dow Corning Midland plant Midland Center for the Arts Midland Community Center Midland Community Stadium Midland Community Tennis Center There are a several Big-box stores positioned here, as well as the Midland Mall, which includes Barnes & Noble, JCPenney, Target, Younkers, and Dunhams.
Midland also has a downtown on Main Street which includes small-town restaurants, artist co-ops, and small-town retail.
In 1967, Dow Chemical attained criticality on a 100 k - W nuclear research reactor at the Midland facility, primarily as a neutron origin and to irradiate samples. The reactor continues to operate. In 1968, Consumers Power began assembly of a nuclear power plant in Midland, primarily for the Dow Chemical Company.
However, in 1985, Consumers Power formed a partnership with eight other companies to convert Midland's abandoned nuclear plant into a gas-fired power plant.
The Midland Cogeneration Venture began producing power in 1991 and that success restored faith in Consumers Power. The facility now produces 10% of the power consumption for the lower peninsula of Michigan. Midland County Courthouse Midland County Courthouse Midland has been recognized repeatedly at the nationwide level for its company friendly attitude and high character of life.
Michigan Companies to Watch Competition: 15 small company winners from 2006 2009 (Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center and the Edward Lowe Foundation) Of 380 urbane areas in the United States examined by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the Midland Micropolitan Travel Destination had the third lowest rate of vehicle theft. Worsley, educator; reared in Midland; graduated in 1955 from Midland High School Midland is home to many recreational sporting facilities and organizations.
These include the civic ice arena which hosts 2 NHL and one Olympic-sized rinks, a skate park downtown, and the Midland Community Tennis Center and its 32 courts.
The tennis center also hosts a USTA Pro Circuit event and was part of the USTA award to Midland as America's Best Tennis Town 2009. Midland is also host to the following experienced sports teams.
Midland Community Television Network (Charter Communications Channels 188,189,190,& 191 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99) is the City of Midland's public, government, and education access cable tv channel group.
As Midland's only TV station, it is the purpose of MCTV to furnish the citizens and organizations in the Midland region with an opportunity to be involved in using the tv medium to inform, communicate, educate, and entertain.
Midland Community Television Network is a service of the City of Midland serving the inhabitants of the City of Midland and outlying areas through Charter Cable, AT&T U-Verse, and online video-on-demand.
MCTV is funded through Video Service Provider charter fees paid by Charter Communications and AT&T to the City of Midland for use of the enhance rights-of-way.
MCTV is a non-profit, non-commercial organization open to the people of the town/city or county of Midland.
Midland is the town/city of license of two FM airways broadcasts serving the Tri-Cities (Saginaw/Bay City/Midland) area.
WMPX (1490 AM) is Midland's "hometown" locally owned airways broadcast, owned by Steel Broadcasting and airing an adult standards ("Timeless Classics") format satellite-fed from ABC Radio.
Other region stations include WEJC (88.3 FM) in White Star, Michigan, which airs intact Christian music and is affiliated with the Lansing-based "Smile FM" network; WPRJ (101.7 FM) in Coleman, Michigan, a Christian CHR station known as "The Fuse"; and nation music station WGDN (103.1 FM) in close-by Gladwin, Michigan.
Midland is also served by radio and tv stations from Saginaw, Bay City, Flint, Mount Pleasant, and Houghton Lake.
Midland's chief journal is the Midland Daily News.
Midland Daily News "Midland, Michigan Zip Code Map".
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Midland, Michigan The Best Small Cities To Raise A Family Forbes, Retrieved 1-19-2011 City of Midland, Michigan.
"Midland Urban Growth Area".
City of Midland, Michigan.
"Jack Barstow Municipal Airport" City of Midland, City Engineering Department "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Saginaw, Michigan, United States of America".
"Midland Academy of Advanced & Creative Studies".
City of Midland, Michigan.
City of Midland, Michigan.
Dow: Midwestern Modern (Midland, Michigan: Alden B.
Retrieved 2008-09-11., Midland Community Tennis Center was awarded Midwest USTA Organization of the Year in 2005 Lascari, Tony: "Former Midlander, 'Pioneer for the Environment', dies at 92" Midland Daily News, January 15, 2011 "Midland Cogeneration Venture" EQT Private Equity Funds, Investments "Midland High School Chemic yearbook (Class of 1955)".
Media related to Midland, Michigan at Wikimedia Commons Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Midland (Michigan).
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