Neighborhood Planning Councils

Neighborhood Planning Council Meeting Schedule

NPCMeeting dateLocation
1 - Post-FranklinFirst ThursdayDoris Hale Facility, 110 Green St.
2 - North CentralSecond MondayWashington Heights United Methodist Church, 153 Wood St. N
3 - CentralSecond ThursdayTrinity Neighborhood Center, 10 W. Bidwell St.
4 - NortheastThird WednesdayFirst Congregational Church, 145 Capital Ave. NE
5 - UrbandaleSecond MondayChrist United Methodist, 65 N. Bedford Road
10-  Westlake/PrairieviewSecond TuesdayLakeview Assisted Living, 14661 S. Helmer Rd.
11 - Minges Brook-RiversideLast WednesdayChapel Hill Church, 157 Chapel Hill Drive


All meetings begin at 7 p.m., except NPC #2 and #10, which meet at 6 p.m. The city is seeking interest from neighbors in NPC 9 to see if they would like to begin meeting again.

Please look at the additional information below or contact the Community Development team at 269-966-3315 with questions.

  • Click here for the Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC) 2026 Meeting Schedule

  • Click here for the most recent Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC) 2025 Leadership Membership List

  • Click here for the Community Oriented Policing Officer assigned to each NPC

  • Click here for Code Compliance Officers assigned to each NPC

Neighborhood Planning Councils

-- commonly referred to as NPCs -- are groups of citizens from the same residential area who meet to discuss issues or concerns of that neighborhood. City staff members from various departments, including police and community services, work with these eight groups to provide facts and guidance and address issues as necessary.

Any person who lives or owns property in an NPC area may attend meetings, which are open to the public. Each group generally meets monthly but, by charter, meets at least six times per calendar year. Members are appointed by the City Commission, on the recommendation of the NPC chairperson.

Each group's roles and responsibilities include:

  • Generating comments and/or recommendations to help the City Commission better understand issues impacting neighborhoods.
  • Providing informal input and feedback to attending commissioners and/or city staff on citywide initiatives (street improvements, city service improvements, communications, and more).
  • Sharing city proposals with potential neighborhood impacts with NPC members and participating residents.
  • Generating strategies for neighborhood improvements.

Along with attendance, factual guidance, and addressing of issues, city staff also provide administrative support, including mailing of meeting agendas, generating Beautiful Battle Creek awards, and overseeing compliance with the NPC charter, Open Meetings Act, and bylaws.

To subscribe to notifications about NPC meetings and agenda availability on our Notify Me webpage, and view the citywide calendar at this link.


  1. NPC 1
  2. NPC 2
  3. NPC 3
  4. NPC 4
  5. NPC 5
  6. NPC 9
  7. NPC 10
  8. NPC 11
NPC 1 - Historic Fire Station 3

Beautiful Battle Creek Awards


Beautiful Battle Creek Awards are presented monthly to residents and businesses in recognition of their efforts to improve their neighborhood and community through property maintenance and beautification. These good neighbors and businesses act as examples to others in contributing to the community-wide goal of improving the appearance of neighborhoods and the quality of life for Battle Creek's citizens.

Each month the Neighborhood Planning Councils may nominate one residential and one commercial property each month to the Battle Creek City Commission to receive these awards, which are presented by the mayor at the second meeting each month (typically the third Tuesday). This public recognition celebrates those who take care of their properties and encourage others to do the same.

Beautiful Battle Creek Awards BBCA

See previous video segments of the Beautiful Battle Creek Awards on our City of Battle Creek YouTube channel, linked here!