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.  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 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

Check the progress for City of Battle Creek Internal ARPA Projects and City of Battle Creek Community ARPA Projects by selecting the desired Dashboard below.


Open City Projects ARPA Dashboard in separate Window ARPA Funds City Projects.

Open CoBC Community Projects ARPA Dashboard in separate Window ARPA Funds CoBC Community Projects.

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

City Commission ARPA workshop - Aug. 31, 2021