At first glance, you might think to yourself, “Why does Alma Matter?” Well Alma Matters for many reasons, one of which it is that is a terrific place to live and a fantastic place to say your from - Make Alma your alma matar! No laughing matter, the 9,000 plus people that comprises this community are proud to call Alma their home, or their Alma-mater.

Located in central Michigan, Alma is part of Gratiot County. Although the town and the county may be small, there are a lot of things going on here that keeps the community busy, busy, busy. Alma is the host of the one of the country’s largest Highland Games with its annual Highland Festival. Other popular community events include the Masonic Community Festival and the Downtown Christmas Celebration.

When people think of Alma they think of superb education. The city’s school district exemplifies everything that is good about Michigan’s fine education. And the crown jewel of the city is Alma College, one of the nation’s elite Liberal Arts schools that has an enrollment of about 1,400 of the brightest minds our nation has produced.

A fun place to visit, and even more pleasurable place to live, Alma has been providing the highest quality of life for its residents for many generations now. Alma’s livability has been demonstrated by Site Selection Magazine’s including Alma in its prestigious, “Top 100 U.S. Small Towns”!