Mount Pleasant, Michigan

As the name suggests Mount Pleasant is a very pleasant city. Mt. Pleasant is located in the geographic center of Michigan’s lower peninsula. It is a friendly community, dedicated to retaining small town traditions while building a vital economy, thus assuring a stable future for its residents. The area population can swell to 2 or 3 times the official 25,946 due to special events and thousands of visitors each day to the Soaring Eagle Resort and Casino, located at the east city limits.

Mt. Pleasant has a “home-town” look and feel, and its residents have many opportunities for hands-on participation in its life through school and church programs, local government, the Volunteer Center, Habitat for Humanity, the Chippewa River Conservancy, and many other local service groups. Volunteers have built the community football stadium, a children’s playscape spreading over nearly an acre at a local park, and a community recreation center and hockey rink.

Located in the “middle of the mitten,” the Mt. Pleasant/Isabella County area offers an abundance of recreational and cultural opportunities ranging from Pee-Wee hockey to chamber music concerts. In addition, the climate and physical situation of the city in the Chippewa River watershed make possible four seasons of varied outdoor activities.