Charter Township of Monitor

Downtown development Authority

About

Mid-Michigan’s #1 Michigan Certified Business Park

    • LOCATION: Quadrant of US10 and Mackinaw Rd. 2 miles West of US10 & I-75 interchange. Monitor Township, Bay County. 
  • OWNER: Monitor Township Downtown Development Authority
     
  • DEVELOPMENT MANAGER: Contact Beth L. Patterson, Monitor Township DDA (989) 684-7203 X 3
  • SIZE:
    • Monitor Township DDA District: 220 acres
    • Valley Center Technology Park: 100 acres

Park Location

Air & Road Routes

Delta
1-800-221-1212

United Express
1-800-241-6522

MBS International Aiport
(989) 695-5555
8500 Garfield Rd.,
Freeland, MI  48623-905
www.iflymbs.com

Click this link to view the Airport Map

Plat Layout

Lot #
Company
1
Charter Communications
2
Dice Corporation
3
Straits Corp. (For Sale 4.5)
4
Supreme Carpet
5
MEA
6
Michigan Sugar
7
AMSA, INC.
8
Wade Trim

If a Company name is not filled in below, the lot is available. See pricing below.

Valley Center Technology Park

Lot #
CompanyAcreage
1
 3.77
2
COPOCO Credit Union 
3
Mackinaw Commerce Center 
4
Mackinaw Commerce Center 
5
Straits Corp. 
6
VacantFOR LEASE
7
Kerkau Manufacturing 
8
Kerkau Manufacturing 
9
Vacant2.00
10
Wirt Realty GroupLand Only
11
Lyondell Basell 
12
Lyondell Basell 
13
Lyondell Basell 
14
Lyondell Basell 
15
Lyondell Basell 
16
Keweenaw InvestmentsLand Only
17
Keweenaw InvestmentsLand Only
18
NBS Interiors 
19
Emcor, Inc. 
20
SK Siltron 
21
SK Siltron 
22
SK SiltronLand Only
23
SK SiltronLand Only
24
SK SiltronLand Only
25
Corrigan Moving Systems 
26
Corrigan Moving Systems 
27
Straits Corp.For Lease
28
Kerkau Manufacturing 
29
Kerkau Manufacturing 
30
Kerkau Manufacturing 
31
Kerkau Manufacturing 
32
Kerkau Manufacturing 
33
Kerkau Manufacturing 
34
Kerkau Manufacturing 

Park Infrastructure

SITE INFORMATION

  • Zoning:
    • I-1 Light industrial 
  • Utilities:
    • Water
      • 12-inch mains & 8-inch service leads
      • Supplied by Bay County Department of Water and Sewer
      • 40 mgpd capacity
      • 11 mgpd average use 
    • Sanitary Sewer
      • 10-inch within park
      • 15-inch trunk
      • 6-inch to street mains
      • Bay County Wastewater Treatment System
      • 18 mgpd capacity
      • 11 mgpd average daily use 
    • Electricity
      • 2 primaries from Consumers Energy (3 phase, 24.9kv grounded Wye)
      • 1 primary from Bay City Electric Light and Power at a discounted rate
      • Underground cables 
    • Gas
      • 4-inch main
      • Consumers Energy 
    • Telecommunications
      • SBC, Speednet, Charter Communications and Mercury Wireless
      • Fiber optic cable available
      • Underground cables 
  • Public Services
    • Fire Protection
      • Monitor Township
      • Full-time Fire Chief
      • Full- and part-time paid firefighters 
    • Police Protection
      • Bay County Sheriff’s Department 
    • Road Maintenance
      • Bay County Road Commission

 

INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Lighted roadways
    • 66-foot right of way
    • 36-foot wide road with curb and gutter
    • 15-foot public utility easement on each side 
  • Storm Water detention pond
    • Our most outstanding feature
    • 4.5 acre pond
    • Fully landscaped park area
    • Lighted walkways, fountains, pavilion, fishing pier, benches, and bird houses

Occupants

AMSA, Inc.

1433 S. Valley Center Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Phone: (989) 662-0377
Fax: (989) 662-0377
Email: sales@amsainc.com
Web Site: www.amsainc.com

AMSA, Inc. provides water treatement service companies with solutions for controlling biofouling in industrial cooling water systems. The Valley Technology Park provides AMSA, Inc. with a perfect location to serve its customers around the world.  Visit our website to learn more about our products and services.

Brinn Inc.

1615 Tech Drive
Bay City, MI 48706
Contact: Bob Kietzman
bob.kietzman@brinninc.com
(P) (989) 686-8920

www.brinninc.com

Charter Communications

1480 South Valley Center Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Contact By Phone
P) (989) 671-5211
F) (989) 667-1745
Contact: Stephanie Peters
www.charter.com
Email: stephanie.peters@charter.com

Premier provider of Cable Television and High-Speed Internet products.

Copoco Community Credit Union

1479 Straits Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Contact By Phone
Phone: (989) 684-1873
Fax: (989) 686-9810
Contact: Kendra Christensen
www.copoco.org

Mission Statement: “It is the mission of the Board of Directors and staff of  COPOCO Community Credit Union to provide excellence in service, helping each member realize their financial goals and dreams.

Corrigan Moving Systems

1411 Straits Drive
Bay City, MI 48706
Contact: Pat Conlen
(989) 667-9000
www.corriganmoving.com

Full Service Moving, Packaging, Storage & Transportation Company; including local, long-distance and international moving. Record and Document Storage. Agent for United Van Lines.

Dice Corporation

1410 S. Valley Center Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Phone: (989) 891-2800
(800) RUN-DICE
Fax: (989) 891-2801
Email: Jordan Dice, Jordan.dice@iptelx.net
Email: Joshua Greko, Joshua.greko@dicecorp.com
www.dicecorp.com

DICE Corporation provides software solutions, primarily for the alarm industry, including disaster recover, data storage, and data collection services.  DICE Corportion provides 24 hour a day, 7 day a week support for clients.  Visit our website at dicecorp.com for complete listings of software and phone system solutions.

Fabiano Brothers, Inc.

1885 Bevanda Court Bay City, Michigan, 48706 Phone: (989) 509-0200 Fax: (989) 509-0300 Website: www.fabianobrothers.com

Fabiano Brothers is Michigan’s Premier wholesale beer and wine distributor serving central and northern Michigan from locations in Bay City and Petoskey. We provide service to licensed alcoholic beverage retailers in our distribution area. The counties we serve include Antrim, Bay, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Isabella, Leelenau, Mecosta, Midland, Osceola, Otsego, Roscommon, Saginaw, Tuscola, and Wexford counties. We also provide service to Mackinac and Beaver Islands. Fabiano Brothers, a family owned business was established in 1885 and takes pride in providing our customers with sales, delivery, and customer service teams that are efficient, dependable, and responsive to the needs of our customers.

Emcor, Inc.

5154 Alliance Road
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Contact By Phone
P) (989) 667-0652
F) (989) 667-0653
Contact: John P. O’Brien, President
www.emcorsolutions.com
Email: emcorinc@emcorinc.net

Repair and manufacturing of ball screw assemblies, actuators, and a wide array of linear motion products and specializing in commodity management of all Power Train items.

Euclid Industries

1655 Tech Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
P) (989) 686-8920
F) (989) 686-6520
Contact: Bob Kietzman
E-Mail: Bob.Kietzman@EuclidIndustries.com
Website: www.euclidindustries.com

Assembly, machining, packaging and warehousing.

Grace Hospice

1484 Straits Drive
Bay City, MI 48706
Phone: (989) 686-9866
Fax: (989) 686-9867

Offices for Home Health Care Services

Mission:
For each employee to treat every patient as their own treasured loved one, providing care that affords a quality of life that outweighs quantity of days, and supports caregivers as their hearts find healing.

Kerkau Manufacturing

1321 S. Valley Center Dr.
Bay City, Michigan 48706
P) (989) 686-0350
800-248-5060
F) (989) 686-0399
Website: www.kerkau.com
Contact: Joe Nader

Manufactures pipe flanges from .5″ to 42″ for the oil and gas industry. Machining for military, automotive and a variety of industries.

Mackinaw Commerce Center

1484 Straits Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Mailing Address: 3421 Sunset Way, Suite 110
Sanford, MI 48657
Owner: Dennis Peden
Phone (989) 695-6446

Office, warehouse and manufacturing rental space.

For available space:
Office, Warehouse and manufacturing space available, or a Build to Suit available. Please call Gretchen Witherspoon at Trademark Commercial Group 989-792-6400 for additional details.

Menlo Logistics

5300 Mackinaw Road
Bay City, Michigan 48706

About Menlo Logistics: Menlo specializes in the integration of all functions across the supply chain, from sourcing of raw materials, through product manufacturing to the distribution of finished goods. Top Tier companies like Dow and other companies around the world look to Menlo for innovative solutions that help develop business strategies, improve customer service, accelerate order cycle times, and tighten control of the supply chain-all while reducing costs in transportation, inventory and order fulfillment.

Brian Hook: Facility Manager 989-686-3325

Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp.

5209 Mackinaw Road
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Phone: (989) 686-5879
Fax: (989) 686-5870
Contact:Nathan Swailes
Email: nswailes@metalsales.us.com
www.metalsales.us.com

Complete line of roof, wall, and fascia panel systems.

Metro Fabricating

1650 Tech Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
1-800-551-7936
P) (989) 667-8100
F) (989) 667-8105
Contact: Amy Lyday
www.metrofab.com

Metro Fab. manufactures custom enclosures, machine guards, work benches, environmental chambers, and custom fabrications. We offer design services, paint, powder coating, wiring services, and have our own install crew as well as delivery fleet. ISO 9001-2000 certified.

MEA

1483 S. Valley Center Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Contact: Rick Meeth – 989-686-4940


“Central Hub for Local MEA’S” – Saginaw, Midland, Bay

Michigan Sugar Agricultural Research Center

1459 South Valley Center Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Phone: (989) 686-6194
Fax: (989) 686-0441
Contacts:
Brian Groulx (989) 225-6709
www.michigansugar.com

Base for research on sugar beet seed varieties and cultural practices.

Monarch Welding & Engineering, Inc.

1566 Tech Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
P) (989) 684-3400
F) (989) 684-0344
Contact: Chuck Chaffee
monarch.bayareaassn.com

Mechanical and industrial contractor.

NBS Commericial Interiors

5610 Alliance Drive
Bay City, MI 48706
Phone: (989) 895-8574
Phone: (989) 895-8545
Email: stelder@yourNBS.com
Website: www.yourNBS.com

In today’s innovative and ever-changing world, NBS Commercial Interiors is at the leading edge of workplace design.  As the region’s premier interiors integrator, NBS seamlessly provides cients with all their office needs–from the floor to the ceiling and everything in between. NBS has in-house divisions that are specialized in doing construction within occupied spaces, architectural products, furniture, audiovisual systems, floor covering, window treatments, carpet and window cleaning, decontamination and disease protetion, and surface/air purification systems. NBS is also the Midwest’s largest Steelcase dealership, with working showrooms in Troy (headquarters), Ann Arbor, Bay City, Lansing and Toledo. 

Oxygen Co.

Pinnacle

1484 Straits Drive
Suite 3
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Contact: Lisa Fifield
(989) 686-7346
Fax (989) 686-7352

Lyondellbasell

1310 South Valley Center Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
(P) 989.922.3863
(F) 989.922.3915
Email: duane.gohr@lyondellbasell.com
Contact: Duane Gohr
(P) 989.391.3918
www.lyb.com

We are a manufacturer of engineered structural composite Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) serving a variety of diverse markets.

SK Siltron

Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Manufacturer
1311 Straits Drive
Bay City, MI 48706
Contact: Chelsey Lemaire
Email: Chelsey.Lemaire@SKSiltron.com
www.SKSiltronCSS.com

Straits Corporation

1424 Straits Drive, Suite A
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Phone: (989) 684-5088
Fax: (989) 684-5260
Contact: William F. Bartlett, Corporate Manager
bbartlett@straitscorp.com
www.straitsopsprops.com

Diversified Bay City based company involved in wood treating, manufacturing, real estate investment, and farming.

Supreme Carpet Sales, Inc.

1392 South Valley Center Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
P)(989)684-8888
F)(989)684-9255
Contact: Mark Weidner
www.supremefloors.com

Description: Floor covering, four retail locations;

1) Bay City, Michigan (989) 684-9400
2) Saginaw, Michigan (989) 790-1700
3) Midland, Michigan (989) 835-6604

Village Green Lawncare Services

1616 Tech Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
P) (989) 661-2300
F) (989) 667-4561
Email: villagegreenlc@gmail.com
President: Brandon Walsh
Website: www.villagegreenlc.com

Lawn, tree and pest spraying.

Viridis

1424 Straits Drive, Suite B
Bay City, Michigan 48706

Visiting Physicians Association

P)(989)667-8740
F) 989-667-8745
Website: visitingphysicians.com
Contact: Shannon Sequin, RN/Practice Manager

Bringing back old fashioned House Calls with the Flair of Modern
Medical Care. VPA is comprised of qualified licensed Physicians, Medical Assistants, and Support Staff that specialize in treating patients in their own homes.

Wade Trim

1403 Valley Center Drive
Bay City, Michigan 48706
Phone (989) 686-3100
Fax: (989) 686-4329

Contact:
Pamela DeSham, Office Manager
pdesham@wadetrim.com
www.wadetrim.com

Wade Trim offers professional engineers, designers, surveyors and support staff specializing in transportation, municipal engineering, water resources, construction management, industrial and commercial site development.

Meeting Minutes

Content 8

Board

Duane Gohr – Chairman

Term Date: March 31, 2025
 
Address:
LyondellBasell
1310 S. Valley Center Drive,
Bay City, MI 48706
 
Work: 989-322-1118
Fax: 989-922-3915
Email: Duane.gohr@lyondellbasell.com

Kenneth Dubay – Vice Chairman

Term Date: March 31, 2025
 
Address:
5475 Four Mile Rd
Bay City, MI 48706
 
Home: 989-684-0179
Cell: 989-964-9711
Email: Ken_dubay@yahoo.com

Amy Lyday – Treasurer

Term Date: March 31, 2027
 
Address:
Metro Fabricating
1650 Tech Drive
Bay City, MI 48706
 
Work: 989-667-8100
Fax: 989-667-8105
Email: alyday@metrofab.com

Kendra R. Christensen – Secretary

Term Date: March 31, 2025
 
Address:
COPOCO CCU
PO Box 1520
Bay City, MI 48706
 
Cell: 989-415-5541
Work: 989-460-3627
Email: Kehristensen@copoco.org

Dennis Peden

Term Date: March 31, 2026
 
Address:
Mackinaw Commerce Center
3421 Sunset Way Ste. 110
Sanford, MI 48657
 
Cell: 989-233-3228
Email: dpedenS2@yahoo.com

Catherine A. Pinkerton

Term Date: March 31, 2024
 
Address:
Straits Corporation
1424 Straits Drive
Bay City, MI 48706
 
Work: 989-607-9518
Fax: 989-684-5260
Email: cate@straiscorp.com

Pamela DeSham

Term Date: March 31, 2024
 
Address:
Wade Trim
1403 S. Valley Center Dr.
Bay City, MI 48706
 
Work: 989-686-3100
Fax: 989-686-4329
Email: pdesham@wadetrim.com

Trever Keyes

Term Date: March 31, 2027
 
Address:
Bay Future Inc.
812. N. Water St.
Bay City, MI 48708
 
Cell: 989-450-5386
Work: 989-892-1400
Email: tkeyes@bayfuture.com

Karl Verity

Term Date: March 31, 2026
 
Address:
ERG Environmental Services
5417 Harvest Ct.
Bay City, MI 48706
 
Cell: 734-564-0283
Email: kverity@ERGenvironmental.com

George L. Ayotte

Term Date: March 31, 2026
 
Address:
256 Parkway Dr.
Bay City MI 48706
 
Home: 989-684-3447
Email: G2ayotte35@charter.net

Terry Spencer – Monitor Township Supervisor

Term Date: No Expiration
 
Address:
2483 Midland Rd.
Bay City, MI 48706
 
Work: 989-684-7203
Email: supervisor@monitortwp.org

Justin D. Ebel – Attorney

Non-voting officer
 
Address:
Smith & Brooker, P.C.
703 Washington Ave.
Bay City, MI 48708
 
Work: 989-892-2595
Fax: 989-893-5113
Email: jde@smithbrooker.com

Contact Info

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