Welcome to the City of Belding, Michigan

This is the City of Belding municipal website. We hope you find the information here useful.

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If you are interested in the history of the City of Belding, visit our "Belding Museum and City History" page and learn about our Belrockton Museum, telling the colorful story of Belding's past.

Please let us know how we can be helpful to you. Thank you.

Bruce Meyers
Mayor, City of Belding, Michigan

About Belding

Belding is a warm and welcoming community, a great place to raise a family and grow a business. The City's downtown is filled with historical buildings, such as the Pere Marquette Depot, Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library and the Belding Museum at the Historic Belrockton, which also offers an interactive children's museum. Although Belding is a small town, we are not small on things to do!

There are five parks, with four of them being located along the Flat River, which are known for canoeing, kayaking, tubing and fishing. We also have an accessible kayak launch dock. Lightning Bend is a 128-acre nature preserve along the Flat River with an amazing disc golf course known as SMASH Park. We have beautiful walking trails throughout the city, a skateboard park, and a second-to-none Veteran's Memorial. The state game area located in the northeastern portion of the city offers hunting, fishing and recreation opportunities.

Belding is home to the annual Gus Macker 3-on-3 basketball tournament, an annual Labor Day celebration, the Beatnik Bazaar and an annual Home for the Holidays celebration. Public transit services are offered through Dial-A-Ride, both locally and to two of our neighboring cities. Please phone us at (616) 794-1900 with any questions.

Thank you for your interest in our community.

Proposed Water and Sewer Rate Increase

NOTICE: At the City Council Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 16, 2023, the City Councilmembers will be voting on a Resolution to approve an increase in city water and sewer rates. Both rates are being increased to finance specific improvements to both the water and sanitary sewer systems. These improvements include but are not limited to: the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant, removal of lead water lines and a number of system improvements in both systems.

The Resolution that will be considered by the City Councilmembers may be found in the link below:

Download a File:

Resolution to Increase Water and Sewer Rates (PDF)

Water Quality Report

You may access the 2021 City of Belding Water Quality Report at water.belding.us.

Please let us know if you have any questions.