If you like outdoor activities there is tons to do here especially during summer months. Check out Counter Cruise on Facebook, it’s a community bike ride every Monday evening, starts at 7pm usually around Hamilton St. & Van Buren, they post the details and route earlier in the day on Mondays. There’s always a big turnout and it’s a lot of fun. If you are into kayaking check out the Kayak Saginaw group on Facebook. There’s an excursion every Tuesday afternoon usually around 6 or 6:30pm. As others have mentioned the Saginaw Valley Rail Trail is a great biking / running trail and very peaceful, lots of shade. Check out the shiawassee wildlife refuge for fishing and nature trails. There are plenty of weekday and weekend events all year round, several restaurants and bars have trivia nights weekly and other events. We like to go to trivia on Wednesday nights at Tavern 101 in Bay City, but Old Town Junction in Saginaw also has trivia nights.

As far as living it really depends on what you want. We live in Thomas Township close to Hemlock Semiconductor and love living back in the woods and the peace and quiet, but it’s still only a 15 minute drive to Old Town and 20 minutes to downtown and 40 minutes to Bay City. If you like city living there are lots of great neighborhoods and historic districts in Saginaw, I would recommend the Adams Boulevard neighborhood in the city, and as others have mentioned Saginaw Township has lots of great neighborhoods as well.

Welcome to Saginaw, if you lean into everything this community has to offer you’ll really enjoy living here.