Birch Run, Michigan

Birch Run High School is a public high school located at 12450 Church Street in Birch Run, Michigan and part of the Birch Run Area Schools district. Birch Run's mascot is the panther, and its colors are blue and gold. The school is a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) and the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference (MMAC). Birch Run entered the MMAC at the start of the 2024-25 school year after spending decades in the Tri-Valley Conference as an original, founding member. Its team sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country running, football, golf, powerlifting, soccer, softball, track and field, volleyball, wrestling.

Birch Run Area Schools is a school district headquartered in Birch Run, Michigan. It is a part of the Saginaw Intermediate School District and serves the Birch Run area, including the village of Birch Run, Taymouth Township, part of Vienna Township and all but the northeastern sections of Birch Run Township.

The Frankenmuth Credit Union Event Center (formerly Birch Run Expo Center) was a 2,500 seat multi-purpose arena in Birch Run, Michigan. However, it was sold to Camping World in November 2020 and is now one of their largest showrooms. Prior to 2002, it was the first NHL Skate center. Due to lack of interest, it was converted into an events center. It was also the home of the Great Lakes Storm from 2002 to 2005. Prior to being sold in 2020, it was operated by Oak View Group Facilities and used for trade shows, conventions and other events, such as gun and knife shows and music festivals.

Birch Run Premium Outlets is an outlet mall in Birch Run, Michigan. The largest outlet mall in the Midwestern United States, it opened in 1986. It is managed by Premium Outlets, a division of Simon Property Group. The Birch Run Premium Outlets are located approximately halfway between Saginaw and Flint.

Birch Run Speedway and Event Center, until 2017 known as Dixie Motor Speedway, is a 4/10 (.400) mile, progressively banked, D-shaped oval short track, with an adjoining 1/3 (.333) mile as well as a Figure 8 course located near Birch Run, Michigan. The speedway changed its name from Dixie Speedway to Birch Run Speedway in 2017.

Birch Run Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the township population was 5,888. The village of Birch Run is located within the township.

Taymouth Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,520 at the 2010 Census.

The Morseville Bridge is a bridge which formerly carried Burt Road over the Flint River in Taymouth Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is the oldest surviving highway bridge in Saginaw County.

Vienna Charter Township is a charter township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 13,301 at the 2020 census, slightly up from 13,255 at the 2010 census.

The Gugel Bridge, also known as the Beyer Road – Cass River Bridge, is a bridge carrying Beyer Road over the Cass River in Frankenmuth Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is the only remaining example in Michigan of a bridge with both a pony truss span and a main through truss span.

Bronner's Christmas Wonderland (stylized BRONNER'S CHRISTmas WONDERLAND) is a retail store in Frankenmuth, Michigan, that promotes itself as the "World's Largest Christmas Store".Designed with an Alpine architecture (see chalet), the building is 7.35 acres (2.97 ha) in size with landscaped grounds covering 27 acres (11 ha). Outside the entrance are three 17-foot-tall (5.2 m) outdoor Santa Claus's and a 15-foot-tall (4.6 m) snowman. Inside the store, there are approximately 800 animated figurines. Some 100,000 lights illuminate Bronner's one-half-mile-long (0.80 km) Christmas Lane. Michigan designated Bronner's as an "Embassy for Michigan Tourism" in 1976. Bronner's employs over 500 people during the holiday season (between October and Christmas). Founded in 1945 by Wally Bronner, Bronner's Christmas Wonderland is visited annually by over two million people, with the weekend after Thanksgiving being the busiest of the year with over 50,000 visitors. Its inventory exceeds 50,000 items, including Christmas ornaments, artificial Christmas trees, Christmas lights, Nativity scenes, Christmas decorations, collectibles, and similar goods. Each year, approximately 600,000 glass ornaments, 530,000 feet (160,000 m) of garland, 150,000 postcards and 86,000 light sets (nearly 530 miles [850 km] of light cords) are sold. Bronner's has the exclusive right to sell Precious Moments Christmas-themed figurines. With the government of Austria's permission and in keeping with the German theme of Frankenmuth itself, Bronner's built a replica of the Oberndorf, Austria, Silent Night Memorial Chapel in 1992 as a tribute to the Christmas hymn "Silent Night".Wally Bronner, 81, died on April 1, 2008.Bronner's was vandalized on Christmas Day in 2010, with some 75 store displays damaged or destroyed. Five men pleaded guilty to the crime, which involved an estimated $40,000 in damage.In 2018, there were over 350 decorated Christmas trees inside and products from 70 countries in the 320,000 square foot building.Irene Bronner died on October 16, 2022, at the age of 95.

West Vienna United Methodist Church was a historic church located at 5461 Wilson Road in Clio, Michigan, USA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and has apparently been demolished.