Since 2008

Eighteen years on Dickman Road.

A locally owned hardware store, U-Haul dealer, and small-engine shop run by people who live in Battle Creek and shop at the same stores you do.

Since 2008 · Battle Creek, MI

Eighteen years on
Dickman Road.

Springfield Do It Center opened in 2008 in a converted warehouse on the west side of town. Back then it was mostly lumber and nails. Today we've got 67,000 SKUs, a paint desk, a rental yard, a small-engine shop, the biggest U-Haul lot in Battle Creek — and the same conversation at the bolt wall every Saturday morning.

We buy through the Do it Best cooperative because we're independent. We're not a chain and we're not owned by one. The couple at the register owns the building. The kid running the forklift is their kid's best friend from Lakeview.

18 years serving Calhoun County

22 staff on any given Saturday

1 location. That's the whole plan.

Visit the store

Marlene, Paint counter — **Marlene** Paint counter · 12 yrs

Dave, Fastener wall — **Dave** Fastener wall · 16 yrs

Terrance, U-Haul yard — **Terrance** U-Haul yard · 7 yrs

Ken, co-owner — **Rita & Ken** Owners · 18 yrs

What the neighborhood says

We eavesdrop. Occasionally we write it down.

I brought in a bolt from a 1987 John Deere. Dave opened a drawer, pulled out four of them, handed me a matching nut and a lock washer, and charged me forty-three cents.

Janine K. Pennfield · Saturday regular

I've rented U-Hauls from three different places in Battle Creek. Only place I keep going back to. Trucks are clean, the yard guy knows me by name, and if you return it ten minutes late they don't lose their mind.

Eric M. Harper Creek · Moved twice last year

Marlene matched a thirty-year-old stripe of paint off the garage door my dad painted. We took the piece of trim in. She smelled it, frowned, and came back with the right can.

Priya A. Urbandale · Wife of a very picky dad