Utilities

Electric -- Indiana Michigan Power
Gas -- Vectren Gas
Water -- Montpelier Utilities
Telephone -- AT&T
Internet Service Providers -- AT&T, Only Interner (DSL and wireless)

Industrial Sites
The Montpelier Industrial Park located on State Road 18 and County Road 400 E offers 50 acres of fully developed sites for industrial and warehousing/distributing tenants. Incentives available.

Colleges/Universities

Taylor University	Upland, Indiana	20 miles
Ball State University	Muncie, Indiana	30 miles
Indiana Wesleyan University	Marion, Indiana	20 miles
Ivy Tech Community College	Marion, Indiana	20 miles
Huntington College	Huntington, Indiana	30 Miles
Anderson University	Anderson, Indiana	40 miles
Indiana University / Purdue University Regional Campus	Fort Wayne, Indiana	40 miles

Educational Facilities
Blackford Community Schools operates four elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. Foreign languages include Japanese and the high school has participated in a Japanese Exchange Program since 1988.

Blackford Baptist Academy is a private, Christian school founded in 1991 that offers pre-school to 12th grade education.

Medical Facilities
Blackford Community Hospital, an affiliate of Cardinal Health System, completed construction of a new 15-bed hospital in January 2005 and is designated by Medicare as a Crtical Access Hospital.

Bluffton Regional Medical Center is Northeast Indiana's largest multi-specialty group practice, with 30 physicians representing 20 specialties and specialty clinics. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants add to this highly qualified medical team.

Housing
Housing is available in the city and rural areas. Median value is $46,600.