Big Rapids/Notable in-town locations

The following is a list of locations in Big Rapids relevant to Dozerfleet history that happened off of the Ferris State campus. For on-campus locations of note, see this list instead.

Retail stores

 * For Volkonir
 * K-Mart of Big Rapids
 * Goodwill of Big Rapids
 * Big Lots of Big Rapids

For Ferris State Live and Ferris in Focus

 * Gilberts' Carpets Plus of Big Rapids: The Gilberts' Carpets Plus ad made up yet another that featured in Ferris in Focus and Ferris State Live.
 * Big Rapids Furniture: This place's ad for Ferris State Live and Ferris in Focus was shot here.
 * The original website featured around that time has since been taken down, though Big Rapids Furniture did join the Furnishing Network. No current relevant information is available on the store, as the location on Google appears to show a Sherwin Williams and Family Dollar in that address location.

Biggby Coffee

 * Biggby Coffee of Big Rapids

Further viewing: Google Maps

Biggby of Big Rapids proved one of the most friendly establishments for Dozerfleet creations in the city. Parts of Ciem 2 were shot inside of it. It's also mentioned in-universe that one of Vinny's favorite places to go in town was Biggby. In Volkonir Meets the Power Rangers, Kim buys him a new coffee mug to replace the one she smashed to weaken Slaisionnach with. They comment on this as they head to Mancino's and Vinny comments to MODM about how identical Biggby and Mancino's in the Rangers' world are to his own world's versions. This is the point where MODM first explains the "Every Big Rapids is the Same" rule.

There were suggestions to shoot episode 2 of Blood Over Water here, but not everyone in the class wanted to go along with that. The original cut of that scene was near the Starbucks inside the IRC building, which could have been disastrous for broadcast given Starbucks' protection of its logo and trademark at the time. Eventually, a different section of IRC was used for that scene, eliminating the need to incorporate either Biggby or Starbucks.

Since the initial preliminary filming for Ciem 2, the Biggby store underwent some redecorating. The vibrant yellow-orange walls were repainted a more festive Christmas red color. Its original colors were restored in-game for The Sims 4: Oughties Big Rapids Living Stuff.

For Kozerlen and the Mackleyverse

 * JC Penney of Big Rapids: The local JC Penney in downtown Big Rapids was at one point going to be a shooting location for the pilot episode of Kozerlen, before the practicum class abandoned Kozerlen for what would ultimately morph into Blood Over Water. This corner is where Jessie Morcin awakes and discovers the note with "Kozerlen" written on it.

Other shops

 * Family Video of Big Rapids: This Family Video store was a frequent stop for renting films that would be used for school projects - or just because. One of these was Hollow Man 2, which was used for a philosophy class assignment.  In 2020, Family Video closed all its brick-and-mortar stores.  The building was divided into two parts.  One of these became a Hungry Howie's, with the other becoming the Big Rapids Foot and Ankle Clinic in 2021.


 * Wal-Mart of Big Rapids: Wal-Mart of Big Rapids is where the Dozerfleet founder did most food and accessory shopping outside the confines of on-campus cafeterias. Initially, it had a Flagstar ATM inside.  This was eventually removed, which made banking more difficult.


 * Wesco Gas Station of Big Rapids: Very conveniently nearby to Wal-Mart was a Wesco gas station.


 * Meijer of Big Rapids: Not as much shopping occurred here, although the Dozerfleet founder's first TV stand was purchased here for $44.
 * This inspired the TV stand that Hadley Mint has in Room 241 of North Bond in Sorbet.
 * Many Meijer Madness events were held here in that time.
 * It as during the August 2006 Meijer Madness that the Dozerfleet founder had the whole theater to himself for Snakes on a Plane - which inspired an animated series pitch.