Bakakeng, Baguio's Future Business District

The city of Baguio is a haven for all people to enjoy. It has a climate that would chill and soothe a visitor that comes up to this mountain city resort located 5,100 feet above sea level. Students who plan to study at different educational institutions in Baguio continue to flock in this mountain city resort due to its ideal climate suitable for learning. But this is bad news for downtown Baguio. Baguio has experienced a tremendous transformation from a simple tourist destination to a melting pot of education that cater to thousands of local and foreign students. With Baguio's limited downtown area and roads that are not sufficient to direct smooth traffic, congestion both in human and motor vehicles had been a perennial problem that have resulted to severe problems on pollution and garbage baffling the minds of those who govern it.

Bakakeng, composed of 3 barangays Bakakeng Sur/Norte, Bakakeng SLU-SVP,and Bakakeng Central, should be considered as one of the new site for Baguio's expansion. Saint Louis University, on its centennial year of serving Baguio as the prime destination of knowledge and wisdom seekers, will have its Bakakeng campus open next year. This would definitely benefit Baguio City as it will decongest the main city roads of human and vehicular traffic and with SLU's mission to transform, Bakakeng will surely metamorphose from a simple residential area to a booming job generating, money making business arena of different kinds of trades. It shall be host to a variety of new business ideas brought about by entrepreneurial thinking. A lot of people are jockeying for a slot within this future area of Baguio City's continues urbanization, and expect local and foreign investors pour precious investments, making this site as Baguio's uprising business district. Wanna bet?