Once upon a time not too long ago, two little girls had an idea to set up a lemonade stand. They set up a TV tray with a pitcher of homemade lemonade and snacks. People lined up to buy their tasty beverage and drank all they had to offer. The girls, who have been best […]
Yevette McClain-Henley realized it was time to change her life when she woke up in the morgue at Hurley Hospital where she’d been pronounced dead on arrival, tagged and covered with a sheet. She doesn’t remember much about her near-death experience, but she knows she overdosed during an evening of smoking and snorting cocaine at […]
Marcus Bieth is a firm believer Flint is making a comeback. He’s seen it. The co-owner of Flint City T-Shirts was barely 16 when he started working at the shop screen printing garments. Back in 2003, few businesses were downtown and Saginaw Street was a lonely strip with that small shop, Paul’s Pipe Shop, the […]
When his uncle, Bishop Odis A. Floyd, appointed him interim pastor of the New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church in June 2011 it set in motion a vibrant and passionate viewpoint to the church. Shortly after Floyd died, Sanders was elected senior pastor of the church in December 2011, and has since served as a […]
Before Mike Hirst speaks to audiences he reaches for an urn and chokes back emotions. “My son would love to tell you this story that I’m going to tell you, but he can’t because he resides here in this little urn as a pile of ashes,” Hirst says. “These will be some of the most […]
For nearly two years, Kris Wong scoured the market for the best options to buy a house. He looked at single-family homes and researched builders, but after meeting with a local cargo container builder he decided to make the deal to buy one in a week. His new house in Ferndale, slated to be finished […]
Flint preschoolers paint water colors while listening to music, create stained glass from tissue paper, create ceramic animals from molded clay and are encouraged to draw whatever they want to express themselves to the world around them. Once they’ve created their own artwork they visit the Flint Institute of Arts to see how professional artists […]
It’s a perfect time to buy low-priced real estate in Flint. “You can buy a three-bedroom house for $15,000. I don’t know where else you can go out and get a house for $15,000 that’s in move-in condition,” says George M. Howard Jr., a mortgage broker and personal wealth mentor. “And that’s where you start […]
When Jia Ireland visits detained teens at the Genesee Valley Regional Center (GVRC) she doesn’t see a bunch of juvenile delinquents. She views them as children who’ve been stereotyped as “bad kids,” but who are actually from broken homes or dysfunctional families. The teens often raised themselves or ran away to escape abuse or violence. […]
Three years ago, Kinyemi Sims found some free money to help her catch up on her property taxes. She was nearly $12,000 behind and was afraid she wouldn’t be able to prevent a foreclosure on her property. She found the help she needed through Step Forward Michigan, a federally-funded interest and payment-free, forgivable loan program […]