Senior citizens in Flint’s neighborhoods are getting some extra love thanks to the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. It has awarded its first grant in response to how residents voted to spend $1 million to strengthen Flint neighborhoods. The community-led grantmaking is part of the Foundation’s Focus on Flint initiative. The Genesee County Habitat for Humanity […]
While many teenagers are enjoying the final weeks of their summer break, some of Vehicle City’s youth will spend July 31 making Flint a little more vibrant for everyone. As part of the 2019 Summer Youth Initiative (SYI) Volunteer Service Day, nearly 400 Genesee County teens will conduct cleanup and beautification projects in five local […]
Flint’s young people have many talents and skills and you can see some of them at the Flint Farmers’ Market on Saturday, May 4. Students from the YouthQuest (YQ) afterschool program will set up shop in the outdoor pavilion at the Flint Farmers’ Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to sell the products they […]
Years ago you had to be concerned about the competition at the work station next to you getting ahead. Now it’s the battle of the bots and, according to some, the robots are winning. As technology advanced, so did warnings to America’s workers who were told to prepare for almost certain replacement. Later, as the […]
Making sure that everyone is included in opportunities might be the biggest challenge created by capital investments in Flint. And that was the primary topic of discussion last weeks “Aspire to Transform: The Power of Older Industrial Cities” event. The forum was sponsored by C.S. Mott Foundation and the University of Michigan-Flint’s EDA University Center […]
Older industrial cities are promising regions for strategic investment and critical centers for promoting inclusive economic growth. “(Older cities) anchor regions of the country that have not fully participated in the latest waves of economic growth,” says a report by the Brookings Institution called Renewing America’s Economic Promise Through Older Industrial Cities. “Yet they remain […]
A popular afterschool program serving Flint’s youth is welcoming new students aboard. YouthQuest, a 32-week extracurricular initiative that provides activities structured around academics, physical fitness, science, math, technology, and leadership development, begins Sept. 17 at more than a dozen Genesee County schools. “YouthQuest offers a safe place for students to explore new interests and build […]
Flint is emerging as a city where great ideas come to life as entrepreneurs and large companies open new businesses, share their inspiration with others and add to the city’s growth. That’s helping change the perception of a city that has been challenged by the water crisis and the economic fallout caused by a shrinking […]
Come 2019, Flint will have a new free charter school. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Flint Cultural Center Academy took place June 26 on the vacant land behind Sloan Museum and Flint Institute of Music. Projected to open in fall of 2019, the Flint Cultural Center Academy is a free charter school beginning with […]
Often Pride events are put on by larger organizations such as Michigan Pride, but when Wellness Services, Inc. noticed the lack of Pride events in Flint, it decided to launch one. Eight years ago, the first Flint Pride event began as a small event to increase visibility for the LGBTQ+ community in the Flint area, […]