Neighborhood Engagement Hub helps residents revitalize, restore Flint neighborhoods

Neighborhood Engagement Hub helps residents revitalize, restore Flint neighborhoods

Flint residents are incredibly committed to restoring their neighborhoods. It’s something the Neighborhood Engagement Hub recognizes. The nonprofit organization works to improve the quality of life for communities by working directly with residents and neighborhood organizations, helping them get their projects from the starting point to the finish line. “They have been a part of […]

Community love, compassion and committed leadership are helping transform North Flint

Community love, compassion and committed leadership are helping transform North Flint

Service to the community is something Jeanette Edwards, president of the Brownell-Holmes Neighborhood Association, takes seriously.  “As long as the block club needs me to be president, I will be president,” she says. Edwards created the association when she saw a need for more organization in her North Flint neighbor-hood. It’s 56 members strong, and a good […]

Dream house: Flint home sparks neighborhood affair 

Dream house: Flint home sparks neighborhood affair 

Dave Phaneuf found his dream house – an 1898 Queen Ann home in Flint’s Grand Traverse neighborhood – and wound up having it all. Through the house he connected with a five-generation legacy and adopted a key role in stabilizing the community. “The neighborhood looked a little down on its luck. The house was in […]