Thinking and acting regionally is at the center of economic resurgence efforts throughout the country and, now, it’s a part of the mission of Flint and Genesee County Forward Together Steering Committee, who will be working in tandem to create a roadmap for regional prosperity. The 24-member group, which represents a unique partnership between the […]
Fostering shared interest in economic development, growth and prosperity is a good idea and a model that TheHUB Flint stands squarely behind. In order for Flint and Genesee County communities to grow, development must be inclusionary of everyone. That’s the premise of the new Forward Together initiative, which aims to create alignment and momentum between […]
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 […]
No one knows big business better than Wynton Marsalis. Big musical business, that is. This fall, the renowned trumpeter, composer, and bandleader is bringing a serious note to Flint with Jazz at Lincoln Center. It came about via a simple phone call to Ridgway White, president of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation two years ago. […]
“Investing in youth” is a phrase used so frequently its meaning is sometimes uncertain. From volunteer mentoring to job programs, investment in young people in Flint and elsewhere, takes place in many valuable forms. But Flint youth are fortunate enough to have a good friend in the form of one of the city’s most prominent […]