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 […]
Residents of six local neighborhoods can expect their blocks to be more beautiful this week due to the combined efforts and energy of about 300 young people. For the fifth consecutive year, the City of Flint will partner with Summer Youth Initiative for its Volunteer Service Day. Participants in the program, who will cut grass […]
The momentum for growth in Flint and Genesee County is there. We’ve seen it and written about it at TheHUB Flint. In order to get a little more detail about the growth we went to the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce website to check out what was discussed at its 2018 Annual Meeting themed […]
The Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce will hold a job fair on Friday, April 13. The Flint & Genesee Job & Resource Fair is free and open to general public job seekers, TeenQuest alumni, and Career Edge series participants. It will be held at Baker College of Flint from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Up to […]
Success is nothing new to participants of a popular Flint youth program. The goal of TeenQuest, an initiative of the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, is to promote succeeding as a lifelong habit for every student it reaches. TeenQuest, a free afterschool pre-employment and leadership training program, will graduate 120 high school students on […]
He might not have years of experience at it, but job-hunting doesn’t intimidate Demetrius Noakes. As a graduate of TeenQuest, the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce’s award-winning work-readiness and life skills program, Noakes is better prepared than many young adults. Interview techniques, financial literacy and other tools are offered to TeenQuest participants, ages […]
If your corner or sidewalk has a slight sparkle, you can thank 300 young adults who logged more than 1,000 combined hours in a recent Flint beautification effort. The Summer Youth Initiative (SYI), for 14- to 19-year-olds who’ve completed TeenQuest, a pre-employment and leadership training program of the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, participated […]
In most circles “The Bro Code” refers to informal, unspoken rules that unite young men. Especially as they relate to dating and relationships, the rules typically strive to give an advantage in dealing with the opposite sex. But Nolan Henson learned a completely different form of “Bro Code.” The junior at Flint Southwestern High School […]