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Jake Carah

Jake Carah is a Flint native who has been working since 2010 as a photographer, reporter, and documentary filmmaker.  

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Sandra Johnson serves as project manager for the Hamilton Community Health Network’s $1 million federal grant to reduce crime in north Flint.
See inside the $1 million investment cleaning up Flint’s northside block by block

Sandra Johnson serves as project manager for the Hamilton Community Health Network’s $1 million federal grant to reduce crime. And, she's ready to get to work. 

Keith Confer, engineering manager of Advanced Vehicle Systems for Delphi, stands next to an Intelligent Drive  system prototype at Kettering University's GM Mobility Research Center.
Kettering hosts test run of Delphi prototype being unveiled at 2019 Consumer Electronics Show

Delphi becomes the first company to use Kettering University's new GM Mobility Center test track. 

Georgetown Law highlights Flint girls, ‘Arts in Detention’ program in new national publication

The Flint stories were included after the executive director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown University's Law Center read about the "Arts in Detention" program in Flintside. 

The Loft prides itself on bringing a party to its patrons every weekend. They call it "Getting Lofted."
A look behind the scenes at The Loft, downtown Flint’s longtime hip hop hotspot

For 16 years, The Loft has owned the club scene in downtown Flint. But what really makes this place special is the man behind the bar, owner Rodney Ott. 

Derrick Munson poses with his son Brandon, 6, during Donuts with Dad at Durant-Tuuri-Mott Elementary School in Flint.
Dads take the lead volunteering at Flint schools

Sixty dads at Durant-Tuuri-Mott came together to read to their children — then sign on to be school volunteers, serving as role models for their children and others.  

Craig Hoff, dean of the College of Engineering, overlooks the proving grounds from the Harris Mobility Research Center.
See inside Kettering University’s new proving grounds and research center

This massive project turned a polluted former industrial site into a one-of-its-kind university facility where the next generation of automobiles will be imagined and engineered. 

How a small, neighborly investment gave 37 eastside Flint homes a facelift

Funded with a $7,000 grant from Chemical Bank, the Eastside Improvement Association helped to rehabilitate and beautify 37 homes.  

Ericka Paschal owns Chica's Fitness and Nails on Van Slyke Road.
Check out Chica’s Fitness and Nails in Flint — because that’s the best combo ever

It's not about being a size 2, says gym/salon owner Ericka Paschal, who started her journey toward better health, increased confidence and entrepreneurship six years ago.

Scott Middle School students push a delivery of supplies gifted through the Flint Classroom Supply Fund through the newly reopened school.
Volunteers quietly invest $400,000 in Flint kids for 35 years

Boxes of paper, ink cartridges, glue, paper, scissors, crayons, pencils fill the back of the moving truck — bringing the total in gifts from the Flint Classroom Support Fund to more than $400,000 to date.

UM-Flint police are celebrating as the first university department in the state to earn top accreditation.
In a class of their own: UM-Flint police earn unique distinction

The University of Michigan-Flint Department of Public Safety is the first university police department in the state to earn top accreditation from the Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Program.

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