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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.  

Jake Carah's Latest Articles

A $2 million gift will help create the Navistar International Innovation space inside the planned university Learning Commons at Kettering University.
Kettering University lands $2 million gift to build new innovation center

The donation from Navistar International Corp. will put the university and its students at the forefront of the development of artificial intelligence, vehicles that drive themselves, and mass data systems.

Local skateboarders are raising money and making much needed repairs at the Flint Skatepark, which opened 10 years ago.
Meet the volunteers saving Flint’s only skatepark

Skateboarding is more than a sport or hobby. Here in Flint, it is family. 

Ismeralda Moyet lives in Pontiac, but says she's fallen in love with working in Flint since hiring into the Lear factory at Buick City.
A view from the inside of Flint’s new Lear manufacturing plant

Some of the plant's first hires share their impressions of the company and of the community.

Jonathan Diener developed "Hope: A Comic for Flint" to bring more attention to the city's assets.
New comic book anthology focuses on ‘Hope’ in Flint

Created by musician Jonathan Diener this comic book is, at its very foundation, atypical.

Tracey Whelpey, owner of The Lunch Studio, will cede her downtown Flint space to kindred entrepreneurial spirit Tony Vu, owner of MaMang.
Two entrepreneurs, two success stories, and the continuing evolution of downtown Flint

Tracey Whelpey, owner of The Lunch Studio and one of the first restauranteurs to see potential in downtown Flint, will cede her space to kindred entrepreneurial spirit Tony Vu, owner of MaMang. 

Kristin Stevenson, of the City of Flint’s Planning and Development office holds a sign for the Flint Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, in downtown Flint.
$30-million development focuses on Flint ‘choice’

The federal grant would fund the first major residential housing development in 20 years and perhaps the first community development in a century that truly builds a neighborhood. 

Roheema Bennet comes to Genesee F.C. from Davenport College where she led the team in assists and was 2nd Team All-Conference.
Flint lands new, semi-pro women’s soccer team

Genesee F.C. continues its  inaugural season with games June 1, June 3, and June 29—all at Kettering University's Atwood Stadium.

Work continues on the removal of the Hamilton Dam, part of a project designed to revive the Flint River downtown.
This view of the Flint river will soon look $37 million better

Work to remove the Hamilton Dam—and create green spaces, spur economic development, and increase recreation along the Flint River—continues.  

"Arts in Detention" is on display at Buckham Gallery through May 6.
Art and Identity dance freely through “Arts and Detention”

They are young. They are locked up. They are troubled and traumatized. Through art, they also have a voice. 

Flint's unique AmeriCorps program grew from about 25 in 2014 to nearly 200 now and drew the attention of national AmeriCorps Director Chester Spellman.
Impact of AmeriCorps program in Flint draws national attention

They are a force of 480 workers whose focus is serving the community of Flint—and a unique national model of creating a unified, collective force to respond to a crisis.

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