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‘This is home’: Why these longtime residents stayed in North Flint
Three Flint residents reflect on what makes their homes unique and what has kept them in North Flint for generations.
Black women entrepreneurs put their dollar behind the donut for Flint small businesses
Fourteen black, women-owned businesses are coming together to support a black-owned Dawn Donuts on Pasadena Avenue and Clio Road through the Black-Owned Business Buyout event on Friday, June 12. Those that attended between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. were given a free donut and encouraged to take one or two for the road. The hope was for the shelves to be completely cleared out.
Message from the Editor: “Say Its Name”
It's not fair that we media entities are able to show our hands bloody with fact, without ever telling anyone how deep it runs and how there’s a whole delta for deaths like these. This isn’t some bubbling creek of happenstance death.
$100,000 granted for the safe reopening of black businesses in north Flint
The $100,000 will be distributed through the Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce's Restart Flint & Genesee Grant Program, a special recovery program for small businesses in Genesee County significantly impacted by Gov. Whitmer’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive orders. The Ruth Mott Foundation funds are for grants of up to $5,000 for Black-owned north Flint businesses that meet the eligibility criteria.
Flint woman speaks on her 28-day fight with Covid-19
Army veteran, teacher, mother, and first lady of The Landmark Fellowship Church, Jamillah Lynn, 44, became one of the estimated 42 percent of black, Genesee County residents to contract Covd-19. Now she is sharing her story in hopes that those who have not experienced the virus, will face the pandemic with consideration and gravity.
$50,000 granted to Hurley Medical Center for laboratory supplies
The $50,000 from the Community Foundation of Greater Flint's emergency relief fund will cover two-thirds of the cost of a laboratory analyzer. The technology will further assist Hurley Medical Center in processing the rising number of Covid-19 tests and in the “surveillance” that will be practiced two years from the pandemic’s end.
$262,500 granted to help black businesses reopen in Flint
The funds were granted to the Genesee Chamber Foundation by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation as part of the Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce’s Restart Flint and Genesee Grant Program. The program was first formed out of a partnership with the Consumer Energy Foundation that allocated $200,000 to help businesses county-wide. The additional $262,500 from the C.S. Mott Foundation will focus on helping to rehabilitate black small businesses in Flint.
UM-Flint launches virtual exhibit for student artists
UM-Flint is making pandemic adjustments for its department of Art and Art History’s annual student art exhibition by facilitating a virtual gallery for their student work that would otherwise have been held at the Great Flint Art Council Gallery.
Flint judge continues Student of the Month program to celebrate students despite school closures
Through Monday, June 27, Judge Herman Marable will continue to accept applications for his Student of the Month program. This will be the 16th year that the Student of the Month program has been offered and given the circumstances, Marable thinks students have more time than ever to express their plans for the future and earn some cash in doing so.
