Homegrown millionaire and entrepreneur William Pickard, Ph.D., spoke in an intimate dialogue with residents and youth at Berston Field House facilitated by Community Foundation of Greater Flint, Friends of Berston, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Genesee County College and Career Access Network is working to raise awareness of FAFSA — which determines college financial aid — and helping local students and families complete the application.
“I think that this is the first of many — and (Flint) is actually going to be an art destination due to this festival,” said Sandra Branch, vice president of the Flint Public Art Project.
A part of Kettering University's celebration of its 100th year, Founders' Week included a technology showcase and expo complete with go-karts, a 2020 Chevy Camaro, and displays of breakthrough technology.
Titled “Dream Out Loud,” Shay Oliver’s fourth collection is inspired by the Flint entrepreneurial scene. It hits the runway featuring bold colors and vibrant statement pieces on Sunday, Oct. 13, the final day of Vancouver Fashion Week.
See muralists at work, participate in live painting sessions or enjoy the skate park, food trucks, and family activities from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, on South Saginaw Street between Atherton and Hemphill roads.
The farm will stretch along Lawndale and Forest Hill avenues near the old Civic Park Elementary School — and include both a vegetable garden and a fruit orchard.
Bettye Hendricks is an audio conductor who brings the very best of Flint together every week on her 30-minute radio show. Full of music, laughter, applause, and resourcefulness, it is an immersive Black history education.
"Isn't she beautiful?" says Linn Aikins, who led efforts to clean up Civic Park's Hidden Park — and thanks to some help, succeeded in a single summer.
The South African delegation is being hosted by UM-Flint professor Otrude Moyo to see the similarities and differences of our communities — and ultimately to see their home philosophy of Ubuntu put into practice more than 8,000 miles away in Civic Park neighborhood.
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