Economic Development

Coverage of projects, big and small, and the people who create them, which promote the economic health of a community, including manufacturing, retail, office, and hospitality developments.

Fat Boi BBQ serves up ribs, turkey, sausage and chicken at 6801 N. Saginaw St. in Flint.

Fatboi Style BBQ in Flint: Tastes like smoke is painted on

All orders come with a free side of life lessons, inspiration, and community pride from Terrance O’Dell Sales, a Flint man who is rebuilding his life by building his business.

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One of the tasks in the FIRST Robotics competition this year is to shoot wiffle balls.
Michigan sending the most FIRST Robotics teams in the world to championships

See the 8 Flint-area teams—and all 91 teams statewide—competing this week in the FIRST Robotics world championships.

Ian Wickham, 15, works on Big Mo team 314's robot.
The rise of the robots

A dad's perspective on robots and our fear of new technology

More than 1,000 works from Genesee County children will be on display this week.
Pop-up exhibit features young Genesee County artists

The culmination of months of study and work, the show includes 1,000 creations on display this week only.

Iconic Flint alley lights will be added to Brush Alley near the Capital Theatre—if 30-day, $50,000 fundraising campaign is successful.
Bring more iconic alley lights to Flint: Your help needed

A 30-day, $50,000 fundraising campaign to add strings of street lights to Brush Alley kicks off today. The stakes are high. The goal is aggressive. And the timeline is short.

The new engineering space allows for multiple student groups to tackle projects at the same time.
Engineering at UM-Flint seeing major growth

New masters degree + new design space ... and another huge addition on the way.

Tony Vu—chef, entrepreneur, musician, Flint booster—stands at the MaMang counter.
MaMang: Vietnamese food for the heart of Flint

Tony Vu is a chef-artist-musician-entrepreneur-consummate Flint booster whose unique approach to food (and the world) makes for some fine pho. 

Vehicle City Heritage coasters featuring Flint street names.
Flint pride: In your home, at your fingertips, under your glass

Daniel Conner founded Vehicle City Heritage less than a year ago—and he was quickly overwhelmed to see others flock to the memorabilia.   

The thin crust pizza is the crowd-pleaser at Luigi's in Flint—made the same since 1955.
Luigi’s, preserving a Flint legacy with every slice

Thin crust—the same recipe since 1955. A fast lunch. A full bar. And, lots of friends. Welcome to Luigi's.

George Grundy II  hosts weekly mentoring for black men at his Court Street business.
From water to wisdom: Former Flint distribution site develops into mentoring program

Man 2 Man bridges generations, provides resources, and lifts young black men to new opportunities.  

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