Entrepreneurship

Coverage of those starting up businesses and community resources to help them thrive.

Eyeing Flint expats, Flint Homecoming planned to show off investment opportunities

The goal is to bring together 100 potential investors who are Flint expats or friends of Flint to show them why it makes sense to build their business and put their dollars here.  

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Volunteers help transform nine once-blighted lots into the Martin Luther King Avenue Peace Garden in Flint on Wednesday, June 28, 2017.
This is what Martin Luther King Avenue deserves

Blight comes down and a peace garden takes root on Flint's northside.

$30,000 in prize money for small businesses, startups up for grabs

Local and regional prizes will be awarded in seven area counties. The competition targets the logistics, technology, professional services, advanced manufacturing, and craft agriculture and beverages industries.

Flint Community Schools athletic director Jamie Foster shows off the look of the new unified Flint sports teams—which will be called the Jaguars.
Flint schools sports teams are now the Jaguars

The newly unified, citywide Flint high school sports teams will kick off their inaugural season this fall wearing teal and black. 

Latina Restaurant and Pizzeria is known for its lasagna, pizza and antipasto.
Latina’s, a food family, for Flint families

“Our slogan is: 'Every topping in every bite,'” says owner Brigitte Hawley. “They’re loaded. It doesn’t matter if you’re getting a pie or six-sided pizza, they’re going to come loaded.”  

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Chamber exec George Wilkinson named president of NorthGate packaging company

Wilkinson served as group vice president for the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, overseeing both economic and community growth.

Greg Gaines of Mr. Gaines Gardening Program PLUS is the first winner of the Ruth Mott Foundation Leadership Award.
Greg Gaines: A man on a mission

A surprise windfall keeps the man with a green thumb and firm hand doing God's work in Flint.

Flintside Launches #FlintFoundations

Look for #FlintFoundations on all our social media platforms. Join us in honoring Flint’s greats. Use #FlintFoundations to suggest who we should feature next.

Sandra Brewer on the set of the original Broadway production of "Pippin," in 1972.
Remembering Sandra Brewer: A Kamikaze in Three Acts

Broadway, potato festival—it didn’t matter. Famed local choreographer and dancer Sandra Brewer taught that people deserved to be entertained, and entertainers deserved a chance to give their best performance. Always.

Qua has given artists an outlet for 50 years.
Inside the pages of Flints oldest (and only) literary and arts magazine

“You can write poetry, short stories, draw, paint, be a layout designer...it doesn’t matter. This magazine is here to give these people a shot at publication and to show the reader the current direction of the local arts community.”

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