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In The News A new community lab was opened at the Flint Development Center in October. Healthy Communities

New Flint lab aimed at rebuilding community trust in water

Patrick HayesTuesday, October 13, 2020
Feature Story Edible Flint's Educational Farm is located near 12th and Beach streets in Flint. Healthy Communities

Farm in the heart of a Flint neighborhood providing produce, knowledge

Patrick HayesWednesday, September 16, 2020
In The News Janie Beuthin and her husband Ryan turned a vacant lot in Mott Park into a flower farm. Neighborhoods

A Mott Park family creatively reused a vacant lot to add beauty to neighborhood

Patrick HayesWednesday, September 2, 2020
Feature Story Almost a half-mile long, Hasselbring Park shares its name with the Hasselbring Senior Center and stretches almost as far as the eye can see into Brownell-Holmes' northern border with Carpenter Road. Neighborhoods

How Brownell-Holmes residents defined their Flint neighborhood on their own terms

Santiago OchoaWednesday, July 22, 2020
In The News A total of $15,000 by the Mahindra Automotive North America Urban Agriculture Grant Program, were allocated to Asbury Community Development Center and Edible Flint. Sustainability

$15,000 given to support Flint's urban agriculture

Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Feature Story The #waterislife mural on the side of Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in New York. Arts and Culture

The sisterhood behind Flint’s bottled fence

Xzavier SimonWednesday, January 22, 2020
Feature Story Local groups like block clubs maintain vacant lots held by the Land Bank. Each group is responsible for maintaining at least 25 lots throughout the growing season. Neighborhoods

How beautification efforts bring generations together to improve Flint neighborhoods

Ashley SchaferWednesday, January 8, 2020
In The News The room where the soon-to-open Community Water Lab sits empty. Plans for tearing down its eastern wall to allow resident a look into the lab’s inner work are being considered. Community Development

$300,000 raised for Flint Development Center water lab

Santiago OchoaWednesday, December 18, 2019
Innovation News Asa Zucarro, executive director of the Latinx Technology and Community Center on Lewis Street, speaks to a crowd at a public showing of The Water Box on Monday, December 2. Healthy Communities

How the Water Box is fostering community trust across Flint

Xandr BrownWednesday, December 4, 2019
In The News "Isn't she beautiful?" says Linn Aikens, who led efforts to cleanup Civic Park's Hidden Park — and thanks to some help, succeeded in a single summer. Community Development

Help pours in for woman cleaning up Flint's Hidden Park

Xandr BrownMonday, September 30, 2019
In The News South African delegates and UM-Flint professor Otrude Moyo visit Convoy of Hope Saturday as part of their study of Ubuntu in Flint. Community Development

South African academics visit Flint to see Ubuntu at work here

Xandr BrownWednesday, September 25, 2019
In The News A look at a portion of the city of Flint's zoning map. Community Development

Second meeting set to develop plan for Civic Park beautification

Xandr BrownWednesday, August 28, 2019
Feature Story Isiah Lattimore-Balicki created this mural at 1605 Jane Avenue, adding even more life to the garden project there. Arts and Culture

Wave of new murals position Flint as one of world's top destinations for street art

Xandr BrownWednesday, August 7, 2019
In The News murals route Arts and Culture

Here’s how you can see all 40-plus new Flint murals in a single road trip

Marjory RaymerWednesday, August 7, 2019
In The News mural collage Arts and Culture

Get a preview of Flint Public Art Project’s murals using this interactive map

Marjory RaymerWednesday, August 7, 2019
Feature Story Montrae King, 17 eyeing the camera before heading off to work at the Agriculture House on Rankin Avenue. Neighborhoods

Flint Grounds Crew: Job training, life changing

Xandr BrownWednesday, June 26, 2019
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