Civic Park

Claressa Shields will launch her community project with a free summer camp for Flint kids.

Sign up for Claressa Shields summer camp set for May 25

Sign up for the 2019 summer camp is set for 2-4 p.m. May 25 at Joy Tabernacle Church, 2505 N. Chevrolet Avenue. The open house also will include a tour of the facilities as well as an opportunity to meet Shields in person.

Civic Park neighborhood is at the heart of efforts transforming Flint

Civic Park is Flint’s engine, a neighborhood that is home to many who are at the core of efforts to transform, shape and better the entire city as well as their own few blocks of it.  

Resident Lynn Williams is one of several longstanding Civic Park residents honored during the summer kickoff event.
Civic Park Summer Kickoff Celebration rallies for next 100 years of transformation

Residents, community partners, and volunteers came together on Dayton Street in the Civic Park Centennial Pavilion on Tuesday for the Centennial Summer Kickoff Celebration with nostalgia, hopes, and anticipation of budding changes for Civic Park.

Claressa Shields (center) introduces Jasmine Burrell to Pastor Robert McCathern at Joy Tabernacle Church. Burrell will lead the Clarissa Shields Community Project.
Claressa Shields launches community project aimed at helping Flint kids

The opening of the Claressa Shields Community Project will be officially announced on May 14 at Joy Tabernacle Church, one of several highlights of a Civic Park Centennial Celebration summer kick off.

Bridge Over Troubled Water looks to raise $21.6 million to supply every Flint household with 40 gallons of water every week.
Joy Tabernacle Church home to new water delivery effort

A new water distribution program delivered water jugs to 10 families over the weekend and has a lofty goal of delivering 40 gallons of clean water to every Flint household. The effort comes with backing from legendary artists Harry Belafonte and Paul Simon.  

More information on the Civic Park Centennial Celebration is available online at CivicParkCentennial.com
Calling all current and former residents of Flint’s Civic Park: It’s time to celebrate

A summer kickoff of the Civic Park Centennial Celebration is set for 2-6 p.m. May 14 at Joy Tabernacle Church. Current and former residents of Civic Park — as well as the community at large — are invited to join the festivities, which are part of the neighborhood’s year-long effort to honor and preserve its history.

Flintside partners with Civic Park neighborhood to launch On the Ground

Flintside will serve the Civic Park neighborhood with weekly storytelling, paid journalism fellowships and training for residents to tell their own stories in their own words, a community newsroom, photography and video. 

Flint City Councilman Maurice Davis cuts the ribbon at the official rededication ceremony for the Civic Park Neighborhoods historic marker.
A sign of Civic Park’s past and future

The Civic Park Neighborhood historic marker was rededicated after undergoing $6,000 in repairs as part of the neighborhood’s yearlong centennial celebration. The sign pays homage to Civic Park’s status since 1979 as a nationally recognized historic district and is symbolic of the neighborhood's ongoing revitalization.  

Historic district marker returns to Civic Park neighborhood

Forty years after first being designated a historic district and in recognition of its centennial celebration, the Civic Park neighborhood will re-dedicate its recently replaced historical marker on Thursday, March 28, 2019.

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