Doing more to keep Flint kids healthy—6 times more
Massive expansion of Food Bank of Eastern Michigan's backpack program gives healthy meals and snacks to every kindergarten through fifth-grade child affected by water crisis.
Downtown
Angie McChristian of Flint: An AmeriCorps army of one and one of many
The number of AmeriCorps workers in Flint jumped from 25 two years ago to about 200 this summer. Check out all the work they are doing.
Peek into Flint’s past (and C.S. Mott’s closet)
Applewood tours offer a behind-the-scenes look into the home of Flint's most famous family.
Peace Barn vintage shop brings unique finds to downtown Flint
Michelle Cardillo is a free spirit who loves Flint—with a special affinity for its architecture, history, entrepreneurs, inventors, and (especially) its underdogs.
If you park in downtown Flint, you need to know this
The DDA looks to add more metered parking, upgrade the Flat Lot, and introduce a parking app that will feed the meter for you starting this year.
Cinco Nuevo: A new festival in Flint celebrating Mexican heritage
A celebration of Mexican culture, tradition, and contributions, Cinco Nuevo will include artist demonstrations, tortilla rolling, loteria (a Mexican bingo), Aztec ceremonial dancers, and music.
The rise of the robots
A dad's perspective on robots and our fear of new technology
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.
Engineering at UM-Flint seeing major growth
New masters degree + new design space ... and another huge addition on the way.
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.
