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An abandoned classroom inside of Flint Central Highschool on September 14, 2021. Flint Central High School closed its doors in June 2009.

Flint’s community model for schools swept the nation but is now a forgotten relic

Flintside photo-journalist Jenifer Veloso takes a deep dive into the origin of Flint's community model for schools and gives an inside look at the ruins of schools left behind in the city.

Percy Whitmore during his book event at Comma Bookstore in September.
Flint native discusses “sharing the keys” on The Ray Podcast

"I want this to be a consistent, everyday, successful thing you can execute every day."

Ashley Hamilton launched Prism Lacquers in 2020.
Flint native pays homage to her hometown with an exclusive nail polish collection

Ashley Hamilton creates products that are vegan and free of harmful chemicals and partners with community-based organizations, including the Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village.

Alex Love created Garden of Youth water in response to the ongoing Flint Water Crisis and the desire to give Flint residents clean water.
Cultivating life with Garden of Y.O.U.T.H Water’s founder Alex Love

"Go in the store and look around and know that's you. Put a product in there."

Unfortunately, the music industry at large isn’t always a safe space for African American women to speak up and speak out, yet, it hasn’t stopped Reesé and Tay from living their dreams and giving back to the community.
Becoming the power source of Flint with The 810 Flow

"We know what the city needs when it comes to music and how to promote it."

There is no drama or negativity, just a wide range of community photographers, restaurants, clothing lines, makeup artists, organizations, and volunteers showering each other and every student and family with love and support.
Flint photographers have created an annual day for Flint seniors to ‘Walk N Shine’

"It took only one day out of 365 days to utilize everything that I have been blessed with to give back."

Brush Alley Skateshop organizes a monthly girls Meet Up & Skate event downtown Flint.
Plans for new skate park in Flint continue to progress

"Even if skating might not be your scene, the fact that there’s an activity happening there makes it feel like this is a lively place, there’s good energy here."

Blue-collar RaskE is not afraid to get dirty and is willing to fix a problem no matter how messy, how dirty, or grimy it is. What he wants to do is clean it up, perfect it, and fix it for you.”
Going full throttle with Flint’s “blue-collar grunge-hop” artist RaskE

RaskE, born and raised in Flint, specializes in rap, Hip Hop, rock, and pop music, and it’s the vehicle that drives him through the interconnected musical lanes.

B Smok3zz has burst onto the scene, in her words, “swinging” and bringing “flame to the booth.”
Bringing “flame to the booth” with JB Smok3zz

"If we're great as a whole, we can be undeniable. That's what I want for our music industry here in the city."

Flint Style Soccer is hosting a free youth camp this week at Berston Field House.
Flint Style Soccer giving young people techniques and life lessons from local legends

To pre-register for the youth soccer summer camp July 13 and 15, you can visit the Flint Style Soccer website or register at the camp. Flint Style Soccer is also offering drop-in soccer at Berston on July 22 and 29, August 5, 12, and 19 at 6 p.m.

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