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Quintin Evans uses a mower borrowed from the Community Tool Shed to mow elderly neighbors' lawns.

Giving us the tools: Flint’s Community Tool Shed helping us finish any and all jobs

A lawn mower, rake, or trimmer—Flint neighbors can always borrow whatever they need from the Community Tool Shed at no (or occasionally very little) cost. 

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This Gallery on the Go mural is an example of the type of creativity an ArtPlace grant would fund.
ArtPlace America taps north Flint as finalist for elite $200,000 grant

The North Flint Revitalization Initiative is among the top 7 percent of grant applications nationwide to be named a finalist for the major placemaking award.

Soul Foundry is the brain-child of Flint’s own Ashley Peacock. It is a recording studio crafted by hometown hands and showcasing hometown talent. 
Flint recording studio exec: ‘I cannot predict the future, but I suspect it will be magnificent’

Soul Foundry is the brainchild of Ashley Peacock—a Flint native, music maker and dream recorder.

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.  

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.

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.

GearUp Academy now is located in the Dryden Building but is looking to relocate to the Ferris Wheel Building. It launched a Patronicity campaign to help fund the move.
New alternative high school looks to expand in downtown Flint

GearUp Academy, open less than a year, hopes to build a bigger space for more students and teachers in the Ferris Wheel Building's innovation hub.

Flint attorney Dean Yeotis opened Totem Books about a year and a half ago into a vacant former liquor store—tranforming it into a new home for weathered arts and symbol of neighborhood investment.
Totem Books in Flint—an independent bookstore where paper and vinyl classics thrive

It's a place that is as much about community as it is about the books of every genre, real vinyl records, unique art and collectables inside.

Marcus Bieth started as an employee when Flint City T-shirts opened in 2003 and worked his way up to co-owner three years ago.
From sweeping floors to co-owner, Marcus Bieth builds a business and his city

At Flint City T-shirts, you'll find unique screen printing, hometown love, and a few unicorns. 

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