Motherly advice has shaped the way Stacy Shea Fields, the owner of the Shea Automotive Group in Flint Township, runs her business. “Mother would tell us that she didn’t really care so much about what we chose to do for a living or how much money we would make, as long as we would do Continue Reading
The leaders of CIB Planning are storytellers, not fishermen, asserts Justin Sprague, vice president of the Fenton Township-based community planning consulting firm. “We help communities identify what is their best economic story and then help them tell that story to gain attraction,” he said. “That is opposed to doing economic developing by casting a wide Continue Reading
In 1986, a young Kolby Miller of Flint worked nights as a disc jockey and at an ice arena. During the day, he volunteered at the Swartz Creek fire department. Friends there told him of job opportunities at the area ambulance service. “At first I rejected the idea,” he said. “Then I decided to enroll Continue Reading
When you walk into the new McLaren Health Care headquarters in Grand Blanc Township, you are struck by the openness and beauty. As you pass an etched glass wall, you see a glass staircase with white terrazzo steps that climb its three floors; and as you walk through workspaces, sunlight flows through large windows that Continue Reading
2017 was a landmark year for Hamilton Community Health Network. It celebrated its 35th anniversary, opened a new clinic to provide health care for the homeless populations in collaboration with Catholic Charities, began a Women’s Breast Care Clinic in partnership with the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and received a $1 million federal grant to Continue Reading
Doug Witten, Baker College’s cyber defense program director, tells a funny story that illustrates just one of the dangers of being lax about cybersecurity. When Witten worked at EDS, one of his friends was a practical joker. That guy left his computer unlocked around the Christmas holiday. Witten noticed that, went in and called up Continue Reading
The October groundbreaking for Lear Corp. to build a $29.3-million plant at the old Buick City complex is not only a shot in the arm for Flint, but also a reminder of how manufacturing remains a critical leg of the economy for Flint, and for many other U.S. cities as well. Not long ago, a Continue Reading
When Lear Corp. announced in August that it had chosen Flint to build an automotive seat manufacturing plant on the former Buick City site, it only seemed fitting to choose a longtime Flint company to be its construction firm: The E&L Construction Group, Inc. E&L Construction – founded in 1953 as Erickson & Lindstrom Construction Continue Reading
When employees of Dee Cramer spend time helping with Hurley Medical Center’s phone-a-thon or GM Customer Care and Aftersales employees do work around Carriage Town Ministries, the organizations clearly benefit from the help and are grateful for having their load lightened a bit. For the volunteers, they get a day away from their jobs and Continue Reading
When Matthew Sherrow graduated from Kettering University in 1998, he was empowered with the skills to make a difference in the world, doing what he loves to do: “building things” and “working with my hands.” While the 43-year-old’s career has swung from engineering to entrepreneurship, the owner of the nearly 10-year-old Fenton Winery & Brewery Continue Reading
