Lecturer University of Michigan – Flint Brian Boggs may live in the Shiawassee County community of Durand, where he has served on the City Council since 2003, but has he had an impact in Genesee County as a lecturer in the School of Education & Human Services at the University of Michigan-Flint and a consultant Continue Reading
Catering Manager, Blondie’s Food & Spirits Director of Operations, Blondie’s Best Cheesecake Ever In addition to the multiple organizations and committees she is dedicated to, Kara Kunkleman is a critical part of the Blondie’s organization. She is central to the success of both Blondie’s Food & Spirits (BFS) and Blondie’s Best Cheesecake Ever (BBCE). Prior Continue Reading
Director of Grants and Public Relations Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Flint Emily Leonard made an immediate impression at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Flint. She began her service in February 2012 as an AmeriCorps VISTA member, and she was honored with the Service to Youth Award at the end of the Continue Reading
Nearly 3,000 apprentices honing their craft in one of 70 active programs in the East Michigan region, which includes Genesee County. McLaren Health Care Corp. Executive Samantha Jacques will tell you that it takes talent to maintain the machines that perform MRIs and CT scans. And, in a tight labor market, it also requires skill Continue Reading
Some of the biggest names in Flint’s and the auto industry’s history behind IMA’s formation Industrial Mutual Association. It’s a name that’s associated with some of the most iconic people and places in the Flint area’s history. And while the scale and scope of the services the IMA offers has changed since the organization was Continue Reading
Pantry honors two Flint police officers who died tragically during a 2002 hunting trip The Martus Luna Food Pantry is poised to take another, significant step toward forging triumph out of tragedy. The Flint pantry evolved from the Martus Luna Memorial Foundation, which was created to honor Ryan Martus and Roger Luna, Flint police officers Continue Reading
Strengthening the connection between people and the places they share Kevin Mays, president of the relatively new Flint United basketball team, figures he’s building on the community’s longtime reputation as a basketball hotbed. Flint Firebirds President Jeremy Torrey is proud of how the Ontario Hockey League team gave Flint something positive to focus on during Continue Reading
What do you do when you like so many sports you can’t decide which one to play? If you’re Shane Proulx, you pick one that has elements of a bunch of them. For Proulx, that would be handball, a sport for which he has become somewhat of an evangelist. “It’s been a lot of fun Continue Reading
With more than $26 million in state funding now secured, planning for Genesee County’s first state park has moved to the next level. “The final plan hasn’t been completely resolved in some of the finer details, but it’s definitely advanced in the process,” Ron Olson, chief of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Parks and Continue Reading
Darren McDunnough likes to joke that there are two types of green associated with his recycling-based business. The first involves the monetary rewards of running a profitable operation, said the president of McDunnough Inc. of Fenton. The second refers to the environmental benefits of taking pieces of scrap plastic from manufacturing sites and reconstituting them Continue Reading
