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Outside view of Carriage Town Bakery
Business Spotlight, Jan/Feb 2023

Carriage Town Bakery offers Flint’s homeless a fresh start

It’s about so much more than doughnuts. “Carriage Town Ministries didn’t save my life, but it did give me life,” said Bruce Sowles, who was homeless before the Flint shelter Continue Reading

January 19, 2023 | Beth McKenna
Antique cars in the GM Heritage Center
Business Spotlight

GM Heritage Center’s relocation brings history closer to ‘where it all began’

‘General Motors,’ ‘heritage’ and ‘Flint’ are words that are often seen together in some combination. So, as GM President Mark Reuss notes, it’s appropriate that the company is moving its Continue Reading

November 15, 2022 | Mike Turner
Iconic IMA auditorium
Business Spotlight, July/August 2022

IMA celebrates 100 years of service

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 Continue Reading

July 13, 2022 | Mike Turner
Flint City Handball Club players
Business Spotlight, May/June 2022

Flint City Handball Club vying to be ‘America’s favorite sport’

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 Continue Reading

May 12, 2022 | Mike Turner
The Landaal brothers at Landaal Packaging Systems
Business Spotlight, Mar/Apr 2022

Sustainability embedded in Landaal Packaging System’s organizational and operational DNA

(Pictured above, from l-r: Matt Landaal, Robert Landaal, Mark Landaal and Jay Landaal) You might say “generations” is a common theme at Burton-based Landaal Packaging Systems. On the one hand, Continue Reading

March 21, 2022 | Mike Turner
Waiting room inside Steel Transporation Services
Business Spotlight, Jan/Feb 2022

Flexibility, adaptability and ‘great highway access’ keys to Steel Transportation Services’ success

Even though Jeff Clark grew up watching his dad and stepmom operate what would become Steel Transportation Services (STS) from their Grand Blanc home, he never gave much thought to Continue Reading

January 24, 2022 | Mike Turner
Jane Worthing, ceo of The Genesee Group
Business Spotlight, Nov/Dec 2021

The Genesee Group committed to ensuring its future is centered in Flint

Jane Worthing laughingly recalls the proclamation she made shortly after joining the fledgling Genesee Packaging Inc. in 1979 as a receptionist answering telephones. “I told my mom, ‘If you think Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 | Mike Turner
Catholic Charities Center for Hope building
Business Spotlight, Sept/Oct 2021

A community anchor, Catholic Charities celebrates its long and storied history … but not complacent

After Father Earl V. Sheridan, a young Catholic priest with a master’s degree in social work, was assigned to Flint in 1941, he promptly formed the Catholic Social Service Bureau Continue Reading

September 14, 2021 | Mike Turner
Hubbard Supply Co. warehouse
Business Spotlight, July/August 2021

Flint-based Hubbard Supply Co. has been a critical cog in the industrial supply chain for 156 years

For decades, Hubbard Supply Co. has prided itself on serving as an integral cog in its widespread customer base’s supply chain. During the COVID-19 pandemic, with material and product shortages Continue Reading

July 26, 2021 | Mike Turner
Monica Weaver becomes the new owner of TGI Direct in Flint, MI
Business Spotlight, May/June 2021

TGI Direct, now a woman- and minority-owned enterprise, looks to the future

Monica Weaver’s determined march toward entrepreneurism led her to Flint. Last July, Weaver — through her Carmel Hill Acquisitions holding company — acquired TGI Direct, a direct marketing company that Continue Reading

May 18, 2021 | Mike Turner

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