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 took him in and helped him restart his life with a job at Blueline Donuts. Blueline Donuts is a job-training initiative of Carriage Town Ministries, Continue Reading
‘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 Heritage Center from Sterling Heights closer to Flint, into the former Customer Care & Aftersales world headquarters in Grand Blanc Township. “As General Motors transforms 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
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
(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, the 63-year-old company is now under its third generation of family leadership. And in a completely different sense, much of the cardboard that it turns Continue Reading
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 joining the family trucking business — even while he was attending the University of Michigan-Flint. “It wasn’t a very big company at that time,” said Continue Reading
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 I’m going to work here the rest of my life, you are crazy.’ And yet, here I am,” said Worthing, president, CEO and sole owner Continue Reading
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 to offer counseling to individuals throughout the community. “It kind of just grew from there,” said Kellie Pardi, marketing manager for what is now Catholic Continue Reading
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 disrupting various industries, the Flint-based distributor of industrial MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) and safety supplies has taken on an even more important role. “Today Continue Reading
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 employs nearly 100 people between its headquarters in Flint and a facility in Ann Arbor. The company began in 1964 as a print and mail Continue Reading
