Shredded paper and water bottles for recycling

Recycled paper and plastics fueling a ‘Green’ economic engine in Flint & Genesee

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

Mott Community College Automotive Technology students

Diversity, equity and inclusion an imperative for many local organizations

Efforts underway to foster more accepting and supportive workplaces More than half of U.S. employers are now making diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace a high priority, according to a survey of human resources decision-makers last year by Lever, a talent acquisition suite. While similar, Genesee County-specific data is not available, there’s at least Continue Reading

Awards to be handed out at the 2021 Art of Achievement Awards

Community Leaders, Business & Hospitality Professionals honored at the Seventh Annual Art of Achievement Awards

The Flint & Genesee Group on Nov. 4 presented Art of Achievement awards to 16 exemplary businesses, community leaders and hospitality professionals for their significant contributions to the region’s success in 2021. A crowd of 358 people filled Flint’s historic Capitol Theatre – with COVID-19 safety protocols in place – where Master of Ceremonies Leanne Continue Reading

Skilled tradesmen work on the construction site of ELGA Credit Union's new headquarters

Multimillion-dollar projects reshaping Genesee County’s built environment

Key forward-looking indicators of construction activity up sharply from 2020 levels It’s the height of construction season, the annual period when the local landscape is altered for the next several years. Drive around the community and you’ll see various multimillion-dollar projects that are certain to become anchors or mainstays in their neighborhood or commercial district, Continue Reading

Introducing the Flint & Genesee Group: rebranded organization reflects broad range of services more clearly

What do you call an organization that helps boosts its community’s business, economic development, education and tourism sectors? Now it’s the Flint & Genesee Group. That’s the name of the rebranded Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, a moniker that still exists but now as one of four distinct divisions under the Flint & Genesee Group umbrella. Continue Reading

Home office set up by DBI

‘Flexible,’ ‘adaptable’ and ‘uncertainty’ all help define the current and future state of the post-COVID office environment

Working remotely poised to enter a new era Talk to area businesspeople about the current and future state of working in an office, and you’ll hear a lot of similar words. For example, there’s “pivot,” a reference to how some office-centric companies tweaked their business model in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Then there Continue Reading

Employee works in a beer distributor warehouse

Half-billion dollars in Paycheck Protection Program funds retains nearly 60,000 jobs

They’re just three letters, but what they represent may very well have spelled the difference between success and failure for some Genesee County businesses during the COVID-19 shutdowns, observers say. The federal PPP, or Paycheck Protection Program, pumped a total of more than $550 million into 3,862 Genesee County businesses when the U.S. Small Business Continue Reading