Remediation efforts a high priority for all With the school year in full swing, Genesee County districts are embarking on a regimen of reading, ’riting and ’rithmetic — and remediation. That last addition to the traditional three R’s is a result of the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which during the previous academic year Continue Reading
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
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
See how some area businesses are responding to the new challenges You might call it an existing condition that was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Employers that were contending with a tight labor market even before the virus arrived are still finding it hard to fill out their workforces despite higher numbers of jobless people. Continue Reading
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
Twenty honored for going above and beyond to serve Flint & Genesee in 2020 They span generations, live all over Genesee County and hold positions in both the public and private sector — if they’re old enough to hold a paying job at all. But they all have one thing in common: Even in the Continue Reading
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
For L’Oreal and Steven Hartwell, owning the Dawn Donuts shop at Pasadena Avenue and Clio Road is about more than making a living – they’re also aiming to inspire nearby residents to follow their dreams. Fletcher Rheaves not only employs nearly three dozen people at his Flint-based Great Lakes Facility Management janitorial services company, but Continue Reading
More frequent hand-washing breaks and other enhanced sanitation practices. Supplying face masks for employees to wear on the job. A sharp increase in the use of videoconferencing. Those were among the practices implemented by area businesses that continued to operate in at least a reduced capacity as the economy otherwise drastically slowed in the wake Continue Reading
Raise the curtain on any performance, exhibit or other activity at the Flint Cultural Center and you’ll find … a marketing opportunity? That’s one way leaders of the various Cultural Center institutions are encouraging local economic development officials to think of arts and culture’s role in the community. Armed with a recent study that found Continue Reading
