Bishop International Airport, a key economic generator in Flint and Genesee County, is refining itself in an age of some airline industry turbulence. It’s taking proactive steps in planning for the future, adapting to an airline’s departure and trumpeting its convenience, inexpensive parking and ease of use in a new ad campaign. While the airport Continue Reading
With the help of 100K Ideas, you could be Flint’s newest inventor and entrepreneur. Even the space that houses the nonprofit 100K Ideas, the Ferris Wheel in downtown Flint, is inventive as a co-working space. Both have received national recognition for their ingenuity. Over at C3 3D LLC in Flint, an additive manufacturing or industrial Continue Reading
When you walk into the new McLaren Health Care headquarters in Grand Blanc Township, you are struck by the openness and beauty. As you pass an etched glass wall, you see a glass staircase with white terrazzo steps that climb its three floors; and as you walk through workspaces, sunlight flows through large windows that Continue Reading
The October groundbreaking for Lear Corp. to build a $29.3-million plant at the old Buick City complex is not only a shot in the arm for Flint, but also a reminder of how manufacturing remains a critical leg of the economy for Flint, and for many other U.S. cities as well. Not long ago, a Continue Reading
When Matthew Sherrow graduated from Kettering University in 1998, he was empowered with the skills to make a difference in the world, doing what he loves to do: “building things” and “working with my hands.” While the 43-year-old’s career has swung from engineering to entrepreneurship, the owner of the nearly 10-year-old Fenton Winery & Brewery Continue Reading
