Almost daily, Dr. Mona Hanna hears from cities hoping to be just like Flint. “Instead of being associated with the water crisis, how wonderful is it to hear that other cities in Michigan and across the nation want to follow in the footsteps of what Flint started with Rx Kids?” said Hanna, a Flint pediatrician, Continue Reading
Fessler & Bowman isn’t just another contractor. It’s a Genesee County company that invests in people, builds futures, and elevates the industry. For more than six decades, Fessler & Bowman has worked to establish itself as a premier contractor specializing in concrete and civil services. Today it’s ranked one of the top 100 specialty contractors Continue Reading
In mixed-use development, it’s all about finding the secret sauce: That unique, often intangible, combination of “live-work-play” that creates a vibrant community. While not a new type of urban development – think popular shops and restaurants on the ground floor and apartments or offices on upper floors – mixed-use properties are once again revitalizing urban Continue Reading
The growing network of Flint & Genesee’s Certified Tourism Ambassadors can tell you all about it: Every time we meet a visitor in our area, we have a chance to help create a positive experience in Flint & Genesee. This is true for all of us. Whether we’re welcoming friends or family from out of Continue Reading
By Dan Kildee Every now and then, we meet a book, an idea, or a conversation that stops us in our tracks, something that challenges how we see the world and invites us to do better, be better. For our team, john a. powell’s “Belonging Without Othering” was exactly that. At its core, powell’s message Continue Reading
In the years since the launch of Forward Together – when the Flint & Genesee Group, the City of Flint, and Genesee County led a collaborative effort to create a shared vision for economic prosperity – much has changed, and much progress has been made. At the initiative’s start in 2019, each convening partner had Continue Reading
On the Move features and celebrates Flint & Genesee businesses’ grand openings, staff promotions, new hires, recognition, and milestones (Featured above) Hand of Hope Thrift Boutique, 5331 Corunna Road in Flint Township, May 2 LaFontaine Ford and Lincoln Grand Blanc, 2229 W. Hill Road in Mundy Township, April 10 Promotions, New Hires and Recognition Genesee Continue Reading
