Whitmer introduces herself to Flint, challenges Detroit Dems’ reported doubts
Feb07

Whitmer introduces herself to Flint, challenges Detroit Dems’ reported doubts

By Jan Worth-Nelson Declaring  “Michigan deserves better” than a GOP-led regime she said has created a state which “hardly resembles the Michigan I think of when I talk about my Michigan pride,”  Democratic candidate for governor Gretchen Whitmer introduced herself to about 25 Flint students, retirees, educators, activists and assorted Democrats Tuesday afternoon in the East Village home of Flint entrepreneur...

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Review: Sloan exhibit captures persistent intertwining threads of race and housing in Flint history
Feb03

Review: Sloan exhibit captures persistent intertwining threads of race and housing in Flint history

By Dylan Doherty “An Equal Opportunity Lie,” a new exhibit highlighting the intertwining influences of race and housing in the history of Flint, opened at the Sloan Museum on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 15 and runs until May 28. The title is a quote from Floyd McCree, Flint’s first black mayor, who resigned in 1967 after the Flint City Commission voted down an embattled proposed fair housing ordinance.  As the exhibit...

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Transparency, transition to AECOM highlight first mayor’s FAST Start forum
Feb03

Transparency, transition to AECOM highlight first mayor’s FAST Start forum

By Meghan Christian With a stated effort toward transparency, Mayor Karen Weaver held the first of several community forums planned for 2018 on Thursday, Feb. 1 to update residents on the progress of the FAST Start pipe replacement program and to introduce AECOM, the company that has come on as project manager for the work. “We want you to share this information with others. Share this with your neighbors and your friends and let...

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East Village Magazine – February 2018
Feb01

East Village Magazine – February 2018

The latest issue of the East Village Magazine is available for download here:    

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