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Whaley House resumes December holiday traditions after fire recovery hiatus
Whaley Historic House Museum resumes its holiday traditions after three years’ hiatus due to a fire. The Victorian mansion, showcasing Flint’s gilded age, will be decorated for Christmas and open every weekend in December. Several special events are open to the public. History Happy Hour, a 2018 monthly lecture series, concludes 7 p.m. Dec. 6. Entry is $5, including first drink. A Victorian Christmas Tea is 2-4 p.m. Dec. 8. Tickets are $21.72, available here. Friday Festive Movie Night, Dec. 21, features the 1935 version of “Scrooge.” Cost is...
read moreNews Brief: CANCELLED: Dec. 8 concert by R&B star Melvin Davis at Totem Books
Totem Books posted the following CANCELLATION notice: “Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, the Melvin Davis show this Saturday has been canceled. If you have previously purchased tickets at Totem, please stop by Totem or call the team at 810-407-6402 for a full refund. We apologize for having to reschedule this anticipated show. Please stay tuned for other events happening at Totem in the coming weeks! To see a full list of upcoming events at Totem Books, click the link below to head over to our Facebook page’s events...
read moreNews Brief: “Classy, Brassy Christmas” at Whiting Dec. 5
A holiday concert, “A Classy Brassy Christmas & More,” is 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Capitol Theatre, presented by ELGA Credit Union. The event is free, but tickets are required, available at The Whiting Ticket Center, 1241 E. Kearsley St., the Ticket Center kiosk in the Flint Farmers’ Market, or by phone, 810-237-7333. The Capitol Theatre is located at 140. E. Second St. The concert will also be broadcast on NBC 25 and FOX 66. –EVM Staff
read more“Demolition Means Progress” discussion continues Dec. 8 at Broome Center
Community Read, a project of the Flint Genesee Literacy Network, continues discussion Dec. 8 of Andrew Highsmith’s look at 20thcentury Flint, Demolition Means Progress: Flint, Michigan, and the Fate of the American Metropolis. Highsmith shows how much of Flint’s racial division and economic devastation is the result of public policies enacted over decades, including education, labor, housing and the rise of the suburbs. EVM writer Robert Thomas’s review of the book can be found here. Participants consider two chapters each month until...
read moreNews Brief: African American Film Series continues at FIA with December, January, February shows
Communities First, Inc., and the Flint Institute of Arts continue their fourth annual African American Film Series, which began Nov. 15, with documentary films on Dec. 13, Jan. 10 and Feb. 14. The Nov. 15 film was Brothers Hypnotic, in which eight sons of an anti-establishment jazz legend find the values their father taught them tested. Those to come are as follows: Dec. 13 – Pacoima Stories: Land of Dreams. The 1,500-year history of an area in Los Angeles called Pacoima has a much richer tradition than the current image of a drug and gang...
read moreChoice Neighborhoods Team seeks five for $30 million HUD grant implementation
Charged with overseeing a $30 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant awarded to the City of Flint and the Flint Housing Commission, The Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Team announces five full-time employment positions. Flint was one of five U.S. cities awarded neighborhood HUD grants in July. Tied to South Flint and specifically the Atherton East public housing complex, as detailed in a July EVM story, the grant will fund demolition of the obsolete apartments, construct new housing, and relocate families to...
read moreNews Brief: Edward Christy installed as Genesee County Medical Society president
Dr. Edward Christy, a Davison internist specializing in hospice and palliative care, was sworn in as president of the Genesee County Medical Society Nov. 10 at the GCMS and Medical Society Alliance President’s Ball. He replaces Gerald Natzke, DO, who completed his term. Dr. Asif Ishaque, an internist and geriatrician also based in Davison, moved into the role of president-elect. Christy and Ishaque are affiliated with Hurley Medical Center. New Board of Directors members include Dr. Sherry Cavanagh, a vascular surgeon in Grand Blanc, and Dr....
read moreBerston Field House: Community life thriving on North End’s “hallowed ground”
By Teddy Robertson At Berston Field House the trees that shade the ball diamond refract a vibrant yellow against the gray October sky. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, fans from across Genesee County filled the bleachers and parking lot at 3300 Saginaw St. to cheer the Sunday Inner City Softball League games. Today the action is indoors and Berston Field House hums with activity. Success of the August 2018 arts millage has enabled the arts organizations here to jump-start expansion of their programs in this storied sports and recreation...
read moreNews Brief: Annual Santa Run/Walk to create merry sea of red downtown Dec. 1
The YMCA of Greater Flint hosts its Annual Family Santa Run/Walk Dec. 1, with events for all ages and a “virtual run” for those who cannot participate. Participants in all but the children’s quarter-mile dash will receive a five-piece Santa suit, including beard. Children in the quarter-mile “Reindeer Run” will receive reindeer antlers. Santa’s Workshop opens at 10:30 a.m., with face painting and crafts. The Flint Arrowhead Barbershop Chorus performs at the start line at 11:15 a.m. The Reindeer Run begins at 11:45. The Santa Run and Walk...
read moreNews Brief: Hurley requiring flu vaccine for all healthcare workers
Hurley Medical Center has announced a new policy requiring an annual flu vaccine for all healthcare workers and volunteers. Last year, according to a Hurley press release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 80,000 Americans died of complications from flu. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has established a goal that 90 percent of all U.S. healthcare workers receive the flu shot, a threshold Hurley says it has already exceeded. With this new policy, Hurley expects to minimize the impact of 2018-2019 flu...
read moreNews Brief: Sloan Museum closing Dec. 9, invites public comment
The Sloan Museum, closing Dec. 9 for renovations, invites public comment in redesigning its Flint history exhibits. “The current Flint history galleries have remained stagnant for over 20 years,” said Todd Slisher, executive director of Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium. “We’re preparing for our exhibits to undergo a radical transformation.” Sign up for notification of focus groups or send ideas via email to Sloan@SloanLongway.org. Until the renovations begin, admission to the main location is free for Genesee County residents. The...
read moreHamady sacked again: local food advocate responds to store closure
By Darlene Carey On the threshold of winter, Hamady Complete Food Center closed its doors at 9 p.m. Nov. 6, fewer than four months since its grand reopening July 25. Repeated attempts from East Village Magazine for comments from Hamady management went unanswered. When the store opened, owner Jim McColgan Jr. said he had invested the last two and a half years to open up the Hallwood Plaza store in the hopes to combat the food desert that has plagued Flint’s North End. But as it closed, he told TV...
read moreNews Brief: Hunger, Homelessness Week Lunch and Learn TOMORROW at Bethel
Flint Area Community Housing Resource Board and Bethel United Methodist Church observe National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week with a Lunch & Learn Conference 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Bethel United Methodist Church, 309 N. Ballenger Hwy. Warming and personal hygiene items will be available, as well as information from advocacy organizations. For more information, to donate personal care items, or to request presentation space, call Bethel UMC, (810) 238-3843, or Rosia (810) 347-6972. More information about National Hunger...
read moreThanksgiving memoir: Temple of the City — a story of Atwood Stadium
By Gary L. Fisher NOTE: Gary Fisher, a local historian, spoke on the history of the venerable Atwood Stadium at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 at the Genesee County Historical Society at the Durant-Dort Carriage Company office, 316 W. Water St., Flint. My first trip to Flint’s Atwood Stadium is seared in to my brain. My mom told me my dad would have a big surprise for me when he got home for work. As a five-year-old I assumed that meant a toy of some kind, or maybe a comic book or two. Instead I was told that he had secured ‘box seats’ for a...
read moreFlint Fright Film Fest 2018 draws 260 entries, stages entertaining show for horror fans
By Jeffery L Carey Jr. About 260 entries submitted to the Oct 27 second annual Flint Fright Film Fest provided “a low cost fun show for people in and around Flint who love horror and weird stuff like we do,” stated film festival organizer and judge of the festival Paul Counelis. A film titled Sweetie by two United Kingdom directors, Ethan Evans and Sean Toshach, won the $100 “Grand Ghoul Award” for best overall picture and the $50 Marilyn Ringler Memorial Award for scariest film. Other winners were Accepting Armageddon by...
read moreReview: “The Rep” performs energetic “Assassins” to packed house
By Patsy Isenberg On Friday night, Nov. 9, the talented and energetic cast of “Assassins” opened a timely musical at The Rep. With inspired direction from Michael Lluberes, producing artistic director of the company, this show takes the audience on a wild ride revisiting nine presidential assassinations or attempted assassinations in U.S. history. Time is scrambled because the assassins interact with each other and share their unique stories with the audience and each other. The setting is a broken down carnival whose proprietor welcomes each...
read moreAs Flint Youth Theatre officially becomes “The Rep,” Sondheim’s “Assassins” opens for run through Nov. 18
By Patsy Isenberg The Flint Repertory Theatre, branded “The Rep,” officially made its transition from its old life as the Flint Youth Theatre with a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday. It’s a big week for The Rep. Today the Stephen Sondheim musical, “Assassins,” opened at 8 p.m. It runs through Nov. 18. In addition, staff of The Rep found out this week they’ve been granted $10,000 for “Initial Support” from the American Theatre Wing (ATW). The ATW is the creator of the Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards. The Rep shares the honor...
read moreMidterm election gives Dems the U.S. House, Michigan governor; 50 percent turnout in county
By Paul Rozycki After the most contentious and energized election in many decades, voters went to the polls in record numbers, and produced results that were both expected and surprising. By most estimates, the turnout nationwide and in Michigan was expected to break decades old records for a mid-term election. In Genesee County over 50 percent of voters turned out. Of the many issues at stake in this year’s election the most significant was whether Democrats would gain the needed 23 seats to win control of the U.S. House and they did,...
read moreNews Brief: Water Recovery Resource Day Saturday invites residents to “Own It”
The City of Flint hosts its second Recovery Resource Day, Own It, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, for residents dealing with all aspects of the citywide water poisoning. Experts and coaches will assist with a range of financial, personal and health resources, including Medicaid, housing, legal aid, trauma, credit repair, and home ownership. Other events and information include entrepreneurship, arts and Hip Hop, basketball tournaments, and a holiday ham/turkey giveaway, while supplies last. The fair is at Eagle’s Nest Academy, 5101 Cloverlawn Dr....
read moreNews Brief: Flint Repertory stages “Assassins” starting Nov. 9
Tickets are on sale for Flint Repertory Theatre’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, a disturbing and funny musical exploring the lives of presidential assassins and would-be assassins in the United States. Based on a book by John Weidman and a script by Charles Gilbert, Jr., Assassins involves a carnival shooting gallery, in which nine men and women who killed or tried to kill various U.S. presidents meet and share their twisted notions of the American Dream. Musical features include Everybody’s Got the Right (to be happy); The...
read moreRACER Trust sets two public meetings on Buick City PFAS contamination, other environmental issues
By Jan Worth-Nelson RACER Trust, a company organized to clean up and sell abandoned General Motors properties, has scheduled two public meetings in Flint for at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in the Harding Mott University Center on the UM-Flint campus and at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle on East Myrtle Avenue near Industrial Avenue. The focus, according to information provided by the company, will be on “environmental work at Buick City, and the relatively recent discovery in groundwater of a new...
read moreCommentary: Bent but not broken–remember Flint’s history of fighting back
By Ted Nelson This is a lightly edited transcript of Ted Nelson’s speech at the Flint Institute of Arts on Oct. 21, 2018 When the makers of “JFK: The Last Speech” arrived in Flint to shoot scenes for their award-winning documentary movie recently shown at the Flint Institute of Arts (FIA), they were eager to take what Jan [Worth-Nelson, EVM editor and Ted’s wife] and I now sadly refer to as the “ruin porn” tour — the depressing and disheartening tour of the detritus from Flint’s decline. Block after block of human...
read moreNews Brief: Gustin and Crawford, authors of “giants of Flint history” Nov. 13 event CANCELLED
By Jan Worth-Nelson THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED as of 11/09/2018 Two venerable former Flint Journal journalists, Lawrence Gustin and Kim Crawford, will join forces to talk about some of the giants of Flint history at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at Totem Bookstore, 620 W. Court St. The event is free. Crawford, a long-time police reporter, feature writer and historian, wrote the only book about Jacob Smith, thought to be the first white settler of Flint. Gustin, who left the Flint Journal to become a public relations director for Buick and in...
read moreEast Village Magazine – November 2018
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read moreCommentary: Thanks due to election workers, who keep the wheels of democracy turning
By Paul Rozycki For those of us who spend our time trying to analyze the most recent election with polls, predictions and punditry, it’s easy to forget about all the work and preparation that goes into just running an election. The job of putting the ballot together, setting up the voting machinery, staffing the 231 precincts in Genesee County, and finally counting the votes in a timely and accurate manner, is no small task. That task rests with an army of election workers who are charged with setting up the voting equipment, guiding...
read moreInternational and local artists collaborate to brighten bookstore’s walls, city’s image
By Patsy Isenberg and Jan Worth-Nelson A cold, rainy October week didn’t deter a scrum of international mural artists, drawn to Flint by its reputation, by the efforts of a local arts promoter, and by the lure of a series of inviting blank walls at Totem Bookstore, 620 W. Court St. Binho Ribeiro of Brazil; David “Meggs” Hooke of Australia; and an artist duo from Manchester, England — Joy “cbloxxz” Gilead and Hayley “aylo” Garner, known as the Nomad Clan — came to town at the...
read moreLove and unity will stand against hate, Temple Beth El vigil for Pittsburgh dead affirms
By Jan Worth-Nelson Steven Low, executive director of the Flint Jewish Federation, said he expected 75 people or so for the night’s vigil for the eleven dead in Pittsburgh. Instead, cars arriving at Temple Beth El on Calkins Road quickly filled the parking lot, and then filled the parking lot of the Baptist church across the street. Inside, close to 400 people crowded in, with TV cameras pushed further to the back of the room to accommodate more chairs. The crowd — representing Jews, Muslims, Christian, black and white...
read moreNews Brief: Not too late to join Messiah community chorus for Nov. 18 performance
The Grand Blanc Arts Council invites singers of all skill levels to join its annual performance of Handel’s Messiah, this year directed by Jeffery Walker, co-director of the Flint Symphony Chorus. The 30-year tradition features selected soloists, a local organist, an instrumental ensemble, audience participation, and a volunteer ad hoc Community Chorus. There is no audition to join the chorus. Simply attend three remaining rehearsals:; 2-5 p.m. Nov. 11; 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 17; and 3 p.m. Nov. 18. The performance is 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov....
read moreNews Brief: Salvation Army seeking bellringers for Nov. 9-Dec.24
The Salvation Army of Genesee County is hiring 100 bell ringers for the 2018 Red Kettle Campaign. Apply in person 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays at 1475 W. Coldwater Rd. or 211 W. Kearsley St. Applicants must be at least 18 years old with a valid driver’s license or state ID, and Social Security card. The work is Nov. 9 to Dec. 24, excluding Sundays and Thanksgiving Day. –EVM Staff
read moreNews Brief: GC Health Center sets gala Nov. 16, award to honor hope, help, health, healing
Genesee Community Health Center will host its Inaugural Gala Nov. 16 at Holiday Inn Gateway, with Master of Ceremonies Dawn Jones of ABC-12 and featuring music, dancing, food and a cash bar, a silent auction, and community awards. Organizers invite nominations from the community for the “4-Pillar Award,” honoring an individual or company in the Genesee County area bringing hope, help, health and healing. Nominations may be submitted by Nov. 7 at www.genchc.org/gala. For tickets, go to www.genchc.org/gala GCHC offers health care to anyone in...
read moreNews Brief: Laura Love returns from hiatus with UUCF performance Nov. 8
Laura Love, African-American activist, author and singer/songwriter, performs at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Flint, 2474 S. Ballenger Hwy. Love embraces blues, bluegrass, jazz, folk, gospel and reggae, and sometimes calls her music “Folk-Funk”, “Afro-Celtic,” or Hip-Alachian,” according to her website. Returning to the stage after a 10-year hiatus, including a year with the Occupy Movement, Love marks the release of her 12th album, She Loved Red, a collection of personal and political survival anthems. Tickets...
read moreNews Brief: “Truth, Racial Healing, Transformation” theme of Nov. 8 discussion
Three community organizations are together inviting Flint residents to discuss racism and other community issues, 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village, 4119 Saginaw St. The SBEV, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint and the Crim Foundation host the “Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation” Conversation to gather participants’ insights on problems, progress and how to heal the city. The event is funded and facilitated by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. More info and registration here. –EVM...
read moreThis Month in the Village: NOVEMBER 2018
Compiled by Meghan Christian Flint Children’s Museum FREE DAY Nov. 11 All Day Event Flint Children’s Museum, 1602 W. University 810-767-5437 Admission: Free Gain free entrance to both Sproutside and the museum. Sponsored by the Genesee County Department of Health and Human Services. Valley Area Agency on Aging/MMAP Open Enrollment Every Day in November Valley Area Agency on Aging, 225 E. 5th St., Suite 200 800-803-7174 Admission: Free The Valley Area on Aging is having open enrollment and is available to help seniors navigate the...
read moreVigil set Tuesday at Temple Beth El for Pittsburgh victims
By Jan Worth-Nelson Steven Low, executive director of the Flint Jewish Federation, has confirmed a prayer vigil for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre will be held at 7:30 Tuesday at Temple Beth El, 5150 Calkins Rd., Flint Township. “It is a difficult time,” he said. The Facebook post for the vigil say it is hoped the Jewish Community of Flint as well as members of the general community “will come together to confront this tragedy and strengthen one another. “We invite you to join us in solidarity...
read moreReview: “Beautiful Decay” sculptures featured at MCC through Oct. 30
By Patsy Isenberg “Beautiful Decay” is the theme of a mixed media sculpture exhibit by Cara O’Brien, showing through Oct. 30 at Mott Community College’s Fine Arts Gallery in the Visual Arts and Design Center. The show is a 16-piece collection of abstract sculptures made from both natural found materials and porcelain pieces. O’Brien’s works are sleek and modern but also rustic, because the pieces reflect nature. The rural environment she lives in provides for her opportunities to find some of the materials she uses in...
read moreNews Brief: Dryden Building “Pop Up Shops” open Thursday, expanding downtown retail
Dryden Building Retail Pop Up Shops opens with a ribbon cutting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, 601 S Saginaw Street. Refreshments and desserts will be served. The Pop-Up Shops comprise more than a dozen vendors of locally made art, clothing and accessories, and featuring Skyward Clothing, a start-up by local high school students. Ground Floor Market will also re-open, selling snacks.
read moreNews Brief: Health Coalition seeks Medicaid focus group Nov. 3
The Greater Flint Health Coalition is seeking 10 Flint residents to offer ideas on Medicaid expansion. The focus group will gather at 3 p.m. Nov. 3, at the Neighborhood Engagement Hub office, 3216 M.L. King Ave. Snacks are provided, and each participant will receive a $25 gift card. To register, contact Karl Olmsted: ko@olmstedassociates.com or 810.232.0070. –EVM Staff
read moreNews Brief: Community Foundation offering grant info sessions Nov. 5
The Community Foundation of Greater Flint has changed its grant process, and will host a two “grant information sessions” for non-profit organizations, Monday, Nov. 5, at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan’s facility at 1939 Howard Avenue. Sessions begin at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., and each will last two hours. The sessions are free, and refreshments will be served. Register online or call Stephanie Whitledge, grants administrator, 810-767-3505. –EVM Staff
read moreFlint Literary Festival kicks off Friday, features water crisis writers and Flint-native poets
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and journalist Anna Clark, whose critically acclaimed books about the Flint water crisis drew national attention, will headline this year’s Flint Literary Festival Oct. 26-27 at the Flint Public Library. They will be appearing together for the first time to talk about their books, their publication process, and the Flint stories they helped to tell. The festival kicks off on Friday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. with readings by poets and Flint natives Sarah Carson, award-winning author of Before OnStar and Buick City, and Jonah...
read moreNews Brief: Whaley Children’s Center wins $25K grant from State Farm
Whaley’s Children Center has been awarded a $25,000 bricks-and-mortar grant for LaFontaine Learning Academy from State Farm Neighborhood Assist. The grant, determined in part by community voting from among 2,000 applicants, will be used to air condition the gymnasium, improve art and meeting spaces, and create a “sensory space.” “This grant will make a huge difference to our LaFontaine Learning Academy,” said President and CEO Mindy Prusa, who said the improvements will “make our school an exciting place for our children.” Whaley Children’s...
read moreNews Brief: Sports mindfulness expert, comedian highlight free seminar Oct. 25
George Mumford, sports speaker, will headline “Athletics 2.0 – Pure Performance,” a mindfulness seminar, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct 25, at the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center, 3501 Lapeer Rd. Presented by the Crim Fitness Foundation, the event also features comedian and Flint native Travis Thomas. Mumford, basketball player and roommate of Julius Irving, overcame injury and addiction to become a stress-reduction coach in professional sports, notably with the L.A. Lakers. He is author of The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Pure Performance....
read moreNews Brief: 100K Ideas designers forum Oct. 24
“100K Ideas,” a Flint-based nonprofit, will host a how-to forum for designers, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Ferris Wheel, 615 Saginaw St. “Inform, Inspire and Invent” will feature design professionals in a roundtable discussion, to offer advice and share best practices with product developers, aspiring inventors and design students. Participants can bring ideas and sketches for professional feedback. “This is a great opportunity for design professionals to come together and share skill sets,” said David Ollila, president of...
read moreGas-burning cars and trucks will be left behind, futurists of SEJ panel predict at Factory One
By Harold C. Ford A panel of automotive futurists anticipated the next great transportation transition for the human species during the first day of the Society of Environmental Journalists’ (SEJ) 28th Annual Conference in Flint, Oct. 3-7. That transition will likely leave behind individually-owned, gas-burning cars and trucks as travelers opt for autonomous, electric, shared vehicles. Panelists included: freelance environmental journalist Jim Motavalli who served as moderator; Michael Ableson, vice president of global strategy for...
read moreBook Review: “Winners Take All” pinpoints elites’ “helping and hoarding” while abetting unjust status quo
Review by Robert R. Thomas The recent successful Genesee County millage for-the-arts vote, which starting in January and for the next ten years will bring in $8.7 million/year of taxpayers’ money to a dozen nonprofit arts organizations, got me thinking about the mingling of private and public monies and how that business/governance hybrid works, especially the accountability factor. For some insight, if not answers, I turned to my go-to research source: books. Anand Giridharadas, foreign correspondent and columnist for the New York...
read moreReview: Chilly Artwalk brings witches, quilts, music, and “South of the Border” to warm up downtown scene
By Patsy Isenberg On a chilly Oct. 12, Artwalk brought not only great art but quilts, music and witches. The nip in the air didn’t discourage lots of people from walking around in downtown Flint for sensory experiences found at several galleries and many other businesses that night. At GFAC the Genesee Star Quilters (GSQ) took over the entire space. Very large handmade quilts created by members adorned the walls. The larger quilts varied widely in their design. Many featured floral and patchwork quilts made from the familiar cotton...
read moreNational journalists gliding into the Flint River see herons, egrets, kingfishers–and pride
By Jan Worth-Nelson Last Saturday during the Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Flint, participants were offered a handful of local tours. One of the most popular was a kayak trip down the Flint River sponsored by the Flint River Watershed Coalition. Paddling enthusiasts convened at the launch site west of Grand Traverse Street, where they were welcomed by Rebecca Fedewa, executive director of the Flint River Watershed Coalition. They were outfitted in life vests and paddles, and then they set out downriver for a...
read moreBook Review: David Buick’s Marvelous Motor Car by Lawrence Gustin
by Harold C. Ford Get your name on 40 million cars and you’re bound to find fame and fortune. Nonetheless, David Dunbar Buick was forgotten first by the company that bears his name, then by the public, and ultimately by historians. Author, Flint native, former Flint Journal reporter and retired Buick assistant public relations director Lawrence Gustin aims to correct this historical oversight with his 2006 book David Buick’s Marvelous Motor Car. A recently updated version includes mention of the water crisis, the virtual abandonment of Flint...
read more“Hire local,” union picketers urge at Flint Cultural Center Academy site; FCCC: “We did.” Contractor: “We are local.”
By Jan Worth-Nelson Ed: This story has been updated to add comments from Houston Mellentine, lead foreman for Structural Precast Services, a subcontractor on the Flint Cultural Center project. A group of picketers from several local unions at the construction site of the Flint Cultural Center Academy say they will stay at the site “until it’s finished” to argue that the project should have hired more local workers. Wayne Coffell of Flint, business manager with Ironworkers Local 25 in Burton, said while Rohmann Iron Works,...
read moreEnvironmental journalists depart Flint after “historic” conference in heart of water crisis territory
By Jan Worth-Nelson As 700 journalists and other attendees departed from downtown Flint after a five-day conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists last weekend, conference organizers said they hoped they plowed the ground for better environmental coverage — particularly about the Flint water crisis and related stories of environmental injustice. Community residents who participated, including water activists sought out by conference planners, called it “encouraging.” Built on the theme “Fresh Water:...
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