Election Commission approves recall language for three MCC trustees
By Kate Stockrahm The Genesee County Election Commission voted 2-0 to approve recall language filed against Mott Community College (MCC) Trustees Janet Couch, John Daly III, and Wendy Wolcott on Aug. 1, 2024. The language, filed by Flint resident and MCC adjunct...
Flint celebrates Disability Pride Month, the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Madeleine Graham July is Disability Pride Month, and The Disability Network (TDN) and Genesee Health System (GHS) teamed up to celebrate with Flint-area individuals with disabilities. The event was hosted on July 26, 2024 — the 34th anniversary of the signing of...
Early, in-person voting begins in Flint
By EVM Staff Early voting hours in the City of Flint began on Saturday, July 27, 2024, and will continue for nine consecutive days through Sunday, August 4. According to a press release from the Flint City Clerk's Office on July 26, early voting hours are from 9 a.m....
Biden passes the torch to Harris, what now?
By Paul Rozycki You thought this was going to be a dull election year with a Biden/Trump rematch? It sure doesn’t look like it. In just the last month we’ve seen: A fumbling debate by the president of the United States; A Supreme Court ruling that limits the...
Downtown Flint’s Saginaw Street reopens this week
By EVM Staff Flint's Saginaw Street will reopen to vehicle traffic this week after over a year of construction work along the downtown thoroughfare. The City of Flint announced the reopening will happen ahead of schedule, originally assumed to be early August, in time...
Flint City Bucks power into USL2 playoffs, host Fort Wayne in Central Conference semi tonight
By Harold C. Ford The Flint City Bucks will host Fort Wayne FC in the United States League Two (USL2) Central Conference semi-final match tonight at Atwood Stadium. The Bucks have had a memorable 2024 showing thus far, powering into the first round of USL2 playoffs...
MCC announces interim president Shaunda Richardson-Snell amid vocal opposition from faculty, community
In an East Village Magazine exclusive interview, incoming Mott Community College (MCC) Interim President Shaunda Richardson-Snell responds to early criticism of her recent appointment by the college's Board of Trustees. By Kate Stockrahm Mott Community College...
Recall language filed against three Mott Community College trustees
By Kate Stockrahm Flint resident Patrick Hayes filed recall language against three members of the Mott Community College (MCC) Board of Trustees today. Hayes, who has served as an adjunct instructor at the college and whose step-daughter will be starting at MCC in the...
The East Village Magazine – July 2024
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‘Imagine Flint’ Comprehensive Plan update is underway
By Kate Stockrahm With one month down in a roughly 18-month engagement timeline, an update to the City of Flint’s “Imagine Flint” Comprehensive Plan is now underway. The plan, which acts as a guideline for Flint’s land use and future development, was originally...
Registration opens for week-long job skills training for Genesee County teens
By EVM Staff Registration is now open for TeenQuest’s summer session, which will be held from July 22 to July 25, 2024. The free pre-employment and leadership program teaches Genesee County teens the skills needed to get and keep a job. It also earns them an invite to...
Riley McLincha, local ‘drubbler,’ ‘runyaker,’ dead at 73
In honor of local runner, kayaker, musician, and friend Riley McLincha's passing, we’re republishing one of our favorite stories of his unique, adventurous spirit: "I drank water from the Flint River today" by Jan Worth-Nelson — originally published in August 2008....
City of Flint issues update on latest spill in Flint River
By EVM Staff The City of Flint has shared updated information regarding a recently reported spill of an "oily substance" in the Flint River. According to a press release on July 2, 2024, the spill was reported on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, from an outfall near the 1400...
Flint MTA unveils two new hydrogen buses, six electric vehicles
By Madeleine Graham The Flint Mass Transportation Authority (MTA) announced an eco-friendly expansion to its fleet this week. On Thursday, June 27, 2024, CEO Ed Benning unveiled two hydrogen fuel cell buses and six electric vehicles (EVs) at the MTA’s fueling station...
Education Beat: Closing out Flint Community Schools’ 2023-2024 year by the numbers
By Harold C. Ford The final weeks of Flint Community Schools' (FCS) 2023-2024 school year might be best understood by parsing the district’s numbers. The most important number may be five – the length, in years, of a new contract awarded to Superintendent Kevelin...
At 136 years, Garland Street Literary Club returns to its origins
By Jan Worth-Nelson In 1888, seven upper-class women, all neighbors in what was then considered one of Flint’s most elegant neighborhoods, walked along leafy streets to an early afternoon gathering at 718 Garland. It was the home of Mrs. Sarah Durand, wife of a...
Five years later, Flint’s Every Nation Church remains committed to ‘racial reconciliation’
By Harold C. Ford Five years after the merger of two Flint congregations – one predominantly white and located in the center of Flint, the other a Black congregation that left its church home near Flint’s north side – the co-pastors of Every Nation Assembly of God...
Nominating petitions for Flint’s Third Ward City Councilmember now open
By EVM Staff Nominating petitions for the 3rd Ward Flint City Council Member Recall Election are now available in the Flint City Clerk’s Office. According to a press release June 13, 2o24, the deadline for filing nominating petitions with the Clerk's Office will be...
Commentary: A primer for the August primary
By Paul Rozycki While so much attention has been on the November election between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Michigan’s August primary may be just as critical to determining who will govern us in the next few years. Because our primary...
Flint Public Art Project is ready to put paint to paper with new mural book series
By Madeleine Graham The Flint Public Art Project (FPAP) is launching a book series to showcase the hundreds of murals artists have painted on structures across the city since its founding over a decade ago. “People have been requesting books of the murals,” Joe...
Village Life: It’s Hard to be Blue at Bluebell
By Kate Stockrahm With construction happening nearly everywhere one can walk downtown this summer, I decided to spend a recent afternoon break at a place that always feels light-years away from the noise and dust of the city: Bluebell Beach. Google describes Bluebell...
The East Village Magazine – June 2024
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City of Flint to update Imagine Flint Comprehensive Plan, asks for resident feedback
EVM Staff During the month of June, the City of Flint Department of Business and Community Services will host community meetings in each ward to kick off the Imagine Flint Comprehensive Plan Update. The plan, formerly known as the "Imagine Flint Master Plan," helps...
Petitions for Flint Board of Education seat now open
By EVM Staff Petitions to become a member of Flint's Board of Education are now available through the Flint City Clerk's Office. According to a Clerk's Office press release on May 31, 2024, one seat will be open for the upcoming Nov. 5 election: that of current Flint...
Here’s where you can celebrate Juneteenth 2024 in Flint
By Canisha Bell The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on January 1, 1863 with the intent to free enslaved African Americans. However, not all enslaved African Americans were freed, nor even informed of their freedom, that day. In fact, over two years later...
