Today is “Count Day” for Flint Schools; “We want to make sure that all of our scholars are online, engaged, and connected.”…Anita Steward, Flint Community Schools superintendent
By Harold C. Ford “Wednesday, October 7 – Count Day”: That’s the message that greets visitors to the website of Flint Community Schools (FCS) as the number of students present and accounted for on this day will determine the initial amount of state aid received by local school districts in the state of Michigan. “Every student we get in attendance, we get roughly $8,000 for that pupil,” said FCS Superintendent Anita...
$2.5 million in grants available for “communities of color” with Friday deadline
A fund of $2.5 million is being made available to Genesee County nonprofit organizations identified as addressing the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on African American and Latinx residents, according to a Wednesday press release from The Community Foundation of Greater Flint (CFGF). The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9. According to the press release, funding for this Rapid Response Initiative comes from a grant from...
Mayor Neeley responds to Michigan Supreme Court ruling against Gov Whitmer
By Tom Travis Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley Monday urged residents and businesses “to continue following all recommended precautions against the spread of COVID-19,” following a ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court to overturn Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s actions to attempt to control COVID-19. Whitmer’s executive order powers were slashed by the highest court in the State on Friday. The Michigan Supreme Court, which...
Flint city clerk reports 15,000 absentee ballots mailed out; extended and weekend hours offered for voters
By Tom Travis Over fifteen thousand absentee ballot applications have been processed and ballots have been mailed out so far from the Flint City Clerk’s office, and extended weekly hours and Saturday and Sunday hours continue to be made available for voting, according to a press release issued from the clerk’s office Friday. The clerk’s office also has hired additional staff in preparation for the first presidential...
Hundreds of area small businesses and non-profits awarded $2.34 million in grants
Today, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) announced that 236 small businesses and nonprofits in Flint and Genesee County were awarded grants totaling more than $2.34 million through the Michigan Small Business Restart Program. The grantees were among the more than 11,300 organizations statewide that received grants announced in a press release today from Bob Campbell, Senior Communications Manager of the Flint &...
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