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 as a “lakeside park along the Flint River Bike Path featuring a sandy beach, a splash pad & shade kites,” but as I was walking past a couple on the way from the...
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 determine land use and other planning policy throughout the city, and the goal is adoption of an updated plan by December 2025. The City of Flint’s former plan...
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 Community Schools Board of Education President Michael Clack. Clack’s term term expires on Dec. 31 of this year, and he is currently competing...
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 on June 19, 1865 — when 2,000 Union troops arrived announcing the end of slavery in Galveston, Texas — there were still over 250,000 enslaved African Americans in the...
Mott Community College calls for interim president applications
By EVM Staff Mott Community College (MCC) has opened the application for its Interim President position. In a press release on May 22, 2024, the college states that “the person selected for this position will serve as the Interim President of Mott Community College until the position of the President is filled as otherwise determined by the Board of Trustees.” The release also notes that the college’s search for a...
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