FlintNOW Fund announces over $1.5m in grants to support the Flint community
By EVM Staff The FlintNOW Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint (CFGF) announced its first round of grant funding in mid-February, totaling $1,595,000, to support what it called “essential programs” in the Flint community. The grants range from $50,000 to $500,000 to multiple organizations for projects in healthcare, education, and well-being: Communities First, Inc. was awarded $120,000 to support Safe Play at...
Mott Community College to host free screening of ‘St. John Street: Story of a Neighborhood’
By Kate Stockrahm Mott Community College (MCC) will host a screening of the new PBS documentary “St. John Street: Story of a Neighborhood” on February 26, 2025. The documentary features first-person interviews “chronicling families in Flint who built a vibrant community” on the city’s north side before urban renewal and Interstate-475 displaced the more than 7,000, mostly Black residents that called the St. John neighborhood home....
Education Beat: Last month at the Flint Ed. Board: a first step for Central, officer elections, bye bye to the balanced calendar, a $700k settlement and more
By Harold C. Ford By any measure, January 2025 was a consequential month for Flint Community Schools (FCS) and its school board. Most newsworthy, perhaps, was a kick-start to the possible reopening of long-abandoned Flint Central High School, which EVM covered earlier this month. Other important developments included the election of officers by the Flint Board of Education (FBOE), abandonment of the district’s balanced...
Library to host ‘Literacy Festival’
By EVM Staff The Gloria Coles Flint Public Library will host a Literacy Festival this Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. “In celebration of literacy and to encourage a community of readers, we invite you to meet children’s author Rae Chesny, adult author Jamila Minnicks and create songs with local musician Anthony Feimster,” the library’s press release states. “Rae Chesny will share her children’s book Zora’s Garden and...
PRESS RELEASE: Mott Community College trustees welcome new members, elect officers
The Mott Community College (MCC) Board of Trustees on Jan. 27 held the official swearing-in ceremony for two new Board members and a third member who was re-elected to a full term. The organizational meeting is held every two years for the purpose of swearing in new Trustees, electing officers and assigning committee membership. Newly elected Trustees Kenyetta Dotson, of Flint, and Candice Miller, of Burton, and returning Trustee...
City releases candidate list for Third Ward Flint City Council position
By EVM Staff The official candidate list for the currently vacant Third Ward Flint City Council seat has been released. According to a City of Flint press release citing the Genesee County Clerk’s information, the four candidates are Beverly L. Biggs-Leavy, A.C. (Arlington) Dumas, LaShawn R. Johnson, and Richard F. Jones. The primary election for the position will be held this May with the final election taking place in August....
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