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Feature Story The Reyes home on Bishop Avenue has witnessed four generations with Ricky Reyes now raising his grandson in his childhood home that he bought in 1984, initially bought in 1960. Neighborhoods

‘This is home’: Why these longtime residents stayed in North Flint

Xandr BrownWednesday, September 23, 2020
Feature Story Kyle Kuzma working with young basketball players during his 2019 camp at Powers Catholic High School. Arts and Culture

Basketball has saved my son’s mental health during the pandemic

Patrick HayesTuesday, September 22, 2020
In The News Resident Antoine Little working during a cleanup in the Sarvis Park area in Flint. Neighborhoods

How a group of residents continues to make Sarvis Park a “beacon of hope”

Patrick HayesTuesday, September 15, 2020
In The News Janie Beuthin and her husband Ryan turned a vacant lot in Mott Park into a flower farm. Neighborhoods

A Mott Park family creatively reused a vacant lot to add beauty to neighborhood

Patrick HayesWednesday, September 2, 2020
Feature Story A child bicycles past one of the orange signs on Dayton Avenue celebrating Civic Park's centennial. Neighborhoods

Mott Foundation grants will support the pride, creativity in Flint neighborhoods

Patrick HayesWednesday, August 26, 2020
Feature Story Shiann Howard creates a poem for a young Art Walk attendee. Arts and Culture

Using poetry to enhance Flint's magic

Patrick HayesWednesday, August 19, 2020
Feature Story Almost a half-mile long, Hasselbring Park shares its name with the Hasselbring Senior Center and stretches almost as far as the eye can see into Brownell-Holmes' northern border with Carpenter Road. Neighborhoods

How Brownell-Holmes residents defined their Flint neighborhood on their own terms

Santiago OchoaWednesday, July 22, 2020
In The News trailslist Healthy Communities

Grand Traverse Greenway to help pave the way for economic development in Flintgrand-traverse-greenway-trail-070820.aspx

Ashley SchaferWednesday, July 8, 2020
In The News Over 500 people gathered together at The Urban Renaissance Center celebrated their 10 annual Holiday Walk on Tuesday evening, December 10. Neighborhoods

Civic Park celebrates annual tree-lighting ceremony, a symbol of resurrection and hope

Anna MansfieldWednesday, December 11, 2019
Video Fli-City Studios mural Arts and Culture

A 3-minute tour of Flint's murals

Marjory RaymerWednesday, November 6, 2019
In The News Katie Bach (left) and her husband, Matt, (second from right) pose with the film crew from 'House Hunters' and their two dogs Chewie and Chester. Neighborhoods

Why local 'House Hunters' chose Flint — 'For us, it's home'

Matt Bach | Special to FlintsideWednesday, October 16, 2019
In The News Local muralist Charlie Boike painting a mural of Claressa Shields on the side of Julie's Pawn shop on 2820 South Saginaw for Flint's Free City Mural Festival on Saturday, October 12. Arts and Culture

Flint's 22-mural grand finale 'is history in the making'

Xandr BrownWednesday, October 16, 2019
In The News Aniyah Colston, 13; Isaiah Crockett, 16; and Aniyah Colston (left to right) giggle before the camera while painting a mural on the water distribution trailer in the Joy Tabernacle parking lot. Arts and Culture

Free City Mural Festival to transform south Flint, celebrate city's massive art project

Xandr BrownWednesday, October 9, 2019
Feature Story The Hilton Garden Inn project in Flint is renovating the former Genesee County Savings Bank Building. Built in 1920, it had sat vacant for years. Economic Development

New hotel in downtown Flint symbolizes city's comeback

Marjory RaymerWednesday, September 25, 2019
In The News City of Flint Neighborhood Planner Dequan Allen leads a focus group beside Civic Park residents Ernest-C Martin, 72 (left) and Arthur Port, 77, (right) on September 7 for the neighborhood planning workshop. Community Development

Civic Park becomes 15th Flint neighborhood to create action plan for improvements

Xandr BrownWednesday, September 11, 2019
In The News murals route Arts and Culture

Here’s how you can see all 40-plus new Flint murals in a single road trip

Marjory RaymerWednesday, August 7, 2019
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