Food and Drink

Feature Story The Flint Fresh Food Hub and Mobile Market encourage healthy eating by making local farm fresh produce more accessible to Flint residents.
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In The News The fourth annual Porch Fest in Carriage Town happens on Friday, July 21, 2023. The free community festival will have food, yard games, street art, bounce houses, and live music performances.

The fourth annual Porch Fest in Carriage Town is underway


Feature Story Hundreds of people gather in downtown Flint's Buckham Alley for Alley Fest, an annual event hosted by nonprofit Friends of the Alley featuring live music, food, and vendors, on Saturday, July 8, 2023.
Feature Story This year's Pride Month in Flint will be filled with exciting activities, live performances, colorful bike rides, and much more.

Flint celebrates this year's PRIDE Month in major ways


In The News In honor of Men’s Health Month, Hamilton Community Health Network shares five valuable tips to help promote health and wellness in men across Genesee County.
Feature Story Music artist Anthony Feimster, known as Feimstro, stands posed outside Blackstone's Smokehouse after the opening night of his downtown tour on June 10, 2023.

The resounding soul and funk of Flint's own Feimstro


In The News Flint rap artist Jeff Skigh kicks off the summer with a free community-wide barbecue event in Flint's Carriage Town on Saturday, June 17, 2023.

Carriage Town comes alive with community-wide barbecue event this weekend


In The News The city of Beecher is gearing up for its first-ever Juneteenth celebration this year, complete with a basketball game, parade, festival, and sneaker ball.
Feature Story (Left to right) Tony and Cruz Asencio pose for a portrait during the Latinx Technology & Community Center’s Cinco de Mayo celebration on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Buckham Alley in downtown Flint.

In Pictures: Cinco de Mayo celebration in Buckham Alley


Partner Content A meal at El Azteco West in Lansing. The restaurant partnered with NorthWest Initiative to feature only 100% organic juice with its kids' meals.
Feature Story Grand Rapids Assistant Planning Director Jay Steffen describes these new benches in Grand Rapids' Creston neighborhood as a "direct result" of Michigan's Age-Friendly Action Plan.