At 100, Applewood Estate celebrates by welcoming community
By Jan Worth-Nelson In 1916, the Charles Stewart Mott family of Flint clearly were “one percenters” as we’d call them today, and the life they shaped for themselves when they built their estate that year at the foot of Kearsley Street reflects a passion for healthy home-grown food, architectural beauty and self-sufficiency. As the city the Motts influenced so deeply struggles its way out of the latest crises, Applewood Estate...
Crossing Water guides Flint residents to safer shores
By Nic Custer Michael Hood knew from 30 years as a wilderness guide that a canoe can’t get from shore to shore unless the rotten wood is replaced first. This metaphor is what inspired the name for Crossing Water, an Ann Arbor-based organization playing a crucial role in Flint’s water crisis. Crossing Water, Hood’s volunteer outreach organization, is applying multi-disciplinary approaches to finding gaps in social services for...
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