Choice Neighborhoods Team seeks five for $30 million HUD grant implementation
Charged with overseeing a $30 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant awarded to the City of Flint and the Flint Housing Commission, The Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Team announces five full-time employment positions. Flint was one of five U.S. cities awarded neighborhood HUD grants in July. Tied to South Flint and specifically the Atherton East public housing complex, as detailed in a July EVM story, the...
Berston Field House: Community life thriving on North End’s “hallowed ground”
By Teddy Robertson At Berston Field House the trees that shade the ball diamond refract a vibrant yellow against the gray October sky. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, fans from across Genesee County filled the bleachers and parking lot at 3300 Saginaw St. to cheer the Sunday Inner City Softball League games. Today the action is indoors and Berston Field House hums with activity. Success of the August 2018 arts millage has enabled the...
News Brief: Hurley requiring flu vaccine for all healthcare workers
Hurley Medical Center has announced a new policy requiring an annual flu vaccine for all healthcare workers and volunteers. Last year, according to a Hurley press release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 80,000 Americans died of complications from flu. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has established a goal that 90 percent of all U.S. healthcare workers receive the flu shot, a threshold Hurley...
News Brief: Sloan Museum closing Dec. 9, invites public comment
The Sloan Museum, closing Dec. 9 for renovations, invites public comment in redesigning its Flint history exhibits. “The current Flint history galleries have remained stagnant for over 20 years,” said Todd Slisher, executive director of Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium. “We’re preparing for our exhibits to undergo a radical transformation.” Sign up for notification of focus groups or send ideas via email to Sloan@SloanLongway.org....
Thanksgiving memoir: Temple of the City — a story of Atwood Stadium
By Gary L. Fisher NOTE: Gary Fisher, a local historian, spoke on the history of the venerable Atwood Stadium at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 at the Genesee County Historical Society at the Durant-Dort Carriage Company office, 316 W. Water St., Flint. My first trip to Flint’s Atwood Stadium is seared in to my brain. My mom told me my dad would have a big surprise for me when he got home for work. As a five-year-old I assumed that meant...