FCC execs offer further detail on arts millage: as donor base shrinks, how to assure a “feel good” place
By Jan Worth-Nelson NOTE: We’ve moved this to the top as a reminder: Citizens for A Better Genesee County, the volunteer group which proposed and is promoting the proposal, has scheduled town halls for 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19 at the New McCree Theater, 2040 W. Carpenter Rd.; and 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 24 at the Whiting Auditorium, 1241 E. Kearsley St. In the lead-up to two upcoming informational town halls and an Aug. 7 vote...
City Council approves brownfield abatement plan for site of proposed downtown hotel
By Meghan Christian Flint City Council (FCC) approved a brownfield abatement plan as part of a proposed downtown hotel development project along with three job descriptions and qualifications at their meeting July 9. They also unanimously approved a plan for repaving Court Street from Crapo Street to Center Road. Fourth Ward Councilwoman Kate Fields was absent from the meeting. First proposed at the Sept. 20, 2017 FCC meeting, the...
As two big endorsements back county-wide arts millage for Aug. 7 vote, advocates address citizen concerns
By Jan Worth-Nelson The Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce (FGCC) and the Board of Education of the Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) both endorsed the proposed Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment millage proposal up for a county-wide vote Aug. 7 in statements issued this week. The .96 mill, 10-year proposal, estimated to yield about $8.7 million per year for the Flint Cultural Center organizations,...
Commentary: Arts millage advocates need to answer basic questions to help voters decide
By Linda Pohly The Genesee County ballot for Aug. 7 will include a proposal for an Arts Education & Cultural Enrichment Millage. If the millage passes, according to Citizens for a Better Genesee County, the group behind the millage campaign, the County–through its taxpayers–would pay an estimated $8.2 million per year for 10 years to the Flint Cultural Center Foundation for division among three Cultural Center...
$30 million HUD Choice grant comes through to replace Atherton East public housing
By Jan Worth-Nelson A longstanding and continuing effort to relocate the crime-ridden Atherton East housing complex received a major boost today with the announcement that a $30 million federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been awarded to the City of Flint and the Flint Housing Commission. The Choice Neighborhoods Grant, announced in a joint press release by U.S. Congressman Dan Kildee and U.S....
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