Amanda Blackburn, Author at Flint & Genesee Group

Genesee County: The place Google should go

April 2, 2010 | Categories: Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, Newsroom | Tags: Flint, Genesee County

A take action stance was the platform Flint and Genesee County took to nominate the area for the Google Fiber for Communities project. The project is a nationwide search Google is holding to determine in which community they will build their ultra-high-speed broadband network—a network that promises Internet speed 100 times faster than what is […]

Small Business Committee to hear Water Pipeline Project Presentation

March 1, 2010 | Categories: Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, Member Services, Newsroom | Tags: Flint, Genesee County, Genesee County Drain Commissioner, Jeff Wright, SBC, Small Business Committee, water pipeline

Jeff Wright, Genesee County Drain Commissioner, will deliver a presentation on why he believes the county should build a water pipeline from Lake Huron to Genesee County, at the March 10, Small Business Committee (SBC) meeting. The meeting begins at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast and networking in the 1st floor Cafeteria at Kettering University’s Student […]

Head of Economic Development at Flint & Genesee Chamber announces retirement

February 5, 2010 | Categories: Economic Development, Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, Newsroom | Tags: Ed Donovan, Flint, Genesee County

Edward Donovan—head of economic development at the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce—has announced that he will retire from the organization in early April. Mr. Donovan has served as the senior vice president of economic development at the Regional Chamber since January 2006, and will retire from that position on March 5. Prior to joining […]