To retain and attract businesses in our region, the I-69 Thumb Region partners, including the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, and the EDA University Center for Community & Economic Development at UM-Flint are working together to gather information about the area’s business climate. Business leaders who are on the front-line of these issues are […]

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Earlier this year, Zingerman’s Delicatessen was named a finalist for a James Beard Award in the category of “Outstanding Service.” While Zuni Café in San Francisco ultimately received the 2018 award, when it comes to recognition from the prestigious James Beard Foundation – a national nonprofit that celebrates, nurtures and honors America’s diverse culinary heritage […]

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Lear Corp. on Aug. 11 welcomed the community to its new $29-million, 156,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, built on the site of the former Buick City administration building. Employment at the facility, which will supply seating for General Motors’ Flint Truck Assembly plant, is expected to grow 600 when it reaches full capacity by 2019. Click here to view […]

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Downtown Flint is picking up a new business resident. Goyette Mechanical is moving its Construction Division to 307 E. Court St. and will transition about two dozen employees to the new location. The company expects to complete the move by late September. “We are moving our construction estimators and project managers, plus some administrative people,” […]

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Attorney Kendall Williams, president of The Williams Firm in Grand Blanc, has been elected as a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers in the Class of 2018. He will be inducted Nov. 10 in San Francisco during the American Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education Conference. Founded in 1996 as a nonprofit professional […]

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