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I-69 Thumb Region Selects Winner of the Food & Beverage Business Contest
(DAVISON, Mich. – January 23, 2017)  Today, seven businesses vied in the “Catapult Your Craft Food & Beverage Business Competition,” with Elk Street Brewery in Sanilac County taking home top honors and the $5,000 grand prize. The final round of the business competition was held today as part of the 5th Annual Regional Summit, hosted by the I-69 Thumb Region… Read More 

Things To Do in Flint & Genesee
Information and dates are subject to change without notice. Please call ahead to confirm. Events Attractions Art & Culture Entertainment Shopping Dining with Evening Entertainment Nightlife Download PDF Events Tuesday, January 24: “Let’s Hike It Baby!” at For-Mar Nature Preserve, 2142 N. Genesee Road, Burton * (810) 789-8567 * hikeitbaby.com (Event runs 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.) Get outside, get active and explore! Designed… Read More 

Leadership NOW Kicks Off Third Cohort with 18 Genesee County Professionals
(FLINT, Mich., January 20, 2017) – Eighteen local professionals have been selected to participate in Leadership NOW, an intensive, year-long leadership development program offered through the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Genesee County. The participants selected for the third cohort, which kicked off today, represent a wide variety of current and emerging leaders who work… Read More 

Craft Food & Beverage Business Competition Highlights the 5th Annual I-69 Thumb Regional Summit
The finals of the "Catapult Your Craft Food & Beverage Business Competition" will headline the 5th Annual Regional Summit, hosted by the I-69 Thumb Region. The half-day Summit – which takes place from noon to 5 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Davison Country Club – will also recap major projects and successes, and feature expert panels on talent and real… Read More 

Machine Shop, Flint, Michigan, Things To Do in Flint and Genesee: January 16-22, 2017
Information and dates are subject to change without notice. Please call ahead to confirm. Events Attractions Art & Culture Entertainment Shopping Dining with Evening Entertainment Nightlife Download PDF Events Monday, January 16: “Martin Luther King Jr. Drop-in Craft” at the Flint Public Library/Main Branch, 1026 E. Kearsley Street, Flint * (810) 232-7111 * fpl.info (Event runs 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.) Meet in the… Read More 

Answers to "The Truth is..." Now on Display at MW Gallery
Since 2011, the Truth Booth — a portable, recording studio from the Cause Collective — has been touring the world, asking those who step inside it to finish the sentence, “The truth is…”  Last year, thanks to a collaboration between the Mott-Warsh Gallery and Cranbrook Art Museum, the booth stopped for two weeks in Detroit and Flint, where more than… Read More