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Looking for fun in Flint & Genesee?  Need Flint & Genesee products to send to friends and family?  Then visit the new Flint & Genesee Convention & Visitors Bureau Visitors Center at the New Farmers Market in downtown Flint.  The new center is slated to open on Saturday, June 21. According the Cheryl DeFrain, Director of the FGCVB the new… Read More 

Want to become a power networker? Then join the African American Advisory Committee of the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce as they present the Power of Networking.  The Lunch & Learn event takes place on Friday, June 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Riverfront Center, University of Michigan-Flint School of Management & Entrepreneurial Leadership. Jennie Dumont,… Read More 

Establishing a global brand is not easy, but JoAnne and Julius Shaw had a vision in 1976 that has burgeoned from humble beginnings to incorporate more than 100 U. S. locations, 20 global locations and products distributed from coast-to-coast and around the world.  The Made in Flint & Genesee company uses time-tested principles to hone a family business approach that… Read More 

The Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce will host Bottom-Line Training from Zingerman’s Training (ZingTrain) on Wednesday, June 18, at the Genesys Conference and Banquet Center from 8:00 a.m. to noon.  The seminar is the second in a series. Bottom-Line Training participants will learn about Zingerman’s four training plan questions and how to use them to develop training plans. The… Read More 

Looking to learn more about management, compliance, safety or software?  Then check out the full offering of Coggno training available through the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce. Coggno is an online, on-demand program offering thousands of training courses for employee development and certification in a variety of categories, including Human Resources, Compliance, Workplace Safety, Software, Business Management and more.… Read More