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Flint, MI – The Flint Farmers’ Market, managed by Uptown Reinvestment Corporation (URC) announced today additional details on plans to relocate the market to the former Flint Journal printing facility at 300 E. First Street. The move, slated to take place on May 1, 2014, marks the return of the market to the downtown Flint area after more than 70 years.  The new… Read More 

(FLINT, Mich. – Sept. 3, 2013) The Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce is looking for gritty to pretty and everything in between in its new “SEE Photography Contest,” a monthly competition that will run year ‘round. Amateur and professional photographers are encouraged to submit photos of the city of Flint and the communities of Genesee County, showing the best… Read More 

(FLINT, MICH – August 30, 2013) The City of Flint and the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce will host a “Manufacturing Community Roundtable” on September 4 that will convene local governments in Michigan with top officials from the federal and state government, private sector manufacturers, and other organizations seeking to promote more robust manufacturing growth in Michigan and beyond. … Read More 

[caption id="attachment_3909" align="alignright" width="115"] Tim Herman, CEO[/caption] The days of summer are coming to an end. They will soon be replaced by fall colors and crispness in the air. But before we usher in the fall season, I want to thank Chamber members for coming out to our annual appreciation event, Hot Rods & Hot Dogs. We had a record… Read More