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FACES of Flint & Genesee Business: John Wentworth III
John Wentworth III started working in the real estate business 15 years ago. After training racehorses for over 15 years in Canada, Wentworth found himself at a crossroads; he loved what he did but found himself missing home. “When I started in real estate, I just wanted to earn enough money to eat.” says Wentworth. “I love working with people… Read More 

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5 Places to Get Local Produce
Flint and Genesee County has a vibrant agriculture industry with many local farmers growing fruits and vegetables during the warm seasons in their fields and during the wintertime in greenhouses and hoop houses. Access to fresh, local produce is never far. Here are five places you can shop: Rich’s Greenhouse and Farm Market Located on Linden Road in Swartz Creek,… Read More 

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The Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce will recognize business and community accomplishments differently this year with Twenty in ’20 — twenty individuals who have made a unique and positive impact in Flint & Genesee in 2020.  Nominations are now open. Twenty in ’20 replaces this year’s Art of Achievement Awards and gala, which was postponed until 2021 due the ongoing… Read More 

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Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) at McLaren Flint expands head and neck cancer services by collaborating with KCI physicians in Detroit. Head and neck surgical oncologists George Yoo, MD, Jeffrey Hotaling, MD and John Cramer, MD are now also seeing patients in Flint. Expanding head and neck surgical services brings this option closer to Genesee County residents. [caption id="attachment_48144" align="alignright" width="130"]… Read More 

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CEO BLOG: Join Us in Masking Up
Wear your mask. Wash your hands. Watch your distance. We’re all aware of these mantras. Except, they are not your average mantras. They are critical social mitigation tools to slow the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 to others. In fact, masking up is also one of the key ways that we can all help businesses keep their doors open.… Read More 

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Back to the Bricks, Flint, Michigan
Despite having to cancel the original format of Back to the Bricks, the annual festival is bringing an opportunity to classic car lovers to “Discover Flint”. This new event, hosted on Aug. 15, 2020, and presented by Back to the Bricks and General Motors, is an incredible, free opportunity to explore the history of downtown Flint while cruising past historic… Read More