Monthly Archive:: January 2016

The main item for the meeting was review of the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), which had been updated based on feedback received in the last two weeks.  Additional discussion centered on how the CIP connects to the current water crisis in terms of infrastructure needs that have been exacerbated by damage to the pipes by …

While Flint residents appreciate donations of water, the water bottles and water filters take centuries to decompose in landfills. People are trying to work together to keep one crisis from causing another. Please see the attached flier from Keep Genesee County Beautiful that shows where you can get and recycle water and filters. Please note: …

This article originally appeared on MLive. FLINT, MI — The Flint Police Department is looking to hire people for civilian and police officer positions. Civilian jobs include a full-time opening for a crime analyst, and a part-time opening for a property room clerk. Both positions were made possible through grant funding, according to the department’s …

The EPA is in charge of the water crisis. Please share the following link: http://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-01/documents/1_21_sdwa_1431_emergency_admin_order_012116.pdf Very important for all that live, work and play in the City of Flint.

FLINT, Mich. – By the end of the day today, water response teams had canvassed all areas of the city providing Flint residents with free bottled water, filters, water replacement cartridges and water testing kits. To date, 30,770 homes in the city of Flint were either visited by a water response team, or the resident …

Residents of Flint should not be billed for the contaminated water that flowed into their homes for months while the city used the Flint River as a source. Why are we paying for a product that we can not consume? Come join us for a rally at City Hall on Monday, January 25, 2016 at …

Ask the Flint Mayor If your water department is still adding fluoride chemicals into the water supply ostensibly to reduce tooth decay, you are not only wasting money, because people are advised to avoid Flint’s tap water, but you are putting those that do drink the tap water at higher risk of lead poisoning. According …