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New Investment in Historic Carriage Neighborhood with Georgia Manor Apartments Flint, Michigan – Communities First, Inc. is pleased to announce the virtual Ground Breaking Ceremony for Georgia Manor Apartments on Thursday, October 22 at 12:00pm.  The project addresses several important community needs, including blight, affordable housing and neighborhood redevelopment. The current building at 411 Lyon …

Communities First, Inc. will surprise Flint area residents during one of the most stressful years in our history as they celebrate World Kindness Day. World Kindness Day is a global day that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world. This day, celebrated on November 13 of each …

Hamilton Community Health Network will be giving no-cost flu shots to anyone who is in need of one at the Hamilton-Flint location on Tuesday, November 17th. Who: Hamilton Community Health Network What: Hamilton will be offering No-Cost Flu Vaccines at Center For Hope’s food give-a-way event. Vaccines are available to anyone, regardless of ability to …

Mott Foundation grants nearly $450,000 to demolish blighted structures and strengthen Flint neighborhoods Flint, Mich. — The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has granted $448,029 to the Genesee County Land Bank to help reduce blight in the city of Flint in response to how residents voted to strengthen neighborhoods. Mott announced in August that it would …

LANSING, Mich. – One of the locations that provides nutritious food by the truckload to Flint residents has cancelled earlier announced distributions for November. There will no longer be November distribution at Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church, 1417 N. Stephenson St. Additional distributions for November may be scheduled at a later date. To check …

Funding is in response to residents’ input Flint, Mich. — The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has awarded its first grant in response to how residents voted to spend $1 million to strengthen Flint neighborhoods. The community-led grantmaking is part of the Foundation’s Focus on Flint initiative. The Genesee County Habitat for Humanity received $121,406 to …

Hello Traffic Taming Taskforce (TTTF) members! In honor of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, we would like to encourage everyone to sign our pledge to not drive distracted! Doing so will ensure safety for all drivers and pedestrians. After signing the pledge, please forward this email to friends and family who live, work, and/or go to …