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Flint’s outdoor spaces provide valuable fitness — and mental health — outlets for residents
Flint offered plenty of outdoor spaces to help people with exercise -- and mental health -- over the summer.
Farm in the heart of a Flint neighborhood providing produce, knowledge
Edible Flint's Educational Farm has been in its new location since 2018, allowing for expansion of crops and new opportunities to spread knowledge to residents.
Poets add to Flint’s magic
"That’s the impact Flint has had on me -- its spirit of innovation."
Rapper Louie Ray brings the realness of Flint to stages all over the Midwest
Flint's Louie Ray, 27, has become a staple in the live performance scene, appearing regularly at Empire Event Center, Chips, Club 69, Raspberries, and even Dort Federal Event Center. With 10 albums logged under his name, he's taking his grind from Flint across the Midwest.
How Flint’s CEO disc jockey is inspiring the next generation of musicians
Growing up in Flint, Gabrielle Davis saw a lack of music education in schools. Through the Dream League Flint Music Mentoring Program, she's helping to fill those gaps.
Flint’s millennial SoundCloud rapper Expen$ive grows a global following
Flint rapper Expen$ive's song "Larry Bird" caught on as a Soundcloud sensation in 2015 and has been streamed more than 240,000 times. Rocketing from the song's virality, Expen$ive has garnered attention from American rapper and producer Boosie and produced three albums, showing a lot of promise in his young career.
Flint music studio providing creative space for Flint artists
Sam Doan and Akeem Brown combined their passions for music to create Superior Outlet, a professional music production and engineering studio with a full range of services for artists — and they've worked with a who’s who of up-and-coming Flint musicians, including Louie Ray, YN Jaylein, Presidential P, and Richyy.
History shows Mahindra — the automaker looking to create 2,000 Flint jobs — has long been an ally
The possible expansion to Buick City wouldn’t be the company’s first tie to Flint. Researchers in Kettering University’s Advanced Power Electronics Lab partnered with GenZe, a Mahindra-owned sustainable transportation company, to develop a prototype of an electric scooter in 2013.
History shows Mahindra — the automaker looking to create 2,000 Flint jobs — has long been an ally
The possible expansion to Buick City wouldn’t be the company’s first tie to Flint. Researchers in Kettering University’s Advanced Power Electronics Lab partnered with GenZe, a Mahindra-owned sustainable transportation company, to develop a prototype of an electric scooter in 2013.
