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A new view from the saddle: Midland Police introduce mounted patrol

Midland’s first-ever mounted patrol unit is bringing a quieter, more approachable form of policing to community events, creating new opportunities for connection.

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How one bank is dedicated to making a difference

Employees come together to support local nonprofits and address critical community needs.

OPINION: Here is one solution for the problem of social media and political violence

The intensity of America’s political culture that factored into the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk has intensified the scrutiny of the role of social media.

Justin Merrick is striving to make positive changes across South Memphis and beyond as the Executive Director of the Center for Transforming Communities.
Voices of More for Memphis: Justin Merrick of the Center for Transforming Communities

Tafui Owusu spoke with Justin Merrick of the Center for Transforming Communities about the nonprofit's mission, challenges, and the necessity and power of community engagement.  

Rychetta Watkins, Memphis Music Initiative's Director of Grantmaking and Partnerships, discusses equity and access to the arts in Memphis neighborhoods and the need for an office in the Arts & Culture sector.
Voices of More for Memphis: Rychetta Watkins of Memphis Music Initiative

“We are world-renowned in Memphis for our culture.” Tafui Owusu spoke with Rychetta Watkins, Memphis Music Initiative's Director of Grantmaking and Partnerships, about equity and access to the arts in Memphis neighborhoods and the need for an office in the Arts & Culture sector.

Bea's Detroit Small Business Art Garden on the Dequindre Cut
Bea’s Detroit wants to help small businesses flourish with art garden on Dequindre Cut

Several 3-by-3 canvases featuring local small businesses have popped up in Bea’s Small Business Art Garden next to Bea’s Squeeze lemonade stand, which launched in 2019 on the Dequindre Cut as a pop-up to market Beatrice and Eli Wolnerman’s upcoming coworking space in Eastern Market.

$262,500 granted to help black businesses reopen in Flint

The funds were granted to the Genesee Chamber Foundation by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation as part of the Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce’s Restart Flint and Genesee Grant Program. The program was first formed out of a partnership with the Consumer Energy Foundation that allocated $200,000 to help businesses county-wide. The additional $262,500 from the C.S. Mott Foundation will focus on helping to rehabilitate black small businesses in Flint. 

In Good Co.: How the next generation of Henry the Hatter, and the reign of Henry V, was born

For the past 127 years, there has been no better place to find a quality, Detroit-style hat than Henry the Hatter.

Mott Community College commits to helping students through and after Covid-19 concerns

Joining in on a $422,000 grant from the Educational Credit Management Corporation Foundation (ECMC) to the Michigan Community College Association, Mott Community College (MCC) is extending housing, food, child care, and transportation support to its students.

Here’s a map to all 100 of the murals transforming Flint neighborhoods

Here’s how you can see them all. The location of each of the city’s 100 murals (a few more are on the way yet this year) can be seen and explored at this interactive map — thanks to detailed information provided by the Flint Public Art Project.  

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