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Business News – June 7, 2023
Renee Saba, manager of Education Programs at Applewood, has been awarded the Colleague Champion award by the Michigan Museum Association. This award is for those that have worked on a team or project as well as their service to a community or museum. The Flint Public Library changed its name to honor a former director. It is now the Gloria… Read More 

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Local leaders complete leadership development program, support Kayak Flint in capstone project
Informational sessions for 2023-24 cohort to be held June 20 (FLINT, Mich. – June 6, 2023) The Flint & Genesee community is stronger as eight local professionals have completed the latest round of Lead Now Flint & Genesee. The introspective leadership development program from the Flint & Genesee Group teaches current and emerging leaders how to effectively create a vision,… Read More 

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FACES of Flint & Genesee Business: Sean Murray, Rootless Coffee Co.
When Rootless Coffee Co. opened in September 2020, they set out to change how coffee was viewed by the masses.  “I had worked in coffee and there was a lot I didn’t like about it,” says Sean Murray, CEO of Rootless Coffee Co. “People were using plain paper bags with plain labels, the names felt very exclusive and limiting. It… Read More 

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Business News – May 17, 2023
Craig Fiederlein, senior partner at CF Legal, has been elected as president of the Genesee County Bar Association. Isaiah M. Oliver, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, has announced his resignation effective July 28 to take on the role of president for The Community Foundation of Northeast Florida. Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea, president of Mott Community College,… Read More 

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Moving Flint Forward
(FLINT, Mich. – May 15, 2023) – Today, General Motors and the Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance announced that 23 small businesses in Flint were awarded a total of $200,000 from the Moving Flint Forward Small Business Grant Program. This is the fourth round of grants from the GM-funded initiative, which supports revitalization efforts across the city’s neighborhoods by strengthening local businesses.… Read More