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Flint & Genesee Education & Talent seeks employers to hire teens this summer
(Flint, Mich., Feb. 6, 2023) Flint & Genesee Education & Talent’s teen employment program, Summer Youth Initiative (SYI), is now accepting responses to its Request for Proposal (RFP) from local businesses and organizations looking for employees this summer.   “Traditionally, we have partnered with mostly nonprofits and schools to employ our SYI teens and we are looking forward to continuing… Read More 

Steel fabricator’s $11M expansion receives state, local support
Miller Industries—a local manufacturer that specializes in custom steel fabrication and air supply systems—is set to nearly double its workforce with an $11 million-expansion to its Fenton Township location. The company, which continues to experience increased sales, plans to add manufacturing, warehouse, and office space to its headquarters. The expansion project is expected to create 115 good-paying manufacturing jobs for… Read More 

Business News – Feb. 1, 2023
General Motors Co. recently announced that it will invest $579 million in its Flint Engine Operations facility. This investment will help prepare GM’s sixth generation family of small-block V-8 gas engines, along with the associated block, head, and crank machining. This will mark a return of V-8 engine production to Flint and is part of a planned investment across four… Read More 

Explore Flint & Genesee Announces New Executive Director
(Flint, Mich., Jan. 30, 2023) On January 23, Amari Steward was promoted to executive director of Explore Flint & Genesee, a division of Flint & Genesee Group. The position opened in November of 2022 after the restructuring of departments at the Group which promoted former executive director Alaina Wiens to Chief Marketing & Communications Officer effective January 1.   “We… Read More 

Business News – Jan. 11, 2023
Lewis & Knopf, CPA, P.C., announced the promotions of Ashish Kapoor, Kenneth W. Rappuhn, II, and Brittany Sepanak. All three professionals are taking on new responsibilities as managers. Prior to their promotions, Kapoor served as a senior staff accountant in the firm’s tax department, Rappuhn served as a senior staff accountant and Sepanak served as an accounting associate on the… Read More