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Students Learn Entrepreneurialism through YQ Biz
Elementary students through YouthQuest have begun participating in the YQ Biz My Town program, a curriculum teaching entrepreneurialism and financial literacy. “We are excited to have launched our YQ Biz program,” says Leslie Davis, program director of afterschool education for Flint & Genesee Education & Talent. “Our students are learning about profit and cost, production, how to build a business… Read More 

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Executive Perspective: Why Financial Literacy Matters
By Dr. Kimberly Leverette April marks Financial Literacy Month. Moving into the month, I want to recognize the importance of preparing students for the future through teaching financial literacy. In a survey of 15-year-old students shared on Youth.gov, 18 percent had not yet learned fundamental financial skills including building a simple budget, comparison shopping or understanding an invoice. At the… Read More 

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Flint & Genesee Group's annual meeting highlights successes, eyes growth in 2022

The Flint & Genesee Group today reported on how it reimagined, reinvented and reset in 2021 to create a stronger, more inclusive economy for Flint and Genesee County. The annual meeting, held before more than 300 attendees at Flint’s Capitol Theatre, also spotlighted the Group’s broad-based efforts to help the business community meet its workforce needs related to pandemic-related challenges.

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FACES of Flint & Genesee Business: Nichol Albiar and Chris Veihl, Steady Eddy’s Café at the Market
About seven years ago, employees Nichol Albiar and Chris Veihl took over ownership of Steady Eddy’s Café at the Market - a staple in Flint for roughly 30 years. The local restaurant, which has had three previous owners, started in Davison but soon moved to the Flint Farmers’ Market on the second floor of its former location. When the Flint… Read More 

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FACES of Flint & Genesee Business: Sandra Clark, Applied EcoSystems
Since college, Sandra Clark has had a keen interest in the environment. She graduated with a degree in computer programming from the University of Michigan-Flint, a pathway that led her to where she is today. “I was hired by an environmental company right out of college to do programming related to tracking groundwater contamination,” says Clark. “Shortly after that, I… Read More