Uptown Reinvestment Corporation enters a purchase agreement with The Flint Journal The Flint-area economy is moving in the right direction and if it’s up to Uptown Reinvestment Corporation (URC) and its partners, the community will continue to see the revitalization of downtown Flint.  Today, the momentum continues. URC, a nonprofit corporation created to strategically target […]

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For those who have not ventured into downtown Flint, Michigan for the last few years, or those who have never had the pleasure of visiting this historic city, there is much to be discovered.  Thanks to major restoration and renovation work that has been underway for several years, the City of Flint is not only being […]

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Fraternity Floor Replaces Fraternity House as Unique Living Option (FLINT, MICH. – JUNE 2)  When the brothers of Kettering University’s Beta Theta Pi Fraternity found themselves in need of a place where they could live together for first time in three years, they were faced with a difficult search.  The unique aspect of the Kettering […]

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(FLINT, MI – December 21, 2010)   By next summer, Flint-area teens and college students will see a long-treasured venue for local music and art relocated and transformed, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The grant will allow the Foundation for the Uptown Reinvestment Corporation to redevelop a vacant building in […]

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July 12, 2010—As part of its ongoing commitment to provide appropriate levels of medical care and services in the most effective and needed settings, Genesys announced today its plans to realign emergency care services and establish a patient care facility in downtown Flint as part of the city’s revitalization initiatives.

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