Back in the 1960s, Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine sought a better way to engage the community while granting their medical students residencies on hospital campuses. Their aim was to form a symbiotic partnership that would not only put students in touch with the specific healthcare needs of a local community, but would

Here is how a healthcare model from San Francisco will lend itself to the care of local seniors and to the renewal of our city. The Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, also known as PACE, comes from humble beginnings. In the 1970s, a group of California physicians and healthcare administrators saw a great

The goal of the My City team is to share with our readers all that is good about Flint and the surrounding communities. In 2014, we will feature stories about how Flint is moving forward; however, it’s always good to take a moment and reflect on what was accomplished in the last year. We have

Let’s just be real here. What once stood as one of Flint’s more impressive buildings later became an eyesore. The Genesee Towers finally fell on December 22. She had all the trappings of an advanced mid-20th century structure in her day. There was a parking lot that sat on top of one tower while resting

Flint, Michigan is rapidly changing. Buildings that long stood are no longer standing, and city lots that once teemed with various institutions are now vacant. Jobs that once were are no more and the population has been disproportionately displaced. But there is more to the story. There are also new buildings in place of those

While Flint acts in many ways as an archetypal example of deindustrialization, she has never been alone in her struggle to regain economic stability. Of course, city residents often cite Detroit and Saginaw as two other examples of towns with economic hardships, but such setbacks are not exclusive to Michigan and are not always the