The perfect place to have fun and get some great exercise is Planet 3 Extreme Air Park (P3), located on Miller Road in Flint. Since opening in May, the trampoline park has been a hit with kids and adults, alike. “Our capacity is 225 and we’ve flirted with that number more than a few times,” admits P3 General Manager, Mark. The park boasts a “flight deck” of nearly 18,000 feet of jump space and plenty of fun and challenging attractions.
It isn’t every day that you can cook your dinner on a rock – let alone, a black volcanic rock! But that is exactly what you will do when you dine at the Black Rock ™ Bar & Grill in Davison. The popular restaurant celebrates its one-year anniversary this month and has already gained a lot of fans, according to General Manager, Dave Simonovic. “People come here for a great steak and for the ambiance,” he says. “It’s a cool experience.” The main attraction is the 755-degree Australian lava rock on which the meat is cooked, right at your table. “It keeps all the juices in,” the GM explains, “and keeps the food hot the whole time.”
Sweet apple cider, a warm sugar-and-cinnamon-coated donut and a big bite of a juicy red apple picked right off the tree. There is no better way to celebrate a crisp fall day than making a family trip to the apple orchard. And Spicer Orchards in Hartland is a popular destination for Greater Flint families. According to Will Cartwright, Manager of the juice, wine and cider-making, family is what it’s all about at the business started in 1968 by Alan and Wanda Spicer.
The barely two-year-old Habitat BRAND – Building Resident Action by Neighborhood Design – program is adding hope to Flint by changing neighborhoods aesthetically, bringing people together in a positive way and building new memories meant to leave an optimistic mark on the city.
For middle-school-aged Dakotah Norton, riding his BMX bicycle was always an exhilarating experience. Whether tearing around his Davison backyard negotiating jumps he constructed, catching air at area skate parks or immersing himself in all that nearby Richfield Park BMX had to offer, the young Norton felt most at home, most free in the saddle of his bike. “In many ways, I’m still just that kid on his bike tooling around the backyard,” Norton says. “Being on my bike wherever, whenever, has always been exciting for me. That has not changed. It’s what I love to do.”
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Good things are happening at the University of Michigan-Flint. Yet another major Downtown project is underway that will benefit students and the community at large. UM-Flint Chancellor, Susan Borrego, is proud to announce the latest Downtown development, the expansion of the William R. Murchie Science Building – home to thousands of students in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) program. A Groundbreaking Ceremony is set for October 11 at 3pm, open to all campus and community members. Designed by Architect, Harley Ellis Devereaux in Southfield, the expansion is expected to be complete in January 2021.
After 90 years, it is safe to state that Cline, Cline & Griffin and its predecessors have been part of Flint’s legal community throughout the 20th Century.
