Downtown Flint is bustling with activity! New restaurants are popping up, buildings are being renovated, and businesses are thriving. Busy professionals grab a hot cup of Joe to-go at one of the coffee shops as they hustle to work, while college students hurry off to class. Visitors from all over descend upon the Flint Farmers’ Market with its wide array of luscious fruit and vegetables, meats, cheeses, tasty treats and fabulous eateries. The swell of activity and revitalization in Downtown Flint has also brought a surge of people who choose to live in one of the new loft or luxury apartments that have become available in the last few years.
If there’s one word that describes the content in every issue of My City, it’s VARIETY! With 2016 now behind us, we thought it would be fun to re-visit some reader-favorites.
Brrr! It’s cold outside! While some folks enjoy cozying up to a warm fire during the winter months, there is a group of adventure seekers who don’t mind the frigid temperatures.
In the mood to ignore the cold weather and read an interesting book? Take a look at this list of local authors’ works of various genres.
There are two things Glenn and Essence Wilson have in common: they love their hometown and they love helping people. The couple who founded Communities First, Inc. a non-profit organization committed to promoting and providing an improved quality of life for residents through economic development and affordable housing solutions, is doing just that – helping people build a better community.
Preston English, a senior at Fenton High School, has an unusual hobby: he is a true, vintage typewriter aficionado.
Arthur Jerome Eddy, may not have a local street or building named after him, but he is still a prominent part of not only Flint’s history, but also the history of American Modern art.
Human trafficking is happening in every state in the U.S. and every country across the planet. It is an approximately $32 billion industry worldwide. In the United States, between 100,000 and 300,000 children are at risk for sexual exploitation. In Michigan, 220 cases related to human trafficking were processed by the FBI in 2015 and 62 cases were reported to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in January-March 2016. Of those thrust into the commercial sex trade, approximately 3% are kidnapped, 62% are lured in, and 35% are sold by their own family members. The average age of girls affected is between 11 and 14 years old.
Sara Shreve, owner of Sirona Health & Wellness (formerly The Birth House) in Burton, believes that when it comes to giving birth, women know their own bodies. She shares that philosophy at her business, a holistic birth and wellness center. On staff are a midwife, assistant midwife, doula, childbirth educators, massage therapists, yoga instructors and counselors who work together to make the birth of a child a very positive experience for not only the parents, but extended family members, as well.
