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
“Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.” – Unknown One hundred years ago, in 1914, life expectancy in the United States was approximately 54 years of age. Today, life expectancy is nearly 85 years. With people living longer and the Baby Boomers rapidly approaching the 65-year benchmark, the national population
I remember a day as a high school freshman; I was finishing my homework after school as all good nerds do, when my mother and stepfather entered my room with good news. “Since your grandmother is a Soros, you can be a Kudos.” I’m sure my face was deadpan at the time, since this news
Journeys to Flint throughout the 20th century in answer to the call of General Motors is well-documented. People from all over the United States and even the world left their familiar habitats to make a living “on the line.” Vestiges of the progeny of these various people groups are here to this day; but as
At the time of My City’s interview with Gordon Young, author of Teardown, Memoir of a Vanishing City, the temperature in Flint was ten degrees below zero. The third largest recorded snowfall accumulation in Michigan history – 17 inches – coated the ground in a blanket of white. The roads were still an icy mess,
“The Spirit of Humility prevails as we look back over our years of vast achievements since our inception in 1876.” Gerald Cardwell is the new pastor of an old church, the oldest African-American congregation in Genesee County, to be precise. Since September, Pastor Cardwell has been leading his flock at Quinn Chapel AME Church. To
Oh, be still my heart! A luscious, marbled rib eye steak cooked over an open fire pit; bubbling hot, creamy mac & cheese; pulled pork shoulder slow cooked over green hickory; Bratwurst simmered in Fire Hall Ale and served with house-made kraut. These are just a few of the delectable and mouthwatering dishes on the
Hubbard Supply Co. is the oldest operating business in Flint’s history. Opened under the name of Newton & Hubbard Hardware Store in 1865, the small store on Second St. sold necessity items of the times, such as lumber, paint and screwdrivers, to the pioneers attempting to tame and settle in the forest lands of Michigan.
The word prolific is no exaggeration when used to describe local artist, Lavarne Ross. Better to call him a factory, producing art at a rate that could have kept up with General Motors in its heyday. While the number of paintings Ross has created in his lifetime is truly astonishing, even more incredible is the
Tree branches coated in a thick layer of ice glistened in winter’s brilliant but unforgiving sunlight as cars drove carefully on frozen, streets in Downtown Flint. The temperature hovered in the teens. Yet there was a tiny glimmer — a promise of spring in the air at the Trend Volume II Fashion Show. Held at
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It was January 16, 2012 in Washington D.C. The sharp edge of the cold winter wind proved smart enough to pique even the most seasoned Michiganian to the bone. But I weathered it. I marched on – bundled up and bearing the cold – for one reason alone: to see the monument. “Come on, Mark!”
