March 2023

Community InfoMarch 2023
FOCOV Beginnings
Beginnings

Beginnings

This paper continues to be a community paper…. remembering beginnings: Before there was a FLINT: Our Community, Our Voice, a back room of Neighborhood Engagement Hub (it was still Salem Housing then), sometime in 2010, 2011, a variety of folks busy in Flint-that...

Community InfoFinancesMarch 2023Parks and Recreation
City of Flint Receives $1M Grant for Development of St. John Street Neighborhood Memorial Park
City of Flint Receives $1M Grant for Development of St. John Street Neighborhood Memorial Park

City of Flint Receives $1M Grant for Development of St. John Street Neighborhood Memorial Park

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced recipients of its Michigan Spark Grants recently, awarding $1 million to the City of Flint for development of the St. John Street Neighborhood Memorial Park on Flint’s north side. This grant will support...

Community InfoHealth and SafetyMarch 2023UM-Flint
UM-Flint Physician Assistant Students Help to Launch Free Narcan Vending Machine
UM-Flint Physician Assistant Students Help to Launch Free Narcan Vending Machine

UM-Flint Physician Assistant Students Help to Launch Free Narcan Vending Machine

UM-Flint students Emily Barrie (left), Lauren Allen and Zehra Alghazaly worked with the Genesee Community Health Center to install a Narcan vending machine in Flint. Naloxone, the medication that reverses opioid overdoses and is delivered via the Narcan nasal...

Health and SafetyMarch 2023Michigan
Kildee Secures Millions for Mid-Michigan in 2023 Budget
Kildee Announces $11 Million in New Federal Funding Supporting Affordable Health Care in Mid-Michigan

Kildee Announces $11 Million in New Federal Funding Supporting Affordable Health Care in Mid-Michigan

Congressman Dan Kildee) announced on February 24 new federal grants to provide high-quality, affordable health care to Michigan children, families and seniors. The $11,940,869 in federal grants, awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will...

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