December 5, 2011 – 10:48 am
Hope For The Future by Flint Foto Factory Last week Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Michael Brown as the emergency manager for the city of Flint under Public Act 4. A state-appointed review panel recommended a state takeover for the city of Flint, citing recurring cash flow shortages and other financial deficiencies. Flint had an estimated [...]
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Yes, it is Saturday. darkson33 (Bryant Windom) lives and takes pictures in Flint.Here’s his Shutterfly web site. His sets include Outdoors, People and Flint and things (slideshow). Dive into his Flickriver. Share this:
December 22, 2009 – 8:17 am
Abandoned Richardsonian Romanesque House in Detroit ( Former James Scott Mansion ) by Derek Farr Michigan has 29 land bank authorities – more than any state. The Detroit News reports that Michigan is going to try to use these land banks to spur redevelopment and garner nearly $300 million: With the federal money expected to [...]
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December 2, 2009 – 9:02 am
market vendor. by sarah. reed. Flint Farmer’s Market Slideshow Last weekend’s Chicago Sun Times featured a great writeup on the Flint Farmer’s Market, nothing that one thing Vehicle City has over the Windy City is a year-round, enclosed farmer’s market: In September, the market was named “Most Loved Market in America†in a nationwide contest [...]
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September 28, 2009 – 10:04 am
jmbarclay (Jim Barclay) says he first discovered photography when i was about 7 years old and his father brought home his new 35 mm camera and dark room equipment. He spent many hours watching the images come to life in the chemicals under the glow of the orange bulb. Check this photo out bigger in [...]
August 20, 2009 – 10:18 am
The Mason House c 1872 in Carriage Town by mansardroofsf The New York Times has taken note of an area in Flint called Carriage Town that is making a comeback due to some industrious and motivated homeowners. In the midst of an otherwise impoverished area and dire economic circumstances these people are taking advantage of [...]
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Abandoned building in Flint – Colors by Derek Farr ( DetroitDerek) The New York Times has a great report titled An Effort to Save Flint by Shrinking It that begins: Instead of waiting for houses to become abandoned and then pulling them down, local leaders are talking about demolishing entire blocks and even whole neighborhoods. [...]
December 31, 2008 – 9:23 am
The last Wednesday of every month is a “Weird Wednesday” on Absolute Michigan, when Linda Godfrey brings you 100% of the USRDA of Michigan weirdness. You can listen to Linda’s latest podcasts and read her blog at uncannyworld.com and also check out her books including Weird Michigan & Strange Michigan. One consistently described feature of [...]
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August 18, 2008 – 10:53 am
Flint/Tri-Cities is the third of Michigan’s regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas away and an idea of what is going on in the region, so if [...]
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Gore, Obama and Granholm by wizardkitten As the editor, I try pretty hard to keep the tone on Absolute Michigan as non-partisan as possible. When I read Obama Reaches Out to Michigan Voters in the Washington Independent, I realized that as a result, we probably side-step a lot of significant news … and also some [...]
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