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Flint Mayor to give 5th State of the City address. Flint, MI—Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley will deliver his fifth State of the City address on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at 6 p.m. The event will be held at the Capitol Theater downtown, 140 E 2nd St, Flint, MI 48502. Neeley is slated to discuss how Flint has navigated significant challenges—from ...
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Sep 20, 2024 · Davison, MI — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is closing southbound I-475 at the Flint River starting Saturday, October 26, 2024, for beam setting.
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Flint Mayor to give 5th State of the City address
2 days ago · Flint, MI—Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley will deliver his fifth State of the City address on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at 6 p.m. The event will be held at the Capitol Theater downtown, 140 E 2nd St, Flint, MI 48502. Neeley is slated to discuss how Flint has navigated significant challenges—from financial crises and civil unrest to water ...
Here’s what happened at the Feb. 12 Flint City Council meeting
Feb 19, 2024 · Appoint Tracey Fountain to the Flint Housing Commission to fill the remainder of the term ending on Aug. 31, 2028. Appoint Nadia Rodriguez to the 7 th ward seat on Flint Planning Commission to fill the remainder of a three-year term ending on March 31, 2025.; Appoint Jon Kingen to the Zoning Board of Appeals for the remainder of a three-year term starting immediately and expiring Aug. 31, 2024.
Flint saw 27% increase in fatal shootings this year, nears yearly ...
Dec 30, 2021 · As of Dec. 26, Flint has had 61 fatal shootings, according to MSP. That’s an increase of about 27% from this time last year when there had been 48 fatal shootings. The city also had several non-fatal shootings, with 217 so far in 2021, which is a slight increase from the year before. Around this time in 2020, there had been 214 non-fatal ...
Recall language denied against Flint City Councilman, more …
6 days ago · Flint, MI — Shortly after recall language was denied to launch efforts to remove Flint City Councilman Dennis Pfieffer, more was filed. Flint resident Lisa Pasbjerg filed recall language for the third time on Nov. 7, 2024 in hopes of removing Pfieffer from his seat serving the 8th ward. Pasbjerg had also filed language earlier this year that ...
Here’s what happened at the Oct. 24 Flint City Council Meeting
Oct 27, 2022 · An ARPA allocation plan was first presented last week by the council’s ad hoc ARPA committee members Judy Priestley and Ladel Lewis.During that meeting, the two outlined proposed changes to Mayor Sheldon Neeley’s ARPA plan, introduced in June of this year. Flint received $94.7 million in ARPA funding to address the …
Election results are in: Flint City Council seats are changing
Aug 4, 2021 · Polls are set up at Berston Field House on August 3, 2021. (KT Kanazawich | Flint Beat) Flint, MI– Three Flint City Council seats are guaranteed to change following the unofficial results of the primary election on Aug. 3. The current council people for the third and sixth wards did not run for reelection, and in the second ward, the ...
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