A building formerly used for police training in Flint has just been sold to a commercial marijuana grower. Here's why some locals, including city council members, are concerned.
Flint City Council delays drag racing ordinance, sale of former police training facility
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
A former Flint police training facility (left) and a Flint drag race are shown in these Flint Journal file photos.
Facebook Share
FLINT, MI The City Council will wait before moving ahead with a new ordinance designed to curb drag racing and before selling a former police training facility to a company that wants to use the property to grow and process marijuana.
Council members sent both proposals back to committees at their Monday, May 10 meeting, with a majority saying they still had questions about both plans.
Developer asks Flint for tax break to build new apartments near Hurley, Atwood Stadium
Updated May 11, 2021;
Facebook Share
FLINT, MI A developer is asking the city for a tax break to build new apartments for low- and moderate-income renters in the area of Hurley Medical Center and Atwood Stadium, a potential $14-million investment by the same company that built The Marketplace townhome project on the old YWCA property in downtown Flint.
The proposed five-story Flushing Place Apartments would be built on Stevenson Street, just south of Flushing Road, with 60 apartments and 3,800 square feet of first-floor commercial space, according to plans submitted to the city by Flushing Place LDHA LP and PK Construction Companies LLC.
Flint mayor, police chief and City Council to meet after 5 homicides to start 2021
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
Flint Police Chief Terence Green, center left, stands alongside Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley moments before Green s swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 outside of the Flint Police Department in downtown Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com
Facebook Share
FLINT, MI After five homicides in the first 32 days of 2021, Flint City Council members say they’ve seen enough.
A special virtual meeting has been called for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, to discuss public safety as violent crime shows no signs of slowing.
Water analysis test kits are seen at a fire station in Flint, Mich., in 2016. (Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via AP, File)
FLINT, Mich. (CN) The Flint City Council voted early Tuesday to approve the city’s $20 million share of a massive $641 million settlement for injury claims stemming from the contaminated water crisis that first poisoned citizens in 2014.
The council members voted last week to hire their own attorney to advise them on the settlement and handle any of their objections with the court. They had also postponed the vote to allow the use of $20 million from an insurance carrier to pay Flint’s portion of the deal, as some members expressed apprehension about leaving some victims behind.