Flint, MI—Kiaira May just moved from Detroit to her new home in downtown Flint, but she’s already becoming a fixture on Saginaw Street as the Downtown Development Authority’s interim executive director. “My day is emails, emails, and then after that I have an open door policy,” May said, sitting down in her Church Street office, …
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City of Flint names first woman and African American Executive Director of the Downtown Development Authority FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) – (06/16/2021) – New stores, restaurants, and living spaces have helped build momentum in Downtown Flint for the last five years or so. Now, as restrictions loosen and popular events return, the city is ready …
(UPDATE: The story has been updated to note Kiaira May is the first African American woman, not first woman, to hold the role as was previously incorrectly noted by the Flint Downtown Development Authority in an announcement on the move.) FLINT, MI — Flint’s Downtown Development Authority has hired a new executive director and made …
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(FLINT, Mich.) —The Flint Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors has named Kiaira May to serve as executive director of the Flint DDA. May joined the DDA team on June 14. She is the first woman and the first African American to have the role. “Flint’s downtown is full of energy,” May said. “I am …
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FLINT– We are seeing more and more electric vehicles on roads and highways now. Several automakers– GM, Ford, Tesla, and Nissan among them– have several models available that run on electricity instead of gasoline, and there are more models coming soon. So where will all of these vehicles charge up? President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure bill includes …
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The first guests have checked into their rooms and reservations have been made for the weeks and months to come, according to the new Hilton Garden Inn staff. A historic century-old building that sat vacant for two decades has been renovated into a new 101-guest room hotel in the heart of Flint’s downtown and is launching with …
FLINT, MI — A long-vacant apartment complex in Flint’s Carriage Town will be converted into affordable housing under a project spearheaded by Communities First, Inc. The Georgia Manor Apartment project will convert a vacant three-story building into an apartment complex with 26 renovated units. The current building at 411 Lyon St. has been vacant for …
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FLINT, MI — The long-awaited Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Flint will be open Monday, a project that “invigorates Flint’s skyline,” officials say. The Hilton Garden Inn, a $37.9 million, 11-story hotel in the downtown area, is currently taking room reservations for Monday, Nov. 2 and onward. Sauce Italian American Kitchen and Bar and The …
FLINT, MI — City officials are promoting a massive project to remake I-475 in the downtown area, a proposal that calls for filling in the existing interstate, creating a boulevard route near the center of the city, and freeing up about 30 acres of new land for development. Mayor Sheldon Neeley’s administration previewed the idea …
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FLINT, MI– The Flint City Council is considering a resolution at its Monday, June 8, meeting that would close certain parts of Saginaw and Martin Luther King Jr. streets to help businesses safely reopen after the cornonavirus shutdown. Restaurants were given the green light to reopen with restrictions, including reduced dining room capacity and …
