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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Jane Park looks into what goes into fixing up a blighted home, putting it on the market and recruiting buyers who will invest in the city of Flint.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Authorities are advising that people avoid the area.

Saturday, April 06, 2013  Homes without doors and windows are a common sight in flint. Efforts to board up homes are leaving once prosperous neighborhoods surrounded by eyesores.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  Friends and family are searching for twenty seven year old Tanisha Colton, a Flint mother of three who last seen March 13th.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Dozens of Saginaw residents attended a neighborhood forum Tuesday at Beacon of Hope Church to show support for their local law enforcement.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Flint police and city leaders hosted a panel discussion, inviting community members to hear how they plan to make the city safer.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  About a dozen people in brainstormed ideas of how they'd like to see Flint be more accessible to wheelchairs, strollers and pedestrians.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Since 2010, more than $36.5 million federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funds have helped rehabilitate Genesee County Land Bank properties in the city of Flint and the rest of the county.

Monday, November 26, 2012  The city of Flint will use a $25,000 grant to traing neighborhood groups and volunteers to clean up dozens of blocks across the city.

Monday, November 19, 2012  In Flint it's out with the old and in with the new. Flint's demolition project is designed to lower the crime rate within the city but can it really happen?

Thursday, November 15, 2012  More than $4 million in grants and a neighborhood stabilization program will fund the demolition of about 300 homes in Flint.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  It's hard to ignore the ailing façade in parts of the Vehicle City - sagging rooftops, boarded-up windows, the overgrowth of once-pruned trees along blocks of dilapidated homes.  But zoom in a little closer, and you begin to notice people at work.

Sunday, October 28, 2012  A grant made horse-drawn rides and pumpkin picking possible at the historic Kearsley Park Sunday.

Sunday, October 21, 2012  A Saginaw citizens group organized a rally to inform and encourage local voters to get to the polls on November 6.

Friday, October 12, 2012  One look at the craftsman-style mantle and the rich hardwood floors, it's hard to believe the home at 841 E. Ninth St. as once a neighborhood eyesore.  It is one of the last homes to be renovated by Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funds.