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The Flint River Corridor Alliance
The Flint River Corridor Alliance brings together representatives from the public, private and non-profit sectors with in interest in revitalizing the Flint River to:
clkelly@umich.edu
Cool Cities – Flint
Genesee County Land Bank Authority/ Kettering University : Advanced Technology & Alternative Energy Research Bldg. ( Flint )
The two projects combined will provide the catalyst for both quality housing and jobs. The project involves constructing 20 loft condominiums and two commercial spaces and a 22,000 sq. ft. advanced fuel cell research center within the redevelopment area known as the River District.
- The fuel cell research center is the first building of several to be located on a 17- acre research park.
- The fuel cell laboratory will employ at least 25 knowledge workers and will strengthen and build upon growing research and development initiatives at the University.
- The synergy created by this project will help lay the groundwork for future jobs in Flint
For more information contact:
Amy Hovey
AmyHovey@protogenia.com
Genesee County Land Bank Authority
The Genesee County Land Bank works in collaboration with the Genesee County Treasurer’s Office to prevent tax foreclosure on area homes and bring tax reverted properties back into productive use. Through partnerships with public, private and non-profit stakeholder groups, the Land Bank encourages reinvestment in the more than 4000 residential, commercial and industrial properties that it has acquired through the tax foreclosure process since its inception in 2002.
For more information contact:
Genesee County Land Bank
452 S. Saginaw St. , 2nd Floor
Flint , Mi 48502
(810) 257-3088
http://www.thelandbank.org/
Jeff Burdick, Neighborhood planner
jburdick@co.genesee.mi.us
Trail and Greenway Initiatives
GLS Greenlinks
Through the Greenlinks program, CAER staff provides technical assistance and training opportunities to communities and organizations in support of land conservation, water resource protection, and development of trail and recreation opportunities. Greenlinks is targeted at Shiawassee, Genesee, and Lapeer counties, and envisions a "connected communities, both natural and cultural, created through regional collaboration and effective planning that protects and enhances our region's green infrastructure." Greenlinks is supported through a generous grant from the
Ruth Mott Foundation.
For more information contact:
Leyla Sanker
Project Coordinator
Center for Applied Environmental Research , University Outreach
University of Michigan – Flint
(810) 767-6492
lsanker@umflint.edu
Genesee Regional Trail Council (GRTC)
The Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission, in partnership with the Genesee Regional Trail Council (GRTC), is developing a regional trail system for Genesee County . This plan inventories our current trail system, and connects those systems with others within Genesee County as well as in the surrounding region. As part of the planning process, maps identifying potential connections to the current Genesee County trail system can be viewed at http://www.co.genesee.mi.us/gcmpc-plan/Trails.htm
For more information contact:
The Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission
1101 Beach Street
Flint , MI 48502-1470
Heidi Peterson, Associate Planner
(810) 257-3010
hpeterson@co.genesee.mi.us
Trail and Health Initiatives
Safe and Active Flint Coalition
The Michigan Fitness Foundation (MFF) is engaged in multi-year initiative with the goals of both making the streets safer and encouraging Flint residents to choose active transportation through three initiatives. Safe Routes to School and Safe Routes for Work, each reaching different target populations, will be integrated with a national pilot of a “complete streets” training to accomplish these goals. How will this work?
Safe Routes to School (SR2S) – assesses the routes school children could use to walk/bike to school , collects other relevant information , and creates a plan to improve the safety of these routes. - Safe Routes for Work (SR4W) – assesses the routes employees could use to walk/bike to work and other work-related trips (nearby meetings , lunch errands) , collects other relevant information , and creates a plan to improve the safety of these routes
- Complete Streets Training— enhances the capacity of technical experts and community groups/leaders to design streets which accommodate all users safely (automobile, walk, and bicycle). The training, conducted by the League of American Bicyclists (LAB), will tie together outcomes from both Safe Routes assessments by identifying infrastructure solutions that serve all user groups, improving the effectiveness of infrastructure-related changes.
The University of Michigan – Flint is the first worksite and Washington Elementary is the first school to be focused on with this initiative.
For more information contact:
Sarah Panken Polly Sheppard
Michigan Fitness Foundation CRIM Fitness Foundation
P.O. Box 27187 452 S. Saginaw St., Ste 1
Lansing , MI 48909 Flint, MI 48502
517-347-7891 810-235-7894
Greater Flint Health Coalition:
Health Improvement Committee
The Health Improvement Committee is focusing on promoting new attitudes towards health and well being which influence behavior and result in a healthy community. The focus of the committee will be on promoting healthy lifestyles in Genesee County , such as reducing sedentary lifestyles and smoking. Goals include forming a working partnership with the Smoke-Free Multi-Agency Resource Team (SMART) Coalition to work on smoking cessation in Genesee County and to continue to monitor and promote programs that reduce sedentary lifestyles in Genesee County .
The Health Improvement Committee has sponsored three campaigns that directly attack Michigan residents' sedentary lifestyles: "Just a Bit Gets You Fit", "Just a Bit Gets YouTH Fit", and "Just a Bit Gets YouTH Fit: Eat Good. Feel Good. Look Good". In 2000, the Coalition won the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health & Sports Getting Michigan Communities Moving Educational Materials of the Year Award for
"Just a Bit Gets You Fit".
For more information contact:
The Greater Flint Health Coalition
519 S Saginaw St., Suite 306
Flint, MI48502-1815
(810) 232-2228
gfhc@flint.org
http://www.gfhc.org
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