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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 maj...

Flint’s old police academy could be sold for marijuana grow operation Today 9:00 AM The exterior of the former training building used by the Flint Police Department Tuesday, April 27, 2021 located at 3420 St. John Street in Flint. The city is considering selling the building to an individual for an offered $500,000. (Cody Scanlan | MLive.com) Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- City officials want to sell the shuttered Flint Police Training Academy for $500,000 to a company that wants to convert it into a commercial marijuana grow facility. The Flint City Council postponed any action on the proper...

A site where Flint police officers blossomed could become a home for budding marijuana.

Flint residents commemorate 7 years of water crisis with letter to officials, vow to continue ‘fighting for justice’ Updated Apr 25, 2021; Facebook Share FLINT, MI - Flint residents gathered Sunday afternoon to commemorate seven years since the beginning of the Flint water crisis, reflecting over those lost, the city’s progress and what remains to be done. A few dozen residents, some standing outside and some remaining in their cars, attended the April 25 event held at the old farmer’s market at 420 E. Boulevard Drive. The water crisis was triggered in Flint nearly seven years ago wh...

Flint council sends a message on budget: More money needed for blight Updated Apr 19, 2021; Posted Apr 19, 2021 Scenes of blight and dumping around the Flint area on Tuesday, June 25, 2019.Kathryn Ziesig | kziesig@mlive.c Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- The City Council may have found an issue everyone can agree on -- putting more money into cleaning up Flint. Several council members, including President Kate Fields and Eric Mays, suggested Monday, April 19, that Mayor Sheldon Neeley’s proposed budget needs more money to combat blight, one of the most common complaints from residents. “We j...