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Business
3:43 pm
Sat October 27, 2012

Conference looks to reclaim Flint

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The city of Flint is hosting a conference this weekend which to look at ways to transform the city.

The Congress for Urban Transformation is bringing activists, artists, urban planners and others to Flint.   The conference is looking at a variety of ways to reclaim Flint, from urban agriculture to improved city planning.

Rob McCullough is the local program coordinator. He says they are looking at new ways to reclaim Flint’s industrial sites and hard hit neighborhoods.

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Flint
1:01 am
Mon May 7, 2012

Coming up with a master plan for Flint's future

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An abandoned home on Flint's northside sits in a blighted neighborhood near a paved over site of a former factory
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A pleasant neighborhood just north of Flint's downtown
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Downtown Flint, just a short walk to the U of M-Flint campus and restaurants
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The city of Flint is developing its first master plan in a half century.

The challenge is charting a future course for a city that some critics have said doesn’t have a future.

First things first.   Cities don’t just change.

They follow a plan.  The master plan outlines where to build homes.  Where to encourage retail stores to open.  Where to let businesses build factories. 

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