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Flint, Michigan

Flint is in Genesee County, with approximately 97,000 residents.

Well-Known Places in Flint

Flint Cultural Center, Sloan Museum, Flint Institute of Arts.

Flint Business Districts

• Downtown Flint
• Saginaw Street
• Miller Road
• Carriage Town
• Flint Cultural Center
• College Cultural
• Mott Park

Major Employers in Flint

General Motors, Hurley Medical Center, McLaren Flint, Kettering University.

About Flint, Michigan

Flint is the Genesee County seat and the birthplace of General Motors, a onetime carriage-making powerhouse that became one of the great automobile factory towns of the 20th century. It was the stage for the 1936-37 sit-down strike that built the modern UAW, and later a symbol of Rust Belt decline and the 2014 water crisis, even as its Cultural Center and hometown champions like boxer Claressa Shields keep 'Vehicle City' pride alive.

History of Flint

• Established as a fur-trading post in 1819 by Jacob Smith and incorporated as a city in 1855.
• After a lumber boom, Flint became the world's largest-volume manufacturer of horse-drawn carriages and wagons, the origin of its 'Vehicle City' nickname.
• William Durant founded General Motors in Flint in 1908.

Landmarks and Places in Flint

• The Flint Cultural Center campus of museums and performance halls.
• The former Buick City manufacturing complex.

The Flint Economy

• Flint's economy was built on and then devastated by General Motors, including the closure of the huge Buick City complex.
• Higher education is a major anchor, led by the University of Michigan-Flint and Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute).

Community Life in Flint

• The Flint Cultural Center campus houses the Flint Institute of Arts (Michigan's second-largest art museum), the Sloan Museum of Discovery, Longway Planetarium, Whiting Auditorium, and Flint Repertory Theatre.
• Music: the rock band Grand Funk Railroad formed in Flint in 1969, and 1980s R&B group Ready for the World ('Oh Sheila') came from the city.
• Sports: Flint has produced NBA players Glen Rice, JaVale McGee, and Kyle Kuzma, and boxer Claressa Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2012 and 2016) and undisputed champion across multiple weight classes who chose to fight in her hometown.

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