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It’s Not Easy Being Green in Flint, But it’s Getting Better

Wenona Napolitano — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:00:07 +0000

There are not a lot of “green” businesses in Flint. Absolutely none listed in Co-op America’s National Green Pages or in any other database of green businesses that I’ve found. Earlier this year there was a green business event for Flint and Genesee county area businesses…maybe five companies were there: CBC Recycling, Office Max (I think), a mobile document shredding company and I don’t remember who else, if anyone.

For years it has been very hard to be green in Vehicle Rust City. Some outer suburbs have curbside recycling but I have to haul mine directly to the recycling center. If I wanted to buy green, any specialty items like cleaning supplies, organic cosmetics, clothing or anything else that I want had to be ordered through catalogs or online (I am sooo thankful for the Internet). Organic food also had to be special ordered or searched for (sometimes to no avail) at the Farmer’s Market.

Biogas is Coming to Flint

Wenona Napolitano — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:48:41 +0000

Flint is going to be home to a new biogas company from Sweden. The talks have been in the works for awhile now but last week officials from Swedish Biogas International visited Flint and the news…it is a definite yes. Construction is scheduled to start as early as September or October after Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf visits on September 26.

Flint’s Green Future?

Wenona Napolitano — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:01:21 +0000

Once the great Vehicle City, most of Flint is now more of a rusty graveyard and ghost town of despair. Flint is at the top of the nation’s lists for highest unemployment rates, highest foreclosure rates, and it’s ranked as one of the most depressing cities to live in nationwide.

Everywhere you look businesses are closed, buildings sit empty, homes are for sale or just boarded up and abandoned, even the once affluent areas like Grand Blanc and Flushing that are on the outskirts of Flint have been touched with economic troubles.