Michigan State University faculty and students are producing a documentary on a vision of Flint as a healthier, greener city. It will show the challenges of bringing fresh produce to a food desert, feeding schools, providing educational options and battling bureaucracy.
On Wednesdays through July, Great Lakes Echo will run a segment expected to become a building block of the finished story. You can help.
Post questions, suggest interviews, make comments or offer suggestions to help producers tell the story of a city trying to re-grow its roots literally and figuratively as a model for post-industrial revitalization. Links to all of the segments will end up on the Greening of Flint main page.
This week:
Mama E has lived in Flint, Mich. most of her life. She witnessed the decline of her neighborhood. But she loves her home and doesn’t want to do move out like many others. She cannot revitalize the community by herself and the city hasn’t done anything to improve it. Mama E is in a dilemma: Should I stay or leave?