Birthplace of General Motors, founded in Flint by William Durant on September 16, 1908 source
Community character
Flint is the seat of Genesee County on the Flint River 66 miles northwest of Detroit, a city of 81,252 residents at the 2020 census that earned the nickname Vehicle City as a leading manufacturer of carriages and later automobiles source
Flint Institute of Arts
Second largest art museum in Michigan with a collection exceeding 8,500 objects on the Flint Cultural Center campus source
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Hands-on science and history museum on the Flint Cultural Center campus that reopened in July 2022 after an expansion to 107,000 square feet source
Durant-Dort Carriage Company Office
National Historic Landmark at 316 W Water Street that served as the office of General Motors founder William C. Durant and his partner Josiah Dallas Dort, added to the National Register in 1975 source
Chevy Commons
Park along the Flint River on the former Chevrolet factory site known as Chevy in the Hole, redeveloped since 2015 with trails and restored meadows and wetlands source
Riverbank Park
Linear park straddling the Flint River in downtown Flint, designed by landscape architect Lawrence Halprin and built between 1974 and 1979 as part of a flood control project source
Carriage Town
Historic neighborhood named for the Durant-Dort Carriage Company whose workers and management lived there between 1885 and 1917, part of the MotorCities National Heritage Area since 1998 source
Flint Cultural Center
38-acre campus of seven institutions including the Flint Institute of Arts and Sloan Museum of Discovery, developed on land C.S. Mott donated in 1953 source
College Cultural
Residential neighborhood of tree-lined streets with walkable access to the arts and higher education, served by the College Cultural Neighborhood Association source
Mott Park
Neighborhood near Kettering University and McLaren Regional Medical Center with a playground, tennis courts and an amphitheater source
