Flint firefighters work to extinguish smoldering ash at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, Sept. 21, 2021 among the aftermath of a blaze at the former Mary Ann apartment complex, located at 2208 West Court Street in Flint. It took firefighters more than four hours to extinguish the fire that destroyed the vacant Flint apartment building Monday evening. The 7,000 square foot building was part of a three-building complex, and another one of the buildings burned to the ground two weeks ago. Only one building remains intact on the property. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May
I have a soft spot for Flint. I love the energy of the people, the resilient sense of hometown pride, the entrepreneurial spirit. For examples, check out the ongoing series The Flint Journal calls “We Are Flint.”
So a reporting project running this week on MLive feels like a gut punch. Flint has a problem that highlights its layers of social problems, financial woes and political dysfunction that have beset the city in the decades since population began plummeting.
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