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Michigan Renaissance Festival: August, 3rd week - September, 4th week weekends / Labor Day: Holly: Renaissance: Active Michigan Sugar Festival: June, 2nd week: Sebewaing: Food: Active Michigan Technological University's Winter Carnival: February, 2nd week: Houghton: Winter: Active Michigan Womyn's Music Festival: August, 1st week: Hart: Women's ...
John D. Dingell Park is located along the Detroit River, and is a prime spot for fishing and for launching recreation boats. Lake freighters carrying ore and grain are frequently seen on the river. Mud Island, part of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge , is offshore of the park; it is the site for launching fireworks during the ...
Flint built its first water treatment plant (now defunct) in 1917. The city built a second plant in 1952. [2] At the time of Flint's population peak and economic height (when the city was the center of the automobile industry), Flint's plants pumped 100 million gallons (380,000 m 3) of water per day.
On April 25, 2014, then-Mayor Dayne Walling and other officials toasted with glasses of water to celebrate switching from Detroit’s water system to the Flint River, part of a cost-cutting move ...
Sima Gutierrez collects water samples from residents' homes and takes them to the Flint Community Water Lab, where more than 60 high school and college interns have provided free testing for ...
In April 2014, to save about $5 million in two years, [152] [153] [154] Flint started treating water from the Flint River instead of purchasing Lake Huron water from Detroit. Previously, the Flint River was the backup water source.
The Flint Water Plant tower is seen, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 in Flint, Mich. A second contractor says it has reached a $25 million settlement over its role in Flint’s lead-contaminated water scandal.
Located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km) northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid Michigan. [9] [10] At the 2020 census, Flint had a population of 81,252, [5] making it the twelfth-most populous city in Michigan. The Flint metropolitan area is located entirely within Genesee County.