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The Flint College Town Recycling Challenge
Flint's four major colleges will be spending the next several weeks trying to determine who is Flint's Recycling Champion?
As part of an Earth Day observance program, students, faculty, and staff at each school are being asked to bring items for recycling to campus. A large recycling trailer/dumpster will move from school to school spending a week at each location.
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UM-Flint Helps Turn Parking Spaces into Parks
What would happen if many of the Parking spaces in downtown Flint were transformed into beautiful mini parks?
As part of the MY FLINT program, University of Michigan-Flint students will be joined on Friday, September 18 by urban planners, park agencies and community advocates to observe 2009 National Park(ing) Day by transforming the red bricks of Saginaw Street to lush mini parks.
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UM-Flint to Receive Award for Smart Commute
Participation in the 2008 Smart Commute Commuter Challenge has earned the University of Michigan-Flint and award for its commitment to make the Flint area a healthier place.
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UM-Flint to Transform Abandoned House into Urban Laboratory
An abandoned house near downtown Flint is being turned into an Urban Alternatives House (UAH), which will be used as both a classroom and laboratory to teach and explore better ideas for urban living. The UAH located at 519 Garland Street will provide an example of an energy efficient building that can be monitored and used to illustrate the functioning of energy generating devices, storm water management systems and landscape management