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With a planned revitalization project for the Flint River and the transformation of Chevy in the Hole into the Chevy Commons Park the Flint Riverfront is looking increasingly attractive. Dredging and the cleaning up of coal tar from the soil at the former Consumers Energy gas power plant have been completed. The Hamilton Dam removal was pushed back to this year because of delays and was delayed again by the recent heavy rains and snow-melt, the current was moving to swiftly on February 23rd to safely proceed according to the Army Corps of Engineers.

Flooding pushes back demolition of Hamilton Dam in downtown Flint

Feb 23 2018
MLive





Water is moving through the dam at rapid speeds and a demolition schedule cannot be finalized until the water begins to recede, said Amy McMillan, director of the Genesee County Parks Commission.

The demolition was initially scheduled for 2017 but was moved back because the city needed to wait for Consumers Energy to finish dredging and capping the Flint River.

The dredging of the Flint River was completed in late fall of 2017, the capping was completed in early winter of 2017, said Kyle McCree, community affairs manager for Consumers Energy in Genesee County.

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/inde...demolitio.html

$23 million 'eco industrial park' planned at former Buick City site in Flint
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is leading planning

By SHERRI WELCH
Crain's Detroit Business
February 27, 2018





-State says Mott Foundation is leading planning for about140 acres
-Plan envisions environmentally friendly warehousing, packaging and light industrial space
-Biking and walking trails to connect property to Flint River, surrounding neighborhoods


The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is leading planning for a $23 million project to redevelop part of the former Buick City vehicle manufacturing site in Flint into an "eco industrial park" that could bring 300 jobs back to Flint in its initial phase.

As envisioned, the Buick City Industrial Park would create new, environmentally friendly warehousing, packaging and light industrial space, along with green space that includes biking and walking trails to connect the property to the Flint River and surrounding neighborhoods.

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The Buick City Industrial Park project builds on other economic development efforts that Mott has supported in its backyard. They include the Flint Farmers Market, the historic rehab of the Capitol Theatre for mixed use, and the rehabilitation of the former Woolworth Building on Saginaw Street in downtown Flint to house the Mott Community College Culinary Facility and commercial dining and bakery spaces.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...k-city-site-in

Plenty of interest in Buick City property beyond 'eco industrial park,' owner says

By SHERRI WELCH
Crain's Detroit Business
February 28, 2018


-RACER Trust says there's other interest in the site
-Environmentally friendly industrial park proposed by Mott Foundation and supported by the state could be one outcome
-No deal in place yet for that project


RACER Trust, the owner of the former Buick City property in Flint, said there's other interest in the property beyond the proposed "eco industrial park" that became public Tuesday.

While the environmentally friendly industrial park and green space with walking and biking trails is one possible outcome, "it is important to note that RACER Trust's Buick City property is available for purchase and redevelopment and that there is other market interest in this property," the trust said in an emailed statement.

"... No party has exclusive negotiating rights to the property," it said.

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Two companies have already purchased pieces of the site.

American Spiralweld Pipe Co. acquired 19 acres of the larger site in March 2014 to build a 180,000-square-foot American manufacturing plant, creating 50-60 jobs.

And last fall, Lear Corp. broke ground on a $33.7 million manufacturing plant on 30 acres of the Buick City property. The new plant is expected to create 600 jobs and set to launch seat production in April.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...ndustrial-park



Some bonus riverfont pics from an update on Chevy Commons and a statewide trail network starting at Belle Isle in Detroit.

Pedestrian bridge over Flint River to connect Chevy Commons to Carriage Town

May 9, 2017
MLive

Chevy Commons.


Site of new pedestrian bridge across the Flint River and Swartz Creek concrete embankments to be removed and restored.










Work at the Consumers Energy site.


Rendering of Flint River after revitalization project.





FLINT, MI -- A planned pedestrian bridge over the Swartz Creek and Flint River will connect two parts of the statewide Iron Belle Trail as part of the Riverfront Restoration Project.

This will complete 2600 linear feet of the trail that goes through Chevy Commons to the rest of the trail that travels through downtown Flint up to Bluebell Beach in Genesee County.

The state Iron Belle Trail will, once complete, connect Belle Isle Park in Detroit to Ironwood on the Upper Peninsula's west side. It is about 69 percent complete, according to the Michigan DNR website.

Work will also continue as part of the Riverfront Restoration project to eventually transform all 60 acres of the former Chevy in the Hole industrial wasteland into green space with walking paths, woodlands, wetlands and grasslands.

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/inde...r_flint_r.html