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Do not fill this in! ====Redevelopment==== [[File:Flint July 2018 01 (The Durant - Hotel Durant).jpg|thumb|[[The Durant]], built in 1919]] In November 2013, [[American Cast Iron Pipe Company]], a [[Birmingham, Alabama]] based company, became the first to build a production facility in Flint's former [[Buick City]] site, purchasing the property from the [[RACER Trust]].<ref>[http://www.freep.com/article/20131113/BUSINESS0101/311130151/Flint-Buick-City-American-Cast-Iron-Pipe-Co-General-Motors-RACER-GM Pipe maker to add 60 jobs at Flint's Buick City property] ''Detroit Free Press'', November 13, 2013</ref> Commercially, local organizations have attempted to pool their resources in the central business district and to expand and bolster higher education at four local institutions. Examples of their efforts include the following: * Landmarks such as the First National Bank building have been extensively renovated, often to create lofts or office space, and filming for the [[Will Ferrell]] movie ''[[Semi-Pro]]'' resulted in renovations to the Capitol Theatre. * [[The Paterson Building]] at Saginaw and Third street has been owned by the Collison Family, Thomas W. Collison & Co., Inc., for the last 30 years. The building is rich in [[Art Deco]] throughout the interior and exterior. The building also houses its own garage in the lower level, providing heated valet parking to The Paterson Building Tenants. * In 2004, University Park, the first planned residential community in Flint in over 30 years, was built north of Fifth Avenue off Saginaw Street, Flint's main thoroughfare. * Local foundations have funded the renovation and redecoration of Saginaw Street and have begun work turning University Avenue (formerly known as Third Avenue) into a mile-long "University Corridor" connecting [[University of Michigan–Flint]] with [[Kettering University]]. *[[Atwood Stadium]], located on University Avenue, received extensive renovations, and the Cultivating Our Community project landscaped 16 different locations as a part of a $415,600 beautification project. * Wade Trim and Rowe Incorporated made major renovations to transform empty downtown Flint blocks into business, entertainment, and housing centers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsupdowntown.com |title=What's Up Downtown? |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202102003/http://www.whatsupdowntown.com/ |archive-date=February 2, 2015 }}</ref> [[WNEM-TV]], a television station based in [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]], uses space in the Wade Trim building facing Saginaw Street as a secondary studio and newsroom.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2007/09/wnem_plans_studio_in_downtown.html |title=WNEM plans studio in downtown Flint | newspaper=The Flint Journal}}</ref> * The long-vacant [[The Durant|Durant Hotel]], formerly owned by the [[United Hotels Company of America|United Hotels Company]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Receivers Named For Hotel Firm|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/11/18/105819885.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/11/18/105819885.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=October 14, 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 18, 1933}}</ref> was turned into a mixture of commercial space and apartments intended to attract young professionals or college students, with 93 units.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/2011/08/the_durant_hotel_full_for_the.html The Durant hotel full for the first time; site of a dozen weddings, prom and other events downtown Flint] ''The Flint Journal'' via MLive.com, January 21, 2019</ref> * In March 2008, the Crim Race Foundation put up an offer to buy the vacant Character Inn and turn it into a fitness center and do a multimillion-dollar renovation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=6028243 |title=Crim offers to purchase Character Inn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629043405/http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=6028243 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }}</ref> [[File:The Paterson Building.jpg|thumb|[[The Paterson Building]]]] Similar to a plan in Detroit, Flint is in the process of tearing down thousands of abandoned homes to create available real estate. As of June 2009, approximately 1,100 homes have been demolished in Flint, with one official estimating another 3,000 more will have to be torn down.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090615055407/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= June 15, 2009|title= US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive|access-date=June 18, 2009|author= Tom Leonard|date= June 12, 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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