The focus of this category is on attractions, events, and sports and recreational programs, teams, and facilities in Flint, Michigan.
Appropriate resources may include websites for museums and historical places in Flint, as well as libraries, art galleries, theaters, opera houses, and other attractions. Examples include the Flint Children's Museum, Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint Longway Planetarium, Flint Public Library, Sloan Museum at Courtland, Stockton House Museum, and Whaley Historic House Museum, well as others.
Sports and recreational programs in Flint would also be appropriate for this category, whether operated through the municipal government, school system, university or college, a community nonprofit, church, or a for-profit organization. This might include a school junior varsity or varsity team, collegiate sports, or a community sports program such as the Little League, as well as professional or semi-professional sports.
The Flint Fury is a semi-pro football team playing at Atwood Stadium in downtown Flint, and currently part of the Great Lakes Football League. In 2015, the Ontario Hockey League's Plymouth Whalers were relocated to Flint, after which the team changed its name to the Flint Firebirds. The junior ice hockey team plays at home games at the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center in Flint and is still a member of the Ontario Hockey League. Playing at Mott's Ballenger's Fieldhouse, the Flint Monarchs is a women's basketball team in the Women's American Basketball Association, while the Flint City Derby Girls is a roller derby team in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, playing at the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center. The Flint City Bucks is a soccer team in the USL League 2, playing at Atwoods Stadium, and the Flint Rogues Rugby Club is a rugby team in the Michigan Rugby Football Union, playing at Longway Park. The Flint-Vehicle City Chargers is a semi-pro basketball team playing in the American Basketball Association; home games are played at the New Standard Academy gym.
Recreational opportunities in Flint but also suitable for this category, and may include local bowling alleys, golf courses, and other recreational facilities and programs.
Local events, such as festivals, concerts, fairs, and other activities may also be found in this category, which focuses on things to do in places to go in Flint, Michigan.
Recommended Resources
Bowl Flint is a chain of independently owned bowling centers, which owns and operates two bowling centers in Flint, Michigan. It's open bowling, league bowling, tournaments, youth programs, and instructional programs are featured, along with its availability for birthday parties, company parties, fundraisers, school outings, and other events. Bowling specials are featured, and gift cards may be purchased on-site or online. Rewards discount members may access their accounts online.
https://bowlflint.com/
Situated on West University Avenue in Flint, Michigan, the museum offers a hands-on experience for children ages two through 10. Included is a Discovery Zone, consisting of a rotating exhibit space that changes about every three months. Its location, entry fees, group offers, and line ticket sales are featured, along with promotional offers, a calendar of events, directions, parking information, sponsorships, and volunteer opportunities. Office hours and contacts are included.
https://flintchildrensmuseum.org/
Founded in 1995 as the Mid-Michigan Bucks, the soccer team plays in USL League Two, with its home games at Atwood Stadium at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. The stadium location and policies are defined, game schedules are posted, along with results and league positions. Front office personnel, coaching staff, team doctors, and interns are listed, and a gallery of photographs is included. News and updates are included, and contacts are posted to the site.
https://www.flintcitybucks.com/
Playing its home games at the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center in Flint, Michigan, the Firebirds are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. Ticket options and online ticket sales are included on the site, along with team rosters and statistics, a staff directory, promotional and season schedules, a photo gallery, videos, and links to radio and television coverage of games. Community activities, corporate partners, and an online shopping area are included.
https://flintfirebirds.com/
Created to enhance the understanding and appreciation of art, through collections, exhibitions, and educational programs, the museum is located on East Kearsley Street in Flint, Michigan. Its location shown on the map, its hours of operation are posted, and its admission policies and costs are posted to the site. A calendar of events is presented, along with membership information, volunteer opportunities, and ways in which contributions may be made to the facility.
https://flintarts.org/
The Flint Metro League includes high school varsity, junior varsity, and other sports programs from the greater Flint region, which includes twelve high schools, each of which are featured here, including a historical archive arranged by sport, and FML sport bylaws. Member scholar-athletes are highlighted, along with teams showing the best sportsmanship, and All-League teams from 1968 to the present time. Game results may be reported to the site, with a username and password.
https://www.flintmetroleaguesports.com/
Serving the Flint, Michigan community, the Public library's address is posted in its location as shown on the map, along with library hours, telephone and reference numbers, and email address, and a contact form. Online resources include access to cardholder accounts, various electronica resources, including the library catalog, research tools, genealogy, and local history resources, as well as the library programs for children, teens, and parents are featured here.
https://fpl.info/
Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame
Created by the Bruin Club of Mott Community College in 1980, the Hall of Fame acknowledges the history of athletic achievement and community service in the Flint, Michigan region. Its board of directors, selection committee, and Emeritus Honorees are listed, and its policies for the submission of nominees or teams are put forth, along with a list of inductees, calendar of events, and sponsors. Nomination forms, eligibility requirements, and selection guidelines are posted.
https://gfashof.org/
Sloan Museum at Courtland / Longway Planetarium
In operation for more than fifty years, the Flint, Michigan Sloan Museum is in the process of transforming into a fully interactive Sloan Museum of Discovery. Ovation and expansion plans are posted, along with schedules and contacts. A calendar of events for the Longway planetarium is also included, and along with information about age. Other resources include STEM workshops, virtual field trips, membership information, sponsorships, and volunteer opportunities.
https://sloanlongway.org/
Originally the Stockton family, this Italianate home was built in 1872 by Civil War Colonel Thomas Baylis Whitmarsh Stockton and overlooks a natural spring that was known as Spring Grove. Now maintained by the Stockton Center at Spring Grove, a nonprofit organization committed to the historical preservation and renovation of the local historic district, the history of the Flint, Michigan structure is presented, along with a photo gallery, an overview of its collections, and a calendar of events.
https://www.stocktonhousemuseum.com/
Housed in the circa 1885 home originally belonging to Robert Jeremiah Whaley and family, the structure has been preserved, and a collection of artifacts are exhibited in the historically stage the rooms of the home, which tell the history of the McFarlands in Whaley's, two prominent Flint families, and also the history of Flint, Michigan. The renovation project as discussed and sponsors are acknowledged on the site. It's a dress, opening hours, and contacts are posted.
https://www.whaleyhouse.com/
