Flint has been forced to endure a decade of crises that tested the survival of its families and its businesses. From the water crisis to waves of economic disinvestment, the city has been treated as an afterthought in conversations about Michigan’s future. Yet this month, Flint was chosen as the first city outside Detroit to host the Michigan Black Business Alliance’s Capital Connect program. The decision signals a statewide recognition that Black entrepreneurs in Flint—and cities like it—deserve the same tools, resources, and access to capital that have too often bypassed them.

The moment was marked with the graduation of Capital Connect Cohort 13, a group of eight Flint entrepreneurs who completed the 12-week accelerator. For three years, the program has helped Detroit business owners s

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