FLINT, MI – General Motors employees across Genesee County will step away from assembly lines and offices and into various neighborhoods, cleaning up blight and garbage, and trimming down overgrown weeds in and around Flint.
Dozens of GM workers will participate in the company’s second annual teamGM Cares Week activities, including building a Peace Park and sprucing up local neighborhoods.
The employees will work throughout the week of Sept. 9 at the Flint-based Catholic Charities office to build a Peace Park at the organization’s Center of Hope facility located at 901 Chippewa St.
Additionally, GM employees and representatives from the Flint River Watershed Coalition will clear land near the Durant-Dort Factory One, which the company purchased earlier this year.
The cleanup will extend from the Durant-Dort Factory along the city-owned river walkway on Monday, Sept. 9, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. The site is located at the corner of Water and Lyon streets.