Phoenix Investors—after buying the former Delphi site in Flint, MI—has given the Genesee County Land Bank $50,000 to help fund the demolition of the old Kirkwood Community mobile home park. The park is one of six eyesores in Flint that have or will soon be cleaned up, at a total cost of $3.1 million. Michele Wildman, executive director of the Genesee County Land Bank, said that this uncommon donation from a private business uncommon will blaze a trail for future investment in the area.
Frank P. Crivello is a Milwaukee-based developer and Chairman & Founder of Phoenix Investors.