Commentary: East Village Magazine celebrates 50 years of local journalism, art, and community commitment

By Paul Rozycki In 1976, Flint’s population was about 160,000, General Motors employed 80,000 people in Genesee County, gas was 59 cents a gallon, and the average household income was $16,000. No one had home computers, laptops, or cell phones – and, in July of that year, Gary Custer published the first issue of East […]