My City January 2023

Painting to Inspire WaterColor Artist Denise Willing-Booher Denise Willing-Booher, who grew up in Mundy Township, became interested in art at a young age, watch ing her grandfather and father create art with cut glass and stained glass. She has worked with a variety of medi ums but especially enjoys watercolors. “It’s a bit magical,” she shared. “You mix it and never know exactly what you are going to get. I love the uncertainty of it – just letting it work on its own.”Willing-Booher loves painting portraits, landscapes and wildlife. “I strive to convey raw beauty and emotion in my painting through an up-close perspective with composition and light.”

June Your NEWFlint Public Library AWonderful Place for the People After an eight-month

of the past and embraces a brighter future. “The old building was beginning to break down. It was aging,” said Library Director Kay Schwartz. “ We wanted to bring something new and amazing to the city. It’s a wonderful place for the people of Flint and every one should see and make use of it all.”

construction delay due to the pandemic and a lot of hard work by archi tects, construction crew and staff, the Flint Public Library officially opened to residents on May 21, 2022. The new FPL truly reflects Flint’s current and ongoing evolution as the city parts ways with the hardships

Presenting the Truth WNEMTV 5 News Anchor, David Custer

For David Custer, presenting the truth is everything – both as a journalist and personally. As the head news anchor at WNEMTV5 since 2016 and an openly gay man, he has hidden nothing from his viewing audience. Every night, Custer, alongside his friend and co-anchor Meg McLeod anchors the 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm and 10pm broadcasts, providing up-to-date news bulletins and stories ranging from tragic to inspiring. His reporting has earned him seven regional Emmy Awards, several Associated Press and Michigan Association of Broadcasters Awards, and the Great Lakes Bay Region’s Ruby Award as one of the brightest professionals under the age of 40. His personality, style and local storytelling has also won him the coveted My City Magazine City’s Choice Award for Best News Anchor for the last six years. "It is the job of the journalist to seek the truth, to accurately tell a story as it is and hold nothing back.”

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