Tom Gores Teams With Huntington Bank On $25 Million Flint Development Plan

Detroit Pistons owner, Tom Gores, announced that Huntington Bank would be a major part of a $25 Million plan to help Flint businesses affected by the Flint Water Crisis.

The major part of the development plan stands in $20 Million of federal loan money that will be administered by Huntington to small businesses in Flint.

The hope is that this huge reserve of available money will bring potential investors into Flint, and kick start the economic recovery.

Gores is from Genesee County, and Huntington just purchased First Merit, which has a huge presence in downtown Flint.  So both of the parties have personal interest in seeing the area bounce back.

There are many other organizations that are taking part in this initiative, including Gores FlintNOW campaign that he set up earlier this month.

The Detroit Free Press has a detailed breakout of all groups participating, along with how they will handle the money.

The Flint Water Crisis is a tragedy that most people can't comprehend.  How did things go so wrong, and why did it take so long for someone to listen to the people of Flint?  However, with most tragedies, someone takes the opportunity to step in and do the right thing.  I think it's time to wrap up the finger pointing, and blame game, and start to use the help that is being given to make Flint better than it has ever been.