Be a Tourist in Your Home Town 2018

Description

PASSPORTS CAN BE PURCHASED THE DAY OF THE EVENT AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

1. MOTT FOUNDATION BUILDING/BRUSH PARK
2. FLINT FARMERS MARKET
3. THE WHITING
4. FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE & ARBORETUM - GENESEE COUNTY PARKS

The Flint & Genesee Convention and Visitors Bureau is proud to announce its annual Be a Tourist in Your Home Town. This one-day event offers Flint & Genesee residents and non-residents the opportunity to experience what our community has to offer. For just $1.00 per person*, tourists (participants) can visit and enjoy many different venues around Flint & Genesee. The Be a Tourist Passport is also valid for discounts at many restaurants in Downtown Flint.

Complimentary transportation between attractions will be provided by co-sponsor Mass Transportation Authority. Buses will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Buses will make their final loops starting no later than 3:15 p.m. If you purchase your ticket at The Whiting or For-Mar, please make sure you board the appropriate final bus no later than 3:15 p.m.

All routes begin at Brush Park on the corner of First and Harrison streets (behind the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Building). Attractions listed alphabetically.  

Downtown Walking Tour**

Self-guided tours may be done at any time between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; Guided walking tours available at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. starting at Brush Park

• Buckham Gallery
• The Capitol Theatre
• CRIM Fitness Foundation
• Ferris Wheel Building
• Flint Farmers’ Market
• Flint Handmade Summer Art & Craft Street Fair
• Genesee County Gospel Festival at Flint’s Downtown Riverbank Park/Amphitheater
• Greater Flint Arts Council
• MW Gallery
• University of Michigan–Flint Frances Willson Thompson Library & Genesee Historical Collections Center
• University of Michigan-Flint Recreation Center

Route 1**

• Applewood: The Charles Stewart Mott Estate
• Christ the King African-American Festival
• Food Bank of Eastern Michigan’s Hunger Solution Center (HSC)
• Flint Public Library
• Flint Institute of Arts
• Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church/Auto Fest
• Longway Planetarium
• Sloan Museum
• Whaley Historic House Museum
• The Whiting

Route 2**

• Genesee County Parks For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum
• Sloan Museum at Courtland Center Mall – Dinosaurs (New 2018; Additional $3 entrance fee payable at location)

Route 3**

• Edible Flint Demonstration Garden
• Factory Two
• General Motor’s Durant-Dort Factory One 
• Totem Books

Route 4**

• Flint Children’s Museum
• Flint River Watershed Coalition
• Knob Hill Bed & Breakfast
• Mott Park Recreation Area
• Superintendent’s Cottage
• UAW Sit Down Strike Memorial

*Entrance to attractions with admission fees is included with your passport purchase for the day of the event, unless otherwise noted.
**Routes subject to change.

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Special thank you to prize donations from:

• Cranberries Café
• Fairfield Inn & Suites of Grand Blanc
• Flint City T-Shirts
• Flint Crepe Company
• Michigan Renaissance Festival
• Quality Inn of Grand Blanc
• University of Michigan-Flint Recreation Center