July 4th updates: Fireworks, free community event, city hall closure, and waste collection

 Flint City Hall Closed for July 4^th Holiday

Flint City Hall will be closed to the public Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5 and will reopen Monday, July 8 with normal business hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The red drop box in front of City Hall will be open for water payments, property taxes, and any other correspondence. Police, fire, the water service center, and the wastewater plant will continue to operate 24 hours a day.

 City of Flint Service Center Holiday Hours

The City of Flint Service Center on Clio Rd. will be closed Thursday, July 4 for the holiday, but will reopen with normal business hours on Friday, July 5. Normal drive through bill pay hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Normal hours for public health services are Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

♻️ Waste Collection Schedule

Priority Waste trash, compost, and recycling collection will be delayed by one day due to the holiday for Thursday and Friday collection areas only. The normal collection schedule will resume the following week.

 Fireworks Thursday, July 4 at Dusk, Downtown Flint

Mayor Sheldon Neeley, the City of Flint, and the Flint Downtown Development Authority will present a fireworks display on Thursday, July 4, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. Fireworks will be visible from the downtown area looking west toward Chevy Commons and will take place at dusk.

🗽 Free 4^th of July Celebration at Factory One, Downtown Flint

The 9th Annual Flint Water Festival & Flint Institute of Music Holiday Celebration is free for all Flint community members to enjoy. The event will take place at General Motors’ Durant-Dort Factory One at 303 W. Water St. in Flint. Free event parking is available at the Riverfront Ramp at 302 Beach St.

Full event schedule:

6:00 PM – Water Drive

6:00 PM – Summer Stage Kickoff

• DJ: Brian Larkin
• Fernando Silverio Solis
• Flintdustry
• Madison Olivia
• Hustlers on the Move

9:00 PM – Headliner: The Purple xPeRIeNCE

6:00-10:00 PM – Pickleball Open Play

6:00-9:00 PM – Soak City Splash Park

9:00-10:00 PM – Glow Foam Party

9:00 PM – Marshall Charloff and the Purple xPeRIeNCE

Fireworks at dusk!

Learn more: https://thefim.org/event/july4/

Fireworks are only allowed in the City of Flint immediately before and after major holidays

According to the City of Flint fireworks ordinance, fireworks are only allowed on the day before, the day of, and the day after major holidays. Fireworks are not allowed between the hours of midnight and 8 a.m. State law also permits fireworks from June 29 to July 2, from 11 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.

Beginning Saturday, July 6, fireworks will not be allowed in the City of Flint until the Labor Day holiday.

Violation of the City’s fireworks ordinance is punishable by a $500 fine and seizure of fireworks.

Flint’s Code of Ordinances also states that, “A person shall not ignite, discharge, or use consumer fireworks on public property, school property, church property, or the property of another person without the organization’s or person’s express permission to use consumer fireworks on those premises.”

Consumer fireworks are defined as, “devices that are designed to produce visible effects by combustion.” The regulations do not apply to “low-impact” or “novelty” fireworks, which are often handheld or stay on the ground, such as smoke devices, sparklers, snappers, and snakes.