The Pistons and team owner Tom Gores donated $1 million to fund the construction of two open-air basketball courts and a multi-use gathering area for basketball programming and events for the park scheduled to open Oct. 25.
Jackson Park Youth is a Flint-based organization that promotes baseball and structured summer activities for Flint inner city kids at Hardenbrook Park.
In a pair of recent speaking engagements, Detroit Pistons President of Business Operations Melanie Harris highlighted the vision of team owner Tom Gores.
Henry Ford Health VP Jerry Darby announced the healthcare system would donate a now-closed hospital to allow the public charter school to move into a larger space to further the educational mission of the school that opened in 2011.
The Detroit Pistons, who earned the Eastern Conference sixth seed this season, could be in position to take advantage of the situation if the Bucks and Celtics slump next season.
“Understanding what it’s taken our team, our city to get here. And for our men, our players, who have done this. So I feel really lucky to have those young men. And it means a lot. But we’re not done."
The Pistons’ turnaround from being one of the worst teams in league history to being in firm control of a playoff spot has garnered praise from national voices.
The FlintNOW Fund, established by Tom Gores, Chairman and CEO of Platinum Equity and owner of the Detroit Pistons, emerged in response to the Flint water crisis.