When the 2011 municipal takeover in Flint, Michigan, placed the city under state control, some supported the intervention while others saw it as an affront to democracy. Still, others were ambivalent about what was supposed to be a temporary disruption. But how did Flint's municipal takeovers, which suspended local representational government, alter the local political system? Dr. Nickels addresses the ways residents, groups, and organizations were able to participate politically - or not - during the city's municipal takeovers in both 2002 and again in 2011.

This event is part of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning lecture series. It is free and open to the public. Attendees will earn one AIA continuing education learning unit (1 LU).