reduced property values to new lows. There are some assets in the Eastside working against these prevailing trends. In particular, Kearsley Park has been recently redesigned and renovated and has become a stabilizing influence on the neighborhood. The diversity of the Eastside, essentially unprecedented in Flint, has had its most visible impact on Davison Road, as seen by such businesses as Luigi's Restaurant and the Flint Judo Club. Significant business closures reflect tough economics, tough neighborhoods While its boundaries may be the Flint River to the west and Dort Highway to the east, the Eastside has Franklin Ave. as its main north-south artery and Davison Road as its main east-west artery. Along these roads certain well established businesses, with long histories of community involvement, have contributed to the general stability of the area. However, on Davison Road, two such businesses have closed their doors within the last few years. Brown Funeral Home closed in 2007 and Angelos Coney Island - a restaurant famous in Flint, and, in business at that location since 1949 - closed permanently in December 2018. In an interview on Michigan Public Radio the owner of Angelos Coney Island stated that the restaurant had seen declining patronage over the last few years and suggested that he believed this was a consequence of Flint's dwindling population, the city's economic malaise, concerns over water quality, and people simply being afraid to come to the Eastside. While Angelos Coney Island was a legendary eatery in the Flint area, its property had been the site of numerous assaults and murders over the last twenty years. References External links Flint, Michigan's 3rd Ward Flint, Michigan's 4th Ward Flint, Michigan's 5th Ward Flint, Michigan's 7th Ward Kearsley Park Whaley Park Flint, Michigan