the bench Flint forgot. someone fixed it anyway.
There's a bench at the edge of a clearing on the outskirts of Flint — dirt underneath, trees all around, nowhere in particular. The city had it on a map somewhere and then forgot about it. The paint peeled. Nobody sat on it.
Then somebody showed up with a can of green paint and a stencil. No announcement. No committee meeting. Just a bench that needed fixing and a person who had a few hours and cared.
bench404 runs on the same idea. Small gaps, local people, no bureaucracy. If you're in or around Flint and you need something and don't know who to ask, ask here. If you have something to give and don't know who needs it, offer it here.
Help moving, minor repairs, rides, tech help, translation — stuff you'd ask a neighbor.
Tools, produce, furniture, seedlings, spare parts. Give-away or borrow.
How to file something, who to call, what that form means. Flint folks helping Flint folks navigate.
Know someone who needs to meet someone else? Make the introduction here.
Not a marketplace. Not a charity. No transactions, no vetting, no middlemen. Just a board where things get posted and people sort it out.
One sentence is fine. We don't need your life story. If you want to be reached, include how.
Posts are screened automatically — no waiting on a human, no account, no approval queue. If it clears, it's on the board in seconds.
Someone sees it and reaches out. We stay out of it after the introduction. That's on purpose.
The board doesn't accumulate. Old posts clear on their own. If it's still relevant, repost.
It takes about 45 seconds. No account. Posts go up the moment they clear an automatic review.