News and Events in Flat Rock, Michigan
With the new Fusion rolling off the Flat Rock assembly line later this year, Ford has hired 1,400 new employees. To train new employees to build the Fusion without them currently being built, Ford has introduced simulated factory training. This type of training will allow workers to be ready to build as soon as the parts hit the line.
The first Euro-American settlers in Flat Rock were Michael Vreeland and his five grown sons between 1811 and 1820. Michael had been captured by British Rangers during the Revolutionary War and released after American independence.
The family purchased 800 acres (3.2 km2). The town was called the Village of Vreeland until 1838 when the Vreeland family sold off the majority of the land and relinquished control of the area. The Vreeland families built the first grain and lumber mill, having brought the grinding stones from New York.
Descendants of Michael Vreeland still live in the town and attend Flat Rock public schools, being the seventh generation to reside in the town their family founded.