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MEDC In the News
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Support
RC’s Main Street efforts   
(Alpena News) 4/06-2020
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Support RC’s Main Street efforts EDITORIALS AND COLUMNS JUN 4, 2020 ALPENA NEWS EDITORIAL Rogers City is trying to build a grassroots coalition to bring the Michigan Economic Development
Corp.’s Main Street program to the city. The program would bring some much-needed money and expertise to
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Ramsdell
among groups to receive grants from Emergency Relief Fund
(Manistee News) 4/06-2020
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MICHIGAN — The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs has awarded a total of $502,400 in Emergency Relief Fund grants to 176 nonprofit arts and cultural organizations around Michigan
to assist with negative impacts resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
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SPECIAL: COVID-19 NEWS & RESOURCES
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How
Blue Water Area businesses are preparing to re-open as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted
(secondwavemedia) 4/06-2020
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With Governor Gretchen Whitmer rescinding her Safer at Home order and moving Michigan into Phase Four of the MI Safe Start Plan, more and more businesses throughout the state will be opening
their doors to customers, with retailers allowed to reopen on Thursday, June 4, and restaurants Monday, June 8, albeit under capacity restrictions and health and safety requirements and protocols.
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Gift
card stimulus program aims to boost Bay City's economy
(secondwavemedia) 4/06-2020
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Buying a gift card to a local business could extend your budget and help the economy. The Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and Bay Future Inc. partnered with investors to develop Buy BC, a
gift card-stimulus program. Here’s how it works. Click here to shop for service, retail, and restaurant gift cards
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Community Development
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Bay
City’s newest outdoor venue on track for completion this summer
(secondwavemedia) 4/06-2020
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The framework is in place and in a few short weeks, construction on the World Friendship Shell in Downtown Bay City should be done. The project started in January when the original stage,
built in 1981, was razed. The new outdoor amphitheater is the final piece of the waterfront project in Bay City
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Entrepreneurship
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LOCAL
ENTREPRENEUR: Patty O'Brien
(Manistee News) 4/06-2020
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Caption Close MANISTEE NEWS ADVOCATE: How long have you owned your business? PATTY O'BRIEN: I bought the business in September, 2014. MNA: What inspired you to open your business? O'BRIEN:
I had worked here since 2009, so I fell in love with the store and downtown Manistee and Maria (DeRee, former
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Economic Trends
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Back
to business: Operating a small-town restaurant in a pandemic
(Petoskey News-Review)
4/06-2020
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On Friday, May 22, restaurants and bars across Northern Michigan were able to offer on-site food and drink service for the first time in more than two months. The decision was made by Gov.
Gretchen Whitmer on May 18, with an executive order that allows for the reopening of retail businesses,
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Travel
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Chippewa
River offers wide variety of fun summer activities
(secondwavemedia) 4/06-2020
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Summer is just around the corner and with any luck the warm weather will provide a reprieve from the cabin-fever of quarantine. One place to enjoy the Mt. Pleasant summertime is the Chippewa
River, which provides a variety of opportunities for summer fun that can be adapted to social distancing
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Black
Star Farms offers summer Outdoor Adventure package
(MLive.com) 4/06-2020
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SUTTONS BAY, MI - During a summer when fun, outdoor activities and the need for social distancing seem to be a perfect fit, the Inn at Black Star Farms is offering a special Outdoor Adventure
package for its guests. The award-winning winery and vineyard in Suttons Bay has created a day-long
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Arts & Lifestyle
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Versiti
to host donor watch party for Virtual Arts Festival
(Grand Rapids Business Journal)
4/06-2020
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Versiti to host donor watch party for Virtual Arts Festival By Ehren Wynder -June 4, 2020 Courtesy Festival of the Arts Versiti Blood Center of Michigan is hosting a blood drive in partnership
with the virtual Festival of the Arts on Friday. The Grand Rapids donor center at 1036 Fuller Ave. NE
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Detroit
Zoo starts gradual reopening next week
(Crain's Detroit Business)
4/06-2020
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Visitors will be required to schedule visit Entry restricted to 1,000 visitors per day through Thursday; then increases to 2,000 Zoo will reopen for general admission on June 12 with timed
tickets
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Watercolor
Cafe: Mackinac Island’s Artsy Eatery and Creative Space
(9&10 News) 4/06-2020
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Over the last several weeks hopefully, you’ve been inspired to take on a new hobby— like learning to juggle, trying to learn a new language or maybe you finally found the time to pick up
a paintbrush! Kate Dupre has had a paintbrush in her hand as long as she can remember… She is a talented artist
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Disc
golf and more coming to an Auburn-area park next summer
(secondwavemedia) 4/06-2020
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From cross-country ski trails and a communal bonfire pit to bird sanctuaries and disc golf, Auburn is expanding its year-round recreation opportunities. A 25-acre park with a variety of
activities and amenities is planned inside the existing Auburn Shooting Range. Known locally as simply “The Range
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Protesters
peacefully gather across Great Lakes Bay Region
(secondwavemedia) 4/06-2020
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Hundreds of people across the Great Lakes Bay Region and the nation have gathered to protest the murder of George Floyd, an African American who was killed while being arrested in Minneapolis
on May 25. While protesting his murder, police brutality, and racial injustice, some protests across the
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A
Detroit mom brings people together with 'Social Distance Zoo'
(The Detroit News) 4/06-2020
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Art is therapy for Detroiter Frankie Piccirilli. So when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's Stay Home order was issued in March, Piccirilli, a mom of two young daughters who has always loved to doodle
on work meeting agendas but isn't a professional, naturally started drawing. She drew large pictures of
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