From CEO Bill Hallan: Disaster hit, but we recovered
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By BILL HALLAN
Of course it happened on a day when I was out of the office. I was in Detroit for a meeting alongside Meegan Holland, our vice president of communications and marketing,
Year end legislative wrap up, bill signing, notices
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In this issue:
- Legislature on break until Jan. 8
- Whitmer signs marketplace facilitator bills
- Treasury opines that kombucha subject to deposit law as of May 1
- Michigan Supreme Court declines to issue an advisory opinion on min.
MEDC grants offer new way to help small businesses
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Charlevoix’s popular new restaurant, My Grandmother’s Table, started out as a stand at the Charlevoix and Boyne City farmers markets.
“People wanted to know where they could buy things during the week,