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Retail pop-up stores help entrepreneurs test ideas

By Rick Haglund

Downtown Muskegon was slowly revitalizing, years after the failed Muskegon Mall was demolished. But a crucial commercial element was missing.

“Retail wasn’t coming downtown as fast as we’d like,” City Clerk Ann Meisch said.

How does a bill become a law?

bill to law chart

How do we develop new legislation? Let’s describe the process – and the important role MRA members play.

STEP 1: IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES

The process to change or make a new law really starts with you.

Potholes play into February sales numbers

Michigan followed the national trend, with a tiny dip in retail sales in February, according to the latest Michigan Retail Index, a joint project of Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Detroit branch.