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Your chance to save cash is right around the corner.
Beginning Thursday, you will not have to pay sales tax in the state on a wide range of items that will get you outdoors.
It’s the first “Freedom Week” part of a tax package signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May.
You can buy kayaks, bikes, camping gear; even bug spray will not be taxed.
People told us they will grab their carts and gear up for the outdoors ad spend some special time with their families grills for your cookout, coolers to head to the beach with, fishing supplies, water gear and sunscreen, you name it, everything you need to have fun in the sun.
Change-Ups: FBA names Burns director
The Family Business Alliance has named Robin Burns its director. Burns will work with the board and staff to develop and implement the strategic plan of the association whose sole mission is to ensure family businesses throughout West Michigan succeed generation to generation. Burns most recently served as the marketing director and management team member at Rhoades McKee. Established in 2006 in partnership with the Grand Rapids Chamber and Grand Valley State University and re-organized in 2018 as a 501(c)(6) within the Grand Rapids Chamber, the FBA has grown to serve over 160 members.
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