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Katie Albert brings an order to customers seated in a large tent set up in the parking lot outside Opa! Grill and Taproom in Traverse City in September.
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Ken Biles and Jennifer Thompson, of Baltimore, wear masks while walking along River Street in downtown Elk Rapids in July.
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Airport Maintainers Ray Platts, left, and Craig Neu replace social distancing stickers on the floor of Traverse City Cherry Capital Airport in July.
Record-Eagle file photo/Jan-Michael Stump
TRAVERSE CITY â Businesses and workers in northwest Lower Michigan traveled a rocky road in 2020, jostled by the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions.
Whitney Waara to chief operating officer, and vice president of marketing
Jennifer Case to chief marketing officer. Waara joined Traverse City Tourism in October 2019 after serving as the executive director of the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce. Case has been with the organization for more than 20 years and her promotion comes after earning her Certified Destination Management Executive designation earlier this summer. According to a release, the designation is âthe tourism industryâs highest individual educational achievement.â Several other Traverse City Tourism employees also received promotions.
Heather Schell is now design manager;
Mike Wagner member & visitor services specialist;
Emma Schmitz destination specialist; and
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The Small Business Association of Michigan says many business owners cannot sustain operations if COVID-19 restrictions stay in place.
Orders from the state health department are set to expire on Sunday, but it’s not clear if they’ll get extended again.
“They really can’t hold on much longer and so it is absolutely urgent that this week Congress pass an aid bill,” said President of the Small Business Association of Michigan, Brian Calley. “It’s also urgent that when this emergency order comes to a close on Sunday that it not be extended in the same way that keeps businesses closed.”
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But Traverse City Tourism says that this just a bandaid to a much bigger problem.
Traverse City Tourism CEO and President, Trevor Tkach, says, “It’s just a delay and as nice as that is it’s not going to solve the issues that a lot of these restaurateurs are going through right now. They need real help.”
The extension will allow 31 extra days for effected businesses to make their December sales, use and withholding tax monthly payment.
The new deadline will now be January 20th.
Trevor Tkach is also a board member for the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association.