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West Michigan wedding, banquet centers call on state to ease COVID-19 restrictions
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
The Goei Center is a 400-person event center on Grand Rapids Southwest Side. The owner of the venue wants the state to ease customer occupancy restrictions put in place to reduce spread of COVID-19 (Brian McVicar | MLive.com)
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI For nearly a year, The Goei Center a 400-person event center on Grand Rapids Southwest Side has largely sat empty because of state restrictions on indoor gatherings aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19.
The restrictions, which limit indoor gatherings to 25 people, have caused financial pain for owner Bing Goei and his staff. They have also hurt the many wedding and event-related businesses he works with, from caterers to event planners.
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Extending office ban 6 months would be bad for Michigan, business leaders say
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
Office workers must work from home when their work can be done remotely through at least April 14.
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Michigan businesses still aren’t allowed to have employees spend their days at offices if their work can be done remotely, and some are concerned the ban could be extended.
“Zoom is nice, but it simply doesn’t replace the need for in-person work in complex situations,” said Veronica Horn, president and CEO of the Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce. “I think we’ve all learned it’s hard to innovate and collaborate from our kitchen tables.”
The news was greeted with relief by the struggling industry, though with concern that tight capacity restrictions may make it difficult for some establishments to turn a profit.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday announced the end of the nearly two-month “pause” that banned indoor dining amid broader COVID restrictions on schools, workplaces and sporting events during a surge in cases.
The new order, from Robert Gordon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, lasts three weeks. Whitmer did not rule out that new restrictions could be enacted if the state’s coronavirus case counts climb as officials worry about a new, more transmissible variant that has been found among three people in Ann Arbor.