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by Alan Stamm It s kind of custom to our culture, says the owner of Armando s, site of these first lantern-style dining chalets. (Photo: Southwest Detroit Business Association) These stylish workarounds for dining in a time of Covid are likely to outlast the pandemic, and not just because prices start at $6,000 each. They re also cozy, romantic and culturally apt for Southwest Detroit, the first area getting locally made restaurant luminarias. The steel huts with plexiglass windows and roofs are 12-foot-tall versions of paper lanterns that line walkways, churches, and homes around Christmas in Mexican culture. Fifteen are being erected outside eateries in Mexicantown and nearby, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Hudson Webber Foundation. ....
SNAP beneficiaries, food banks to get boost from stimulus Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press (TNS) Jan. 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Cars pull into the parking lot to get food Thursday at St. Anthony s community center on West Vernor in Detroit. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press via TNS) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Milk and other items were given away to families during a food drive at St. Anthony s community center in Detroit. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press via TNS) Show MoreShow Less 3of3 LANSING More than a million Michiganders who receive federal food assistance will see extra benefits loaded onto their Bridge cards later this month and food banks and pantries across the state stand to get a much needed boost. ....
and food banks and pantries across the state stand to get a much needed boost. The latest federal stimulus package earmarks $13 billion for food assistance, including a 15% increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits through June and additional money for food banks, as Americans continue to struggle to put food on the table. When money s tight, the grocery budget is often one of the first sacrifices that a family will make because it s one of the quickest or easiest ones to make, said Julie Cassidy, a senior policy analyst at the Michigan League for Public Policy. In Michigan, a one-person household getting $204 in maximum monthly food stamp benefits can expect to receive $234, as part of the new stimulus. A two-person household getting $374 per month would be bumped up to $430, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. ....