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Photo by Jacob Herbert By: Jacob Herbert | C&G Newspapers | Published January 30, 2021 Advertisement OAKLAND COUNTY The bar and restaurant industries have been some of the hardest hit in the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurant owners have had to adjust hours and switch solely to carryout in order to keep business afloat. Officials in the city of Southfield and Oakland County said they have stepped in to help by sending supplies to be used for a more comfortable outdoor dining experience in the middle of winter. Items such as outdoor heaters and propane tanks to fuel them, sanitary supplies, and tables and chairs to help create that environment. ....
9 & 10 News December 15, 2020 “I think it’s the American way to push through and do your best, you work hard and you succeed.” Tim Bergstrom’s days spent slaving over a hot stove in a small, food truck kitchen have paid off. After a summer parked outside of Menard’s in Traverse City, he’s made a name for himself, as well as enough cash for a storefront to call his own. The wheels may be gone, but the burgers are here to stay. Tim has had an interest in having a food venture of his own for several years now. The pandemic, while devastating for the restaurant industry, was the catalyst for him to begin working on his dream. Tim has been in Traverse City since 2003, where he graduated from the Great Lakes Culinary Institute. He continued his culinary education at the New England Culinary Institute and gained further experience through internships, including one at the Lafayette Hotel in New Orleans. ....
Northern Michigan Entrepreneur: Becky Tranchell of Rose & Fern Photo(s) by Rose & Fern Venture North, a nonprofit based in Traverse City, invests in local businesses in a 10-county region, having provided more than $6 million in funding to entrepreneurs in Northwest Michigan, such as Becky Tranchell, owner of Rose & Fern. Venture North also manages the Regional Resiliency Program, which converts philanthropic donations into grants for small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. “… When care is pressing you down a bit, rest if you must, but don’t you quit,” said Grace Munger, my age-94 great grandmother, at a late ’70s reunion. Wheelchair-bound and failing. She rose from her chair when no one thought she could. Then recited John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem with a punch line she meant; a lesson for family. She had 13 kids; buried two. She trapped and canned muskrat in winter and caught bluegills in summer to feed her family. She had fresh rolls with butter ....