As of early March there were still about 640,000 people in our state continuing to receive unemployment. For 75% of those, they got federal pandemic benefits, not state.
The strong polar vortex is now getting weak, and should weaken even more by April 1st. While it’s still stronger than normal right now, we expect to see it weakened over the next couple weeks and gone sometime in early April.
The Gillespie group leases the property to Sears and the lease doesn’t expire until 2029. Sears has contracted the Gillespie Group to create redevelopment plans.
There have been six applications so far in Meridian Township for a medical marijuana sales license. But the businesses say the only way for it to be profitable for them is if they can also do recreational sales.
There was a French bartender Pete Petiot who claimed he invented it back in 1921, well before any other claims. He was working at the New York Bar, a hangout in Paris where Ernest Hemingway and other American migrants could be found.
The Kerrytown, Main Street and State Street districts will encourage artists to fill spaces and windows in these areas, and also feature storefront paintings by Brush Monkey artists.