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In an announcement that’s not likely to shock many small businesses in Michigan’s hospitality Industry, the Michigan Department of Treasury released tax collection numbers last month that show a continued decline in revenue over several key sectors — including those hardest hit by the smoking ban.
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 The MLBA was recently approached by a group called Michigan Saves, who help facilitate small business loans for our industry specifically, to help modernize restaurants and retailers with cost-saving energy-efficient remodels. Michigan Saves is in the early stages of building it’s program for our industry, and they’ve asked us to help them gather information.
They’ve put together a short survey that you can reach here. There’s no committment and no obligation on your part, they’re just gathering information on our industry and our businesses. And best of all, they’ve offered to contribute to the MLBA for each response we deliver to them. This is a great way to take just a few minutes of your time to not only help an innovative new program for small businesses, but to help your own association in the process. We would really appreciate your time and help.
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It has been brought to the attention of the MLBA that some Health Departments in Michigan may be using vague language in a state law to charge excessive and inconsistent "re-inspection" fees for establishments in their jurisdictions. Obviously, this practice is unfair and must be dealt with.
We need your help to identify where these fees are being collected, and how much the offending Health Departments are charging businesses. Please take a few moments to reply to the brief survey below. We ask for your establishment and your name ONLY so that the MLBA may contact you if needed, and your personal information will NOT be shared with anyone outside our offices.
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Written by Scott Ellis
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Sunday, 01 January 2012 00:00 |
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I hope everybody had a wonderful and safe holiday season. As we move into a new year I look forward to 2012 and what it has to offer, as we anticipate a lot of changes pending for our membership and our industry in Michigan.
I would like to start off with a “Thank You” to the MLBA Officers, for having faith in me and choosing me for the job of Executive Director. I am looking forward to the challenges ahead of us. With my background in Law Enforcement, I have worked with licensed establishments for many years. I always took pride in the fact that I realized that licensed establishments are crucial to a communities’ economic survival. With my new role I will able to work with you and represent all licensees around the state.
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LANSING, January 3, 2012 – Studies released in December show encouraging statistics in the areas of both drunken driving and teenage alcohol use, with alcohol-related traffic fatalities at a 10-year low in Michigan, and underage drinking hitting record national lows in the past year.
According to reports, the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) recorded just over 4,000 alcohol-related traffic crashes resulting in 264 fatalities in 2010 – both numbers down nearly 40 percent from ten years before. Meanwhile, Monitoring the Future, the University of Michigan’s ongoing study on trends among the nation’s young people, announced a continuing decline in teen alcohol use across the country resulting in “historical low” levels of underage drinking.
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Written by Rick Roberson
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Sunday, 01 January 2012 00:00 |
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Happy new year to all, and I hope everyone had a great holiday season both at home and in their businesses.
We begin the new year anticipating a lot of change in our industry, as the final report of the Liquor Advisory Rules Committee was presented to the Governor just before the holidays. As I’m writing this, we’re not sure what the committee came up with, but we know they were tasked with revamping the regulation of our industry from the top to the bottom — everything, the Governor’s office said, is on the table.
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