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Great Start to 2021 Housing advocates have had a lot to celebrate. President Biden’s Executive Order extended the national eviction moratorium through March and a longer extension with increased tenant protections is on the horizon. In addition, flawed rent relief procedures issued by the Trump Administration to access the $25 billion already allocated were tossed and will soon be replaced. Biden ended his first week raising the FEMA reimbursement rate for housing the unhoused in hotels from 75% to 100%—that’s a game changer for cities struggling to address homelessness. Last week also ...

Off The Menu: French fries the stuff of fast-food legend Updated Jan 23, 2021; They’re the stuff of fast-food legend. The “they” is McDonald’s original-formulation French fries. Made from fresh Russet potatoes and fried in beef tallow, the French fries served at McDonald’s restaurants in the 1960s and ’70s supposedly earned the praise of late 20th century food luminaries like James Beard and Julia Child. Certainly today’s restaurant French fries aren’t often memorable. Industrially processed, flash frozen, and sometimes “coated” to give the product better “plate life,�...

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. He writes of 2020 and 2021; 2020 is over. With 2020 gone, our hope is 2021 would be much better simply because it is a new year. The Capitol being overrun by rioters was quite the shocker. That said, I ran across a meme. It basically said just wishing 2021 to be better is not going to be enough. Expecting 2021: Screencap: Star Trek: The Next Generation For much of 2020, my focus was making it through 2020. Being shut down two months, wondering if the store would be forced to close for...

Change-Ups: Mendez joins GR Chamber as talent development manager Monica Mendez is the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce’s new talent development manager. She is responsible for overseeing Leading Edge, Leadership Advantage, and expanding upon ATHENA Grand Rapids programming, as well as providing support to chamber members. An immigrant from Mexico, Mendez came to the United States 20 years ago. She spent the first 15 years of her career as a business professional in a variety of different sales roles, but the magna cum laude graduate from Eastern Michigan University with a degree in Interna...

Proposed COVID-19 Relief Package Could Send Aid to Child Care Providers January 15, 2021 Great Start to Quality Northwest Resource Center works hand in hand with local providers. Their Co-Director, Mary Manner says this aid is essential. “They survived over the summer okay  because a lot of kids wouldn’t have been in care anyway,” said Manner. “As the fall progressed, the centers we’re able to stay open, but a lot of the home based providers began shutting down again.” She says many child care providers are not making enough money to keep their doors open. Manner says, “They...