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Restaurants asked to abide by state's new Safer Dining Program and last updated 2021-02-10 06:06:10-05 Now that indoor dining has reopened in Michigan, restaurants are being asked to voluntarily comply with the state’s new “MI COVID-19 Safer Dining” program. Restaurants that want to become a certified safe dining space will have to work with a licensed HVAC contractor who can recommend changes to air ventilation to improve circulation and reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread. The American Society for Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has been guiding...

Feb 3, 2021 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has granted restaurants the option to operate with limited indoor dining starting Tuesday, after months of having to survive on takeout and outdoor seating during a Michigan winter. Yet the damage thousands of restaurants have endured is likely to be lasting. The state restaurant association estimates 3,000 restaurants have closed and contends that the industry employs 200,000 fewer people than it did last year as Whitmer’s “pause” on indoor dining meant establishments couldn’t take in holiday revenue. Michigan has also been an outlier for these blank...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has granted restaurants the option to operate with limited indoor dining, after months of having to survive on takeout and outdoor seating

Restaurants upgrade HVAC systems to limit spread of COVID-19 and last updated 2021-01-31 22:20:36-05 BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (WXYZ) — The end of another shutdown is almost over, as restaurants across Michigan are getting ready to let their customers back inside. “We are so excited just to have people in here and to be warm again,” said Rachel Stemplewski, Taproom Manager at Griffin Claw Brewing in Birmingham. "People have been out there in the snow, in the rain, in the freezing cold bringing blankets and pillows to sit on, anything to keep warm to support us.” With fewer tables ...

Throughout this year, unlike any we’ve ever seen, Whitmer has remained disciplined, focused and on message, despite organized protests of her COVID-19 emergency orders, a murder plot engineered by domestic terrorists and a recalcitrant Legislature. And in the last statewide poll, taken in December, she continued to score unusually high approval ratings. However many protesters thronged to the state Capitol, a majority of Whitmer’s constituents has been willing to believe that she is on the right track. Michigan continues to log daily deaths, but the state’s COVID metrics are finally t...