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By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT — Timothy Tharp has owned businesses in Detroit long enough to remember when parts of downtown resembled a ghost town. He's also seen its resurgence with new restaurants, hotels and throngs of people since the city's emergence from bankruptcy. Then came COVID-19 and people stopped coming. Tharp estimates his three restaurants and bars have lost a combined $1 million since March 2020.  

Nightside Report May 15, 2021: Detroit tourism seeks rebound after year lost to pandemic, Israel destroys AP office in Gaza Here are tonight’s top stories Tags:  In this March 24, 2020 file photo, Woodward Avenue is shown nearly empty in Detroit. Before the coronavirus showed up, downtown Detroit was returning to its roots as a vibrant city center, motoring away from its past as the model of urban ruin. Now, with the coronavirus forcing many office workers to their homes in the suburbs, those who remain wonder if revitalization will ever return. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (Copyright 2020 The A...

Corey Williams In a photo from May 6, 2021, Timothy Tharp with patrons Cecelia Shelley, center, and Amber Nolan, at his Checker Bar in downtown Detroit. Tharp also owns Grand Trunk Pub and the Whisky Parlor. He estimates that his businesses have lost about $1 million after closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But now as vaccinations increase and government-ordered lockdowns and restrictions to protect the public are being lifted, Tharpe believes the coronavirus pandemic could be remembered as just another hurdle the Motor City has had to leap. (AP Photo/Corey Williams) ...

Close First Lutheran Church in Savage was founded in 1913. Labor and materials were costly then, so each member loaned money toward the construction. The church rented farm land and paid that debt not long after 1926. Today, the church is wrapping up what will be its second expansion. A new fellowship hall and kitchen are being built on the ground level. A great deal of volunteer labor has been involved — but no loan this time around.