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From large healthcare facilities such as Beaumont Hospital and Bronson Hospital, to nursing homes and elective surgery, health care workers continue to bear the burden in Michigan where cases are rising higher than any other state.
Meridian Township early education students and families adapt to a year of virtual learning.
While many Meridian Township businesses are struggling to stay afloat due to COVID-19, juice and smoothie shop, Juice Nation, is expanding. Juice Nation will be opening in April its third location in Okemos, adding to its other locations in East Lansing and Lansing. Newest Juice Nation under construction, located at 3520 Okemos Rd. Photo taken by Emilie Appleyard. Plans for construction began in the early spring of 2020, however, the pandemic significantly slowed down the process.
The Meridian Township Zoning Board of Appeals approved unanimously on Feb. 24, 2021 a variance request made by Johnson Sign Company to install a second wall sign at 2076 Towner Rd. Proposed design of the new sign at 2076 Towner Rd. by Johnson Sign Company
Jim Johnson from Johnson Sign Company spoke to the board at the meeting, representing his tenant, Great Lakes Office Furniture, and gave justification for the request. Johnson said his client feels it would be in the public interest to add a sign on the north side of the building, as both clients that also includes Retractable Solutions Inc. and delivery drivers traveling west on Saginaw Highway often have difficulty finding his client’s business.