Meridian Township
Explore fresh coffee and baked goods at Taste Coffee Company
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The Okemos restaurant formerly known as the Golden Rose Restaurant and then Country House Catering is now the family-owned and revamped Taste Coffee Company.
Business & Economy
Grand Ledge offers space for those who love the outdoors
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The logo for Toads (a toad wearing climbing gear) hangs down in front of the downtown Grand Ledge restaurant. The city of Grand Ledge has several beautiful parks and natural areas for people to enjoy. For the residents of Grand Ledge who have wanted to enjoy nature without going out of the city limits, there is now a place that caters to those same residents. City highlights include the Grand River that runs through downtown, Island Park which provides people a place to walk down into the middle of the river and a vibrant climbing scene which takes advantage of numerous beautiful climbing spots. Chris Haman and his family quickly realized that for those who loved the natural parts of Grand Ledge, there was no facility for them to go and hang out.
Arts & Entertainment
Food fests tantalize small-town crowds
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FOOD FESTIVALS: Crowds flock to the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City and Cheeseburger in Caseville. Festivals featuring other foods get less love and attention but bolster local communities: Celebrate potatoes in Posen, asparagus in Mears, fungus in the U.P., cereal in Battle Creek, melons in Howell, peaches in Romeo. An organizer of the Elsie Dairy Festival tells why. By Andrew Roth. FOR MICHIGAN FARM NEWS, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, OCEANA COUNTY, MARQUETTE, IRON MOUNTAIN, ST. IGNACE, SAULT ST. MARIE, TRAVERSE CITY, LEELANAU, WKTV, DETROIT, HOLLAND, LUDINGTON, CHEBOYGAN, ALPENA, ALCONA, MONTMORENCY AND ALL POINTS.
Business & Economy
A Groovy Find in Williamston
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In a small town just 11 miles from East Lansing stands a small shop hidden in a strip mall with one word over the door: DONUTS.
Business & Economy
Global warming, climate change and my ice cream
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COMMENTARY ICE CREAM: As the operating season for a popular ice cream shop in Lowell opens earlier and closes later each year, a local ice cream enthusiast worries about the climate change that’s responsible. By Mackenzie DeRaad. FOR GREENVILLE, WKTV, IONIA, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS AND ALL POINTS.
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Get to know Hooked: A coffee, wine and bookstore in Lansing
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A graphic created on Canva that represents the key elements offered at Hooked. Graphic credit: Paige McCallum. Hooked, located on East Michigan Avenue, is a wine, coffee and bookstore that opened in April of 2022 owned by two Michigan State professors, Sarah Reckhow and Matt Grossmann. The small business offers a variety of events, foods and drinks that are all on their website. Hooked has also become a space for community events which is what co-founders Reckhow and Grossman have always intended to incorporate.
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Flour Child Bakery raises money for important causes
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It has been voted the best bakery in the Lansing area by the readers of the Lansing City Pulse. They also have received the award for the best bagels in the Lansing area three years in a row.
News
The scoop on Mason’s Daily Scoop
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Shawn Sodman gets a kick out of owning Mason’s he Daily Scoop
White and black checkered floors, blue walls trimmed in red tell you that you are walking into a place frozen in time from the ’90s, although Mason’s Daily Scoop ice cream store opened in 2011.
Shawn Sodman, 50, moved to Mason from Dansville in 2005. The Daily Scoop was a different ice cream shop for four years prior to Shawn Sodman taking over.
“It was Turtle Tom’s before. One winter when he closed up for the season, I noticed there was a ‘for lease’ sign on the door,” Sodman says. Sodman says he told Tom he was very interested in the building. Within one weekend Sodman arranged to lease it.
Sodman says the business has grown since opening.
Business & Economy
Color codes for restaurant inspections stirs the pot
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RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS: Of the 45 health departments across the state, only one is moving toward a color-coded grading system for restaurants, similar to one used across the nation, officials say. A Detroit City Council member recently introduced the ordinance after several incidents involving rodents in restaurants across the city. It would require businesses to notify customers of the status of their inspections by posting color-coded signs on the door. We talk to the director of the Michigan Association for Local Public Health, a Detroit City Council member, and the health directors in Washtenaw and Macomb counties. By Janelle James. FOR DETROIT, LANSING and ALL POINTS.
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Staff shortages hurt downtown East Lansing
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Downtown East Lansing businesses rely heavily on Michigan State University, its sports, clubs and other organizations. Some businesses have hired more employees as students have returned to campus, although others are still having difficulties filling spots. This is driving up wages.