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Entries for 'MI Main Street'
Release Date: March 02, 2010 13:33 
.... One sentence from one essay from this one book helped me define the answer to the question most asked of us Michigan staff: how do you get resistors on-board with Main Street? In short, you don’t. The decision is up to them. It all comes down to a bottle of champagne.
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Release Date: February 23, 2010 11:00 
The IRS defines a partnership as the relationship existing between two or more persons who join to carry on a trade or business. Each person contributes money, property, labor or skill, and expects to share in the profits and losses of the business. Sound familiar?
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Release Date: February 16, 2010 12:42
We all understand that in order for Main Street to work in communities you have to have volunteers. Volunteers are the backbone of any Main Street community. Building a community-based revitalization program means engaging people through outreach and volunteer opportunities. It seems no matter how much we try to advise...
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Release Date: February 04, 2010 13:58
Maybe it’s just me but the constant reminder that our economy stinks is beginning to wear on me. Turn on the television or radio and you just can’t escape the depressing news. Anymore, after I watch five minutes of the news, I can’t help but think to myself that I should really start watching...
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Release Date: February 03, 2010 10:47 
The event had been entered on the calendar as ‘tentative’ several months prior. The initial thought being the wife and I would make a day of it in Niles, as the winter weather was sure to have the kids complaining of frostbite by midday. However, reality was far more fun…
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Release Date: January 26, 2010 17:59 
After months in the making, www.PureMichiganLiving.com has become a reality! Michigan has been doing a great job on showcasing why the state is a great place to work, start a business and to vacation, but Michigan was not telling people why it is such a great place to live.
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Release Date: January 19, 2010 16:59
I have a confession to make. I am a customer service fanatic. No, you don’t understand. I’m so much of a customer service fanatic I don’t even use the term “customer service.” I use the term customer experience. Whenever my wife gets home from the weekly trip to the grocery store, I always ask...
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