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Alton City Council Approves New ARPA Projects, Marina Agreement, More

2 years 5 months ago
ALTON - The Alton City Council approved and discussed several items at their April 12 meeting, including new ARPA spending projects, an operation agreement for the Alton Marina, the temporary closure of a portion of Belle Street, property demolitions, and more. The most contentious resolution of the night was one authorizing the closure of State Street between 3rd and 4th streets for the grand opening of a new business, “Mr. Everything,” on April 20 from 4 to 11 p.m. Alderwoman Betsy Allen raised concerns that James Hickman with Mr. Everything did not have the support of the local business community for a street closure during their normal business hours. Alderman Raymond Strebel raised concerns that Hickman was advertising that alcohol and food vendors would be present at the event, despite not notifying the Madison County Health Department about the food vendors and not having his liquor license approved by the City Council prior to the event. Confusion ensued

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Raw data: New business formation before and after the pandemic

2 years 5 months ago
I was diddling around this afternoon and came across this: Business formation dipped at the very beginning of the pandemic but then spiked enormously in the summer of 2020. It went up and down a bit and then stabilized in 2021 at a noticeably higher rate than before the pandemic. I'm not sure what accounts ...continue reading "Raw data: New business formation before and after the pandemic"
Kevin Drum