Team building tips for remote workers
Sentinel Staff outlines practical ideas to keep remote teams engaged. Recommend daily or weekly video check ins, quick games like Three Truths and a Lie, weekly trivia or life stories, virtual coffee times, and monthly challenges to boost connection and productivity. Employment expertise from West Michigan Works.
Eviction crisis grows as protections wind down nationwide
Renters face possible homelessness with moratorium expirations and stalled relief. Oregon California push longer protections while Congress debates a new package including eviction extensions, rental aid, and stimulus. Experts warn extending moratoriums is not a cure and call for direct rent assistance and landlord funds.
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Bowser
Oregon
California
David Dworkin
National Housing Conference
U.S
U.S. Census Bureau
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Princeton University
Julie Fahey
Eugene
Christine Crazan
House
Republican Caucus
Senate
Peter Courtney
Dworkin
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Russ’ Restaurant origins and growth in Holland Michigan
The article outlines Russ’ early drive-in restaurant beginnings with outdoor service, carhop orders, and a dime hamburger. It tracks the move across Chicago Drive to a larger site in 1946, 1949 rebuilds, and the 1983 store, later evolving under the Bouws family to three Holland locations and regional expansion. It notes iconic drive-in heritage, continued recipes, and the corporate HQ near the original site.
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Russ
DeVries
Chicago Drive
Eighth Street
Holland
Ryan
Bouws
Bryan Bouws
Grand Rapids
Grand Haven
Muskegon
San Francisco hotel shelter plan sparks debate over homelessness
Officials weigh moving homeless people from hotels into shelters as COVID-19 deaths rise. Advocates argue the hotel program offers stability and humane care, while critics urge permanent housing solutions and caution about rehousing logistics across cities including Anchorage and San Francisco.
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Gillette
COVID
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Rodeway Inn and Suites
Aurora
Colorado
Minnesota
Bloomington
Eugene Jones Jr
Atlanta
Housing Authority
San Francisco
London Breed
Breed
Board of Supervisors
Brian Edwards
Coalition On Homelessness
Tyree Leslie
Leslie
Nicholas Garrett
Dean Preston
Preston
Anchorage
Alaska
CDC
Anchorage Assembly
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Office of Inspector General
Washington
Felix Rivera
Anchorage Coalition To
CARES
Rivera
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