Outdoor social drinking laws can help bars and restaurants stay in business during the pandemic. | Tembela Bohle/Pexels
Outdoor social drinking laws can help bars and restaurants stay in business during the pandemic. | Tembela Bohle/Pexels
Recent legislation, which was initiated by Rep. Michael Webber (R-Rochester Hills), Rep. Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) and Sen. Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton), gives Michigan bars and restaurants economic support amid the COVID-19 crisis, according to Michigan House Republicans.
Webber said these actions will give bars and restaurants the tools they need to keep their business afloat. Additionally, he states that the legislation will help make up for financial shortcomings that they have suffered during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“These efforts are absolutely critical for our state’s hospitality industry,” Webber told the Michigan House Republicans website. “While our local bars and restaurants are now open to serve patrons, they are handicapped by the current 50% capacity restriction. Many in the industry feared this restriction alone would force them to go belly-up. We’re giving the establishments that were fortunate to avoid permanent closure the increased flexibility and financial boost they need to help pull them out of the economic hole COVID-19 forced them into. Social districts and on-the-go alcoholic beverages will simultaneously help attract people to their local downtowns and promote social distancing.”
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