May is National Small Business Month

This is your opportunity to celebrate small businesses, all month long. Whether you’re pouring into your own small business, or supporting the small businesses around you, May is a great month to get intentional about how you use the power of your dollar and time.
How Retailers Can Use Social Districts to Their Advantage

By Rachel Schrauben
Photos By Alison Jakubcin for the Alpena DDA
In 2020, social districts were introduced to support struggling restaurants and bars amid capacity restrictions due to the pandemic.
What is Legislative Advocacy? (and why does it matter?)

A conversation between MRA’s VP of Government Affairs, Andrew Beardslee, and MRA’s VP of Communications, Vic Veda:
Legislative advocacy is at the heart of what we do.