The world keeps spinning.
A year ago, when the Traverse City Business News took its annual pre-summer look at what northern Michigan’s peak tourism season might bring, we were staring down a summer unlike any other in Traverse City’s history. Festivals were cancelled. Businesses were reeling from a massive economic downturn. Unemployment rates were hovering at near-record highs. The “burning questions” the TCBN asked at the time had more to do with what wouldn’t happen in summer 2020 than with what would.
A year later, the world looks dramatically different. Vaccination rates are soaring – locally, statewide, and across the …