- July 12, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
DETROIT (WXYZ) — All week long on The Rebound Detroit, we’re shining a light on metro Detroit’s small businesses and the people who work tirelessly to make them successful.
It’s been three weeks since our state’s remaining COVID-related restrictions lifted, so we’re exploring the hit small businesses have taken during the pandemic, what recovery is looking like now, and the road ahead.
First, we explore the ongoing worker shortage and it’s impact on local small businesses.
“If you look at the industries that were most restricted for the longest period of time by the rules, they were industries that are dominated by small businesses,” said former Michigan lieutenant governor and current president of the Small Business Association of Michigan, Brian Calley.
“And so what happened was, their employees over the course of the last 16 months just had to find other things to do for a living.”
According to data published on Track the Recovery, since…
