Your Grand Rapids business week, in one short email.
Tax deadlines, grants, openings, city decisions and networking events, plus one AI tip you can use that day. Every item links to its source. About a 3–4 minute read with your morning coffee.
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What you get each Tuesday
Short, local and useful. Nothing else.
Each issue follows the same simple format, so you know exactly where to look.
01
A quick note from Troy
Two sentences on what's happening around town this week.
02
One practical AI tip
Copy-and-paste steps for a real small-business task. No hype, no jargon.
03
The GR business roundup
3–5 local items that could affect your business this week or soon.
04
Always sourced
Every item links to the official or original source, so you can check it yourself.
Openings & closings
Tax deadlines
Local laws & ordinances
Grants & funding
Partnerships
Networking events
Sample issue
See exactly what lands in your inbox.
The sample issue has an AI prompt for researching a customer before you email them, a Michigan tax deadline, a Downtown event grant, a City Commission vote, and a few local openings, closings and networking dates.
Hi, it's Troy. Did that windy, rainy fall storm Thursday night rattle your windows too?
This week's AI tip: let AI do your homework before you email a customer.
Being a business in Grand Rapids
Michigan sales, use and withholding taxes due
Downtown businesses: up to $10,000 for holiday events
City Commission vote on amphitheater noise rules
Openings and closings
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Who writes it
Hi, I'm Troy.
I help small businesses put AI and automation to work on the busywork that eats their week. I started The Grand Brief because useful local business news (a tax date, a new grant, a city vote) is scattered across a dozen websites. Once a week, I pull the important parts into one short email and link the source for every item.
Wondering whether automation could take something off your plate? Ask me about it.