Bicycle shop owner Tim Meyer said that he was hoping to have the Rock ‘n’ Road stores in Grand Haven and Holland open to do repairs on May 1, but was happy to be back in business almost immediately after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last Friday added bicycle shops to the list of essential businesses allowed to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The bikes are flying out the door,” he said from the Holland store Tuesday afternoon.
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