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Mount Clemens officials consider state-authorized 'social district' to help downtown businesses
Summary
City staff described how Michigan's 2020 law allows a city to create a bounded 'social district' where participating bars and restaurants may sell marked, non-glass containers (max 16 fl. oz.) for consumption in designated commons areas; commissioners expressed interest and asked staff to gather business feedback before any resolution is drafted.
Kate Bell, a community development fellow working with the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan, told the Mount Clemens City Commission that Michigan's 2020 law allows cities to create bounded social districts where licensed restaurants and bars can sell alcoholic beverages for outdoor consumption in a designated commons area.
"It's essentially this area that's bounded by a perimeter that a city or town makes up, and restaurants and bars that are permitted within that boundary can sell…
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