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Eligibility Criteria

  • Facility must be licensed by the Michigan Department of Agriculture
  • Vehicle services such as fuel, oil, tire repair service, compressed air for tire inflation, and free water for battery and radiator which are offered to the public with no required membership to use such services. If tire repair service is unavailable on the premises of the business, the business shall provide information as to where a motorist may obtain such service
  • Continuous operation at least 16 hours per day, 7 days per week, for at least 360 days per year
  • Restroom facilities and emergency telephone available to the public during hours of operation
  • Located within 6 miles from the center of the interchange
  • Facility must be licensed by the Michigan Department of Agriculture
  • Accessible without an admission fee
  • Continuous operation serving at least 12 hours per day, 6 days per week
  • Minimum permanent indoor seating capacity of 24 persons
  • Restroom facilities and emergency telephone available to the public during hours of operation
  • Located within 6 miles from the center of the interchange
  • Eligible seasonal businesses are facilities closed for 2 or more weeks per year. The mainline logo must be covered with a “CLOSED” plaque while closed for the season or the months of operation must be listed across the bottom of the logos
  • Restaurants within complexes will not qualify unless they have an outside entrance directly accessing the restaurant’s leased space which is clearly labeled, readily visible, and accessible to approaching motorists
  • Food courts within complexes will not be eligible for logo signs. Only food court restaurants which meet the “Food” Guidelines will be eligible.
  • Minimum of 8 units, each having private bath facilities
  • Continuous operations 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
  • Telephone available to the public during all hours of operation
  • Off-street passenger vehicle parking space for each lodging unit
  • Located within 6 miles from the center of the interchange
  • Eligible seasonal businesses are facilities closed for 2 or more weeks per year. The mainline logo must be covered with a “CLOSED” plaque while closed for the season or the months of operation must be listed across the bottom of the logos
  • Facility must be licensed by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
  • Continuous operation for at least 6 months per year
  • 25 or more camp sites available for overnight use
  • Electric service, drinking water, showers, and flush toilets
  • Emergency telephone available to the public during all hours of operation
  • Sanitary service for trailers and campers
  • Off-street parking
  • Located within 15 miles from the center of the interchange
  • Eligible seasonal businesses are facilities closed for 2 or more weeks per year. The mainline logo must be covered with a “CLOSED” plaque while closed for the season or the months of operation must be listed across the bottom of the logos
  • Provide tourist oriented services consisting of cultural, historical, recreational, educational, or entertainment activities
  • Annually attended by 10,000 or more people and for which a major portion of income or visitors are derived from motorists not residing in the immediate area (within 10 miles of the tourist oriented service)
  • Must be eligible and listed on the Pure Michigan website (www.michigan.org)
  • Facility must comply with all federal, state, and local regulations including licenses or permits where required, pertaining to health, sanitation, accessibility, and safety
  • Open for business 40 hours and 5 days per week of which 1 day must be either Saturday or Sunday, throughout the normal business season for that particular type of tourist oriented service
  • Restroom facilities and emergency telephone available to the public during hours of operation
  • Adequate parking accommodations
  • Provide notice to prospective visitors at the point of entry of an admission charge
  • Not be displayed or advertised on any existing traffic control device, such as a highway traffic sign, for the interchange being signed by logo signs
  • Located within 15 miles from the center of the interchange
  • Eligible seasonal businesses are facilities closed for 2 or more weeks per year. The mainline logo must be covered with a “CLOSED” plaque while closed for the season or the months of operation must be listed across the bottom of the logos
  • If available logo spaces for any of the above service categories are not fully utilized by companies strictly meeting the corresponding criteria, the department may at its discretion permit other companies in the same service category, meeting at minimum 80 percent of each of the General Criteria, to utilize the otherwise unused spaces. Restaurants with minimal or no seating do not have to meet the minimum 80 percent for seating provided logo spaces are available. Businesses with no restrooms may participate provided logo space is available. Such companies’ right to utilize logo spaces shall be reevaluated on an annual basis; should the demand by businesses meeting the criteria increase, the “fully qualified” businesses shall be given priority when considering renewal of the Logo Agreement. A fully qualified business may bump any similar service that is farther in distance from the interchange or one that is only marginally qualified regardless of distance.