GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Peter Meijer’s decision to run for Congress in Western Michigan was a surprise to no one who knows the 31-year-old Grand Rapids native.
Peter is the great-grandson of Hendrik Meijer, who opened a tiny thrift store attached to his barber shop during the Great Depression which has since grown into a chain of groceries, department stores, and gas stations across the Midwest. But he’s always had his own idea of where his life is headed.
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