East Hills Reopening (5-1-20)

East Hills Reopening (5-1-20)

Businesses are allowed to reopen on monday,st.

Joseph residents will have to wait two more days to shop...east hills mall is reopening wednesday, may 6th - after being closed for nearly two months as we approach opening day, kq2's kilee thomas spoke with mall managers on what shoppers can expect next week east hills mall won't look so empty come wednesday"i think there's going to be a surge of traffic.

I think people will be excited to get out."

Starting may 6th st.

Joseph residents can get their shopping on "the mall will be open to the public, but we can't guarantee that every single store will be open on the sixth."

"individual stores will handle their policies themselves and they'll have their own rules and regulations, but we'll handle the common areas of the mall."

East hills mall will be regulating the food court and playgroundstaff say shoppers can expect a different mall experience "they'll see tables missing from the food court, there won't be stools at the high top bar, they'll notice the kids play area will be removed.

It's just for everyone's safety; it's gonna look a little different."

That means no merry go round and added floor decals staff will be back to work monday to get acclimated to the new normal "so on monday, we'll have all of our employees come back for training with the new covid-19 regulations and then we'll start disinfecting the whole mall again."

All mall staff will be required to wear masks and get their temperatures taken before starting their shift while positive covid-19 cases are on the rise, managers don't expect people to use the mall for fun"they're gonna drop in, get their needs and go.

I don't know if it will be so much of a hang out until we get through this.

I think the consumers are smart and they'll take care of it."as far as staffer's eagerness to get back to work goes"i think we're excited, we're putting measures in place that i can't say will ensure our safety, but will help keep us safe."

Reporting in st joseph, kilee thomas, kq2 news east hills mall is also limiting their hours monday through saturday, shoppers can come in from 11-7 on sunday, the mall will be open from 12-5.

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