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Thursday, 28 March 2024

Mayor of Annapolis proposes safe ways to reopen restaurants

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Mayor of Annapolis proposes safe ways to reopen restaurants
Mayor of Annapolis proposes safe ways to reopen restaurants

Social restrictions are lifting and people are itching to get to a restaurant.

Restaurant owners are anxious for customers to come back as well.

LIFTING AND PEOPLE ARE ITCHINGTO GET TO A RESTAURANT....RESTARAUNT OWNERS ARE ANXIOFOR CUSTOMERS TO COME BACK ASWELL.

WMAR 2 NEWS'S DONHARRISON TELLS US ABOUT A PLANFOR ANNAPOLIS TO GET PEOPLEBACK TO THEIR FAVORITE SPOTSSAFELY.TRACK: The shutdowns have hada devastating impact onbusinesses... none more thanrestaraunts perhaps.

Mayor ofannapolis, Gavin Buckley, hascome up with some ideas forhis city.

Nats: Just tosurvive, this is a survivalthing.... Track:..and tosurvive you need patrons.Mayor Buckley has a plan forAnnapolis to expand the safestway to go to your favoritewatering hole... outsidedinning.

The Mayor wants totreat different areas of thecity with different ideas....what's good for West Streetmay not work in Eastport.

Thenew plan has 4 ideas... Sot:You can reclaim a parkingspace or two out in front ofyour business, you can expandyour licence area onto thesidewalk if you need to.

Youcan reclaim your parking, ifyou're lucky enough to haveyour own parking area and puta tent in there or put tablesand chair in there.

Theimportant thing is if you arein one of these blocks orrecovery zones that we shutthe streets to traffic atcertain times and that's theplace that will be a focalpoint for our recovery.

Track:and shutting the streets downis a reference to the"wednesday night under thestars" dining on West Street.It has been very successfulfor a few years now.

MayorBuckley would like to embracethat.

Sot: We want to put itall over the city so that willsocial distance people andthey can choose an area thecan safely go to and havetheir first dining outexperience in a long longtime.

Stand up: Localadministrators will continueto find ways to make theireconomy thrive.

Havingrestaurants open in some kindof normal capacity won'thappen until phase two ofGovernor Hogan's plan.

InAnnapolis, DHHere's a look at what

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