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Virginia restaurants face new challenges in full reopening By CHRISTINA AMANO DOLAN of Capital News ServiceMay 11, 2021 GMT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia restaurants will soon be able to host more patrons, but establishments may not be able to accommodate more guests due to a shortage in workers. Restaurants and drinking establishments will be able to seat up to 100 patrons indoors and a maximum of 250 guests outdoors starting May 15, Gov. Ralph Northam recently announced. Eric Terry, presid...

May 11, 2021 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia restaurants will soon be able to host more patrons, but establishments may not be able to accommodate more guests due to a shortage in workers. A popular hot dog eatery in Roanoke recently closed its doors and posted signs reading “Closed due to lack of help.” Restaurants and drinking establishments will be able to seat up to 100 patrons indoors and a maximum of 250 guests outdoors starting May 15, Gov. Ralph Northam recently announced. Eric Terr...

4 weeks ago in Local Photo: clipart.com 5/4/21 Two Harrisonburg restaurants are among the 128 grants that are being handed out statewide by the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging and Travel Association and its partnership with DoorDash. Association President Eric Terry said each COVID relief grant is worth 35-hundred dollars and Mr. Sato Express and Clementine Café were the Harrisonburg recipients. Terry added that nearly 700 restaurants in Virginia had applied for t...

What industry group thinks is behind Virginia restaurant worker shortage Some people are more comfortable not coming back to the workforce right now and collecting unemployment Several COVID-19 restrictions on Virginia businesses are set to relax next month, allowing owners to expand and serve more customers. But theres a big problem. Restaurant managers cant seem to get back the workers they lost during the pandemic, and some business leaders say unemployment is partly to blame. By: ...

KARRI PEIFER Richmond Times-Dispatch Restaurants in Virginia can open their bars to customers for the first time in more than a year thanks to a sudden, unannounced change that came late Wednesday afternoon — but patrons may want to hold off on immediate plans to belly up to one: many Richmond restaurant owners say they’re not yet ready to open theirs. The bar seating change came via an amended executive order signed Wednesday afternoon by Gov. Ralph Northam and allows res...

Grant creates new Va. workforce project to train restaurant and hotel workers More than $250,000 in grant funding will create a new workforce project through the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association (VRLTA) to help train workers across the state. (Source: VRLTA) By Karina Bolster | April 13, 2021 at 11:29 AM EDT - Updated April 13 at 11:53 AM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - More than $250,000 in grant funding will create a new workforce project through the Virginia Restaurant, Lodgin...

and last updated 2021-04-08 16:45:16-04 NORFOLK, Va. - The tourism and hospitality industry brought in about $27 billion but lost about $10 billion of that last year during the pandemic, according to estimates from the Virginia Restaurant Lodging and Travel Association. "Thats a huge impact on an industry that is very slow to recovery," said Eric Terry, the groups president. Now, the group has written a letter to state lawmakers in order to ensure the industry receives from funding from the rec...

President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan Virginia and its local governments have more than rescue in mind as they await the first installment of $6.8 billion in federal to end the COVID-19 pandemic, rebuild a damaged economy and bring daily life back to a new definition of normal. The state and localities see a chance to potentially achieve longstanding goals - from making broadband internet service available and affordable across Virginia to beginning to repair and replace obsolete p...

Virginia’s General Assembly has approved a collection of bills that will impact consumers

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — From higher fines for littering to a ban on releasing...