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Denver aims to break down language barriers in 5 Star application process On Tuesday, the City and County of Denver will begin accepting applications for the 5 Star program. So far, application components have been shared in Spanish and Vietnamese. and last updated 2021-02-02 01:36:56-05 DENVER — Beginning Tuesday, the City and County of Denver will accept applicants for its 5 Star program, which allows businesses to increase capacity if they implement specific health and safety measures....

Restaurants, bars and other businesses that decide to participate in Garfield County’s newly approved 5-Star Program could begin accepting more customers for sit-down service once the county’s COVID-19 incidence rate drops.

Denver opens 5 Star Program applications Denver also announced that it will reactivate the citys emergency operations center to assist with vaccine distribution efforts. Author: Janet Oravetz (9News) Updated: 6:49 PM MST January 29, 2021 DENVER — Denver is reactivating its emergency operations center (EOC) to help deal with what Mayor Michael Hancock called the "twin challenges" of vaccine distribution and economic recovery related to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Th...

Denver opens 5 Star Program applications Denver also announced that it will reactivate the citys emergency operations center to assist with vaccine distribution efforts. Author: Janet Oravetz (9News) Updated: 6:49 PM MST January 29, 2021 DENVER — Denver is reactivating its emergency operations center (EOC) to help deal with what Mayor Michael Hancock called the "twin challenges" of vaccine distribution and economic recovery related to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Th...

A long-awaited program that will enable qualifying and approved businesses to operate with fewer COVID-19 restrictions was officially kicked off in Pueblo on Tuesday at 1129 Spirts and Eatery. The restaurant is one of the initial businesses, alongside Brues Alehouse, to join the countys COVID-19 health restrictions variance program. About 30 businesses are currently in the queue to become certified through the program and raise capacity. Dubbed the Five Star Variance Program, Commissioner Garri...

Will Denver’s 5 Star Certification Program Save Local Restaurants? The business-variance program could begin pre-certifying area eateries as soon as the first week of February—but increased indoor capacity will have to wait until pandemic metrics go down.Denise Mickelsen •   January 27, 2021 350 for seven days. That’s the magic marker that restaurateurs across Denver County are waiting for, the indicator that the county’s COVID-19 two-week incidence level is low enough, and has rem...

Pitkin County’s incidence rate of COVID-19 has dropped so dramatically in the last 11 days that it could reach levels that allow indoor restaurant dining by next week.

BOULDER — Boulder County has submitted its application for 5-Star certification with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The business-variance program allows participating businesses to operate one level above Boulder County’s position on the statewide dial, provided that they demonstrate compliance with enhanced public-health guidelines and safety precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Locally, Broomfield and Larimer counties already have authorization for 5-S...

In late December, Governor Jared Polis announced that all counties at Level Red on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environments dial dashboard would be switched to Level Orange as of January 4. And should the counties maintain Level Orange standards related to COVID-19 for seven consecutive days after being accepted into the 5 Star State Certification Program, the CDPHE noted, approved businesses would be able to operate at Level Yellow standards — allowing select restaurants an...

Pool photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, left, makes a few remarks to the media as he watches as Gina Harper, clinical coordinator with pharmacy, right, reconstitutes a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine before it is administered to the first patients in Colorado at UC Health Poudre Valley Hospital on December 14, 2020 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Gov. Jared Polis Friday blasted the Trump administration for failing to provide more than 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vacci...