Yakima County (and the South Central Region) was recently declared open to phase 2 of the State s Coronavirus Healthy Washington Plan and while that was applauded and is appreciated it is also not enough.
Most businesses can t survive for long on just 25% occupancy. So what s next? What are the operational guidelines to get to phases 3 and 4? See for yourself HERE
And if you looked, you found there is no current plan! So how is a business supposed to plan and work to get fully open? Good question. Here s what the State website says: What s open?
Beginning Monday, Jan. 11, all counties/regions in Washington are subject to the public health measures outlined in the governor’s regional-based Healthy Washington plan (PDF). Detailed guidance and information is available on the governor s website. Find your county s phase here.
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The Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce has been working on behalf of business large and small for the past 125 years. Most of the work is one on one with business without a lot of publicity and fanfare but the Chamber looks to lift their profile a bit during the every changing guidelines landscape of the Coronavirus pandemic..
The Chairperson of the Board, Kristi Foster of Wheatland Bank and Chamber CEO Verlynn Best visited with KIT News about the challenges facing local business.
Best says she wants all businesses opened up and was critical of what appears to be a picking of winners and losers by the Governor s office in the way the COSTCO Covid outbreak was handled. All along most businesses have just wanted an even playing field with common sense guidelines.
Virtual Town Hall Planned for December 30 in Yakima
A virtual State Legislator Town Hall being hosted by the Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce and Yakima County Development Association is set for December 30. Washington State Representatives from the 14th and 15th Legislative Districts Gina Mosbrucker, Jim Honeyford, Curtis King, Bruce Chandler, Chris Corry and Jeremie Dufault have been invited to participate. Chamber officials say it s an chance for business owners and employers and to give input and voice concerns about the next legislative session that starts on January 11. The event will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. For more information check the chamber website at https://chamber.yakima.org/events/